Karachi, August 8 A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least 70 and wounded more than a 100 on Monday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan, head of the provincial health department said. The death toll is likely to climb. TheRead More

TOKYO, August 8 Japan ordered its military on Monday to be ready at any time to shoot down any North Korean missiles that threaten to strike Japan, putting its forces on a state of alert for at least three months, a defence ministry official and media said. Up to now,Read More

Tokyo, August 8 Japanese Emperor Akihito on Monday said he is concerned his weakening health might make it hard to fulfil his duties, in a speech seen as signalling a possible future abdication. “I am worried that it may become difficult for me to carry out my duties as theRead More

London,  The sister of one of Britain’s six former soldiers jailed in India for carrying unlicensed arms on a ship for anti-piracy security today sought the intervention of new British Prime Minister Theresa May, saying the UK government has “abandoned and betrayed” them. Lisa Dunn, the sister of Nick Dunn,Read More

Istanbul, Hundreds of thousands of Turks gathered in Istanbul on Sunday summoned by President Tayyip Erdogan to denounce a failed coup, a show of strength staged in the face of Western criticism of widespread purges and detentions. The “Democracy and Martyrs’ Rally” at the Yenikapi parade ground, built into the seaRead More

Baghdad, August 8 The Iraqi Air Force has received a new batch of F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the United States, bolstering the country’s fledging air force amid more than two years of fighting with the Islamic State group, a spokesman said today as attacks in and near Baghdad killedRead More

Dubai, August 7 Iran has executed an Iranian nuclear scientist detained in 2010 when he returned home from the US, after a court convicted him of spying for Washington, a spokesman for the judiciary said on Sunday. “Through his connection with the US, Shahram Amiri gave vital information about theRead More

CHANDIGARH: Expressing concerns over the steep deterioration of Law & order in the state, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today appealed to people to maintain communal harmony to thwart any attempt to create disturbance in Punjab by anti-national elements. In a joint statement issued by AAP’s Spokesman Sukhpal Khaira and SeniorRead More

Bangkok, August 7 Thai voters on Sunday approved a new junta-backed Constitution that would pave the way for an election next year and give the military, which seized power in a coup two years ago, the final say on future elected governments. Thai voters cast ballots for the first timeRead More

Tokyo, August 7 Japanese will tune in to Emperor Akihito’s rare video message on Monday following reports that he would abdicate in the next few years, which initially came as shock but was welcomed by many as a deserved rest for the 82-year-old beloved monarch. In the pre-recorded message, AkihitoRead More