Lahore, A petition has been filed in a Pakistani court asking the government to bring back Kohinoor diamond, the world famous precious stone which India has been trying to get from the UK. Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffry alleged in his petition to the Lahore High Court that the UK snatchedRead More

Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin today vowed never to forget Turkey’s downing of one of Moscow’s warplanes, as he lashed out once again at the leadership in Ankara over the incident. “We will not forget this complicity with terrorists. We always considered and will always consider treachery to be the ultimateRead More

AMMAN, Jordan – Canada has launched a fast-track resettlement program for Syrian refugees that the nation’s ambassador to Jordan says could serve as a model for other countries. Typically, resettling refugees takes months or years, and only a small fraction of more than 4 million Syrian refugees have legally immigratedRead More

Le Bourget (France), December 2 : US President Barack Obama has said that parts of the global warming deal being negotiated in Paris should be legally binding on the countries that sign on, setting up a potential fight with Republicans at home. Obama’s stand yesterday won praise at the UN climateRead More

Paris, December 2 The Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where 90 people were killed by jihadists on November 13, could re-open by the end of next year, two of its owners told a French newspaper today. Olivier Poubelle and Jules Frutos, who book the acts and own a third ofRead More

Moscow, December 2 Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it had proof that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his family were benefiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq. Moscow and Ankara have been locked in a war of words since last weekRead More

Naypyitaw, December 2 Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi discussed the smooth transfer of power to her party with President Thein Sein on Wednesday, the first time the two have met since her National League for Democracy (NLD) swept a November election. When the new administration is sworn inRead More

Kabul, December 2 Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was injured in a firefight following a verbal dispute at a meeting of militant commanders near the Pakistani town of Quetta, officials in Kabul today. “Mansour was seriously injured. He was rushed to hospital and we are not sure if heRead More

Paris, November 30 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India will fulfil all its responsibilities with regard to climate change as he met US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the climate summit here. Modi, in his meeting with Obama, also appreciated the openness with which the US PresidentRead More

Paris, November 30 : President Barack Obama laid a single rose at a memorial for the victims of the Paris attacks on Monday shortly after arriving in the city, visiting the Bataclan, the concert hall where the deadliest attacks took place during the onslaught some two weeks ago. Obama, whoRead More