Beijing, December 7 China’s capital on Monday issued its first ever “red alert” for pollution, as the city government warned that Beijing would be shrouded in heavy smog from Tuesday until Thursday. China’s leadership has vowed to crack down on environmental degradation, including the air pollution that blankets many majorRead More

Washington, December 7 The FBI’s wide-ranging terror probe into the grisly mass shooting in California by a Pakistani woman and her husband that claimed 14 lives has expanded to Pakistan and other countries as concerns over radicalisation mount in the US. “Pakistan is one of those countries, there are otherRead More

Caracas, December 7 Venezuela’s Opposition trounced the ruling Socialists on Sunday to win the legislature for the first time in 16 years and gain a long-sought platform to challenge President Nicolas Maduro’s rule of the OPEC nation. The opposition Democratic Unity coalition won 99 seats to the Socialists’ 46 inRead More

Multan, December 7 The woman who with her husband shot dead 14 people in California last week attended one of Pakistan’s most high-profile religious seminaries for women, a teacher at the madrassa said today. Tashfeen Malik, 29, studied at the Al-Huda Institute in Multan, which targets middle-class women seeking toRead More

Washington, December 5: The California massacre is being probed as an act of terrorism, the FBI has said amid reports that the Pakistani woman who carried out the assault with her Pakistani-American husband had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Facebook. “This isRead More

Ankara, December 5 ; Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu today called for dialogue with Russia to overcome tensions after the downing of a Russian warplane near the Syrian border for alleged violations of Turkey’s airspace. “Of course we have different views but we need to continue to talk in orderRead More

London, December 5: One of the Islamic State terrorists behind the deadly Paris attacks had visited London and Birmingham earlier this year, counter-terrorism officials have found. He managed to enter the UK before slipping away again to continental Europe despite Britain’s heightened terrorism alert, ‘The Guardian’ newspaper reported. In bothRead More

London, December 5; Britain has carried out its second set of air strikes in Syria since the Parliament backed military action against Islamic State, once again targeting the oil fields controlled by the terror group. The UK Ministry of Defence said Tornado GR4s were involved in fighting against ISIS militantsRead More

Beirut, December 5: Islamic State said in an online radio broadcast on Saturday that two followers of the Islamist militant group had carried out Wednesday’s attack on a social services agency party in California in which 14 people were killed. “Two followers of Islamic State attacked several days ago aRead More

Washington, December 4 US President Barack Obama and his family led the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Thursday, with charity, thanks, and a moment of reflection for the victims of Wednesday’s shooting. “Five, four, three, two, one. Merry Christmas, everybody!” Obama said as the national tree took sparkleRead More