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ISLAMABAD: In a bid to ease tensions that got worse following US President Donald Trump’s tirade against Pakistan, the United States and Pakistan are sending two top envoys, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, to each other’s capitals. Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal is all set to visit...

CIUDAD JUÁREZ: A federal intelligence agent and his mother was killed when assailants opened fire on their car in northern Mexico, an attack that came hours after a mayor in western Michoacan state was gunned down outside his home, officials said. While the killers in the Friday shootings escaped, both...

LONDON: British police said they had arrested a woman who was trying to scale the front gates of Queen Elizabeth’s Buckingham Palace home in central London on Saturday, saying the incident was not terrorism-related. “The woman, believed to be in her 30s, was quickly detained by officers before she gained...

Police in Catalonia have sealed off 1,300 polling stations in the region as authorities move to stop an independence referendum which has been banned by Madrid from taking place, the central government said Saturday. "Of the 2,315 polling stations... 1,300 have been sealed off by the Mossos d'Esquadra," the Catalan...

Edmonton police update Canadians to be vigilant, but called for calm and unity in the wake of a terrorist attack in Edmonton that injured five and led to the arrest of a 30-year-old suspect who had previously been investigated for espousing extremist views. 'Lone wolf' suspected in Canada terror attack...

INDIA : The Alwar police on Saturday arrested 70 years old guru / godman Kaushlendra Falahari Baba for allegedly raping a 21-year-old girl. He had admitted himself into a private hospital to evade arrest.   Falahari Baba The victim, who hails from Chhattisgarh, has accused the 70-year-old baba of raping her at...

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.0 struck off the southern coast of Mexico early Friday prompting potential tsunami threats along the entire southern coast of Central America. An 8.1 magnitude earthquake with the "potential of causing a tsunami" has hit off the coast of Mexico. The quake...

Hurricane Irma, one of the most forceful Atlantic storms of the century, churned across the ocean on Tuesday on a collision course with Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bearing down on the northern Caribbean with a devastating mix of fierce winds, surf and rain. The eye of Irma, a...

Hurricane Harvey has strengthened to a Category 4 storm, as Texas is bracing for impact later Friday evening. The storm, which has maximum sustained winds of 130 mph with even stronger gusts, is expected to be the worst to hit the state in decades. The last Category 4 storm to...

A white van crashed  into a packed summer crowd this evening in Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas district. Barcelona police called it a terror attack. Officials said 13 people were killed and 50 injured. The driver was arrested around two and a half hours after the attack, reports said. The vehicle hit...

The Sikhs representative organization, Dal Khalsa, has called upon the community to boycott Indian Independence Day celebrations and do not recite “Indian National Anthem” as according to the organization these verses do not represent the independent stature of the Sikh community. Dal Khalsa spokesman, Kanwar Pal Singh addressing a press...

China's Inner Mongolia celebrates its 70th founding anniversary with a dazzling gala. Inner Mongolia is China's first province-level autonomous region governed by ethnic groups. The region is known for its long history and cultural wealth, influenced by natural elements and a nomadic lifestyle. Watch Live Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region...