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Iraq says 90 percent of Tal Afar retaken from IS

The offensive comes just weeks after Iraqi forces retook second city Mosul from IS, in their biggest victory since the jihadists seized control of large parts o...

Arun Jaitley On Defence Equipment Purchases: India Must Become Self-reliant

Stating that the country faces multiple threats, he underlined the need for the country to become self-sufficient to meet its defence requirements. "We need to ...

North Korea fires short-range missiles into the sea

North Korea's large artillery rockets blur the boundaries between artillery systems and ballistic missiles because they create their own thrust and are guided ...

North Korea is reported to have launched several missiles, heightening tensions

In this episode of Jahan Nama, host Massoud Malik discusses the topic with Basir Ahmad Yusufi, an global relations affairs analyst. Pacific Command said the...

Goa Bypoll: CM Manohar Parrikar wins Panaji

Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane wins Valpoi by garnering 16188 votes. Parrikar assumed office in March after resigning as Defence Minister. "Congratulations to Sh ...

Tensions with United States revive as North Korea fires three ballistic missiles

The test came just days after senior USA officials praised North Korea and leader Kim Jong Un for showing restraint in not firing any missiles since late July...

'Restraint' Appears To Be Over As North Korea Launches Missile Test Again

The JCS said the projectiles traveled around 250 kilometers, adding the launch was immediately reported to South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Those flew so...

Two men lynched in W Bengal over alleged cattle theft

It is not confirmed whether the victims were cow thieves or cattle traders who had bought the cattle from a market in the area, police said. "After questioning ...

United Nations chief visits Israel, Palestinian territories

Guterres was greeted by Israeli diplomats at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport ahead of his scheduled meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Mond...

Ocon: Perez risked our lives in Spa collision

With its drivers having already collided on more than one occasion before this weekend, Force India says it will no longer let Perez and Ocon race each othe...

Pakistan open to any suggestion to facilitate peace in Afghanistan: Gen Bajwa

The US knows about the Afghan Taliban leaderships presence in Quetta and Peshawar city of Pakistan , commander of US Forces and North Atlantic Treaty Organ...

US Pacific Command: N. Korea Fired 3 Ballistic Missiles, None Successful

The launches occurred in the midst of the US and South Korea's annual military exercises. According to the US military, two of the missiles failed while in ...

Asaram Bapu rape case: Supreme Court questions Gujarat govt. for slow trial

The Supreme Court has rejected several of Asaram's bail pleas. The court had asked the Surat trial court to record the testimonies of 46 remaining prosecution w...

Tillerson slams N.Korea missile test but still seeks talks

In the opinion of experts, these could reach the USA mainland. Trump had warned of "fire and fury" and days later ramped up his threat, saying "maybe that s...

Doklam stand-off resolved as India, China agree disengagement

Announcing that the nine-week-long Himalayan stand-off was effectively over, India stated on Monday that New Delhi and Beijing have reached an understanding o...

PM inaugurates Port Qasim LNG terminal

The Liquefied Natural Gas ( LNG) terminal at Port Qasim , the second busiest in Pakistan after the Karachi Port, has been completed in a record 330 days. ...

Woman dies after crash with marked police vehicle

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police identified the woman as Lachandra Ciera Mccorkle, 25. Police say speed was not a factor. Officer Wraith Muhammad was taken to a...

North Korea uses multiple-rocket launcher to test missiles

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson earlier this week credited the North with showing restraint by not launching a missile since the July ICBM test. "The second mi...

N.Korea fires short-range missiles as South, US hold drills

The launch took place as the United States and South Korea carry out 11 days of joint military exercises, known as Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG), and follows wee...

North Korea fires three short-range ballistic missiles

All of the missiles failed, with one blowing up nearly immediately after launch, while two others failed in flight, it added. But he vowed to make an "importa...

Harvey-related rescues keep US Coast Guard busy

Turner also urged people not to drive, as numerous streets and roadways in Houston, the nation's fourth largest city, were flooded Sunday. The Coast Guard say...

Houston TV station flooded, evacuated in midst of Harvey

The station last flooded in 2001 during Tropical Storm Allison. In the video, water is shown streaming in through closed doors and swallowing the legs of chair ...

Red Cross Yuma deploys the most ever volunteers from local area

They claim they have enough supplies to support 28,000 people and supplies for an additional 22,000 are on their way. Steve Komerska, a Tucson area Red Cross ...

Here's how to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey

Those searching for a way to help Texans impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Harvey need look no further than iTunes or the iOS App Store. Hundreds of ...

Panaji, Valpoi by-election results to be declared today

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Moday registered win from the Panaji seat in the by-election. In Valpoi, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane of the BJP ...

Merkel to Continue Refugee Policy in Germany

The research , which was carried out by Germany's Bertelsmann Stiftung foundation as part of the Religious Monitor 2017 project, saw 10,000 people interviewed ...

Dipak Misra sworned as 45th Chief Justice of India

He has succeeded Jagdish Singh Khehar who demitted office earlier on Monday. In 2009, Mishra assumed the office of Chief Justice of Patna High Court and lat...

Justice Dipak Misra Takes Oath As 45th Chief Justice Of India

With Justice J.S Khehar's exit, the Aadhaar Constitution Bench has lost its lead judge. Mishra who practiced constitutional, civil, criminal, revenue, service...

Body of missing Fargo woman found

Greywind was last seen at her apartment August 19. Kayakers on the Red River found the body wrapped in what appeared to be plastic near 90th Avenue North and ...

Conway says Trump will make sure Congress pays for Mexico wall

Trump followed his wall tweet up with another threatening to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump also used Twitter on Sunday to press t...