Washington: A large majority of US House of Representatives members wrote Secretary of State John Kerry expressing their concern Thursday over Iran`s “refusal” to work with the United Nations nuclear watchdog. With a November deadline fast approaching for Tehran and world powers to reach a deal on the Islamic republic`sRead More

Baghdad: Islamic State group militants launched an assault on Thursday on a small town in western Iraq, a military spokesman said, as the United Nations warned that 10 months of violence in the country has taken a heavy toll on civilians. Iraq is in its worst crisis since the 2011Read More

Hong Kong, The Chinese government might be using smartphone apps to spy on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, a US security firm says. The applications are disguised as tools created by activists to protests, said the firm, Lacoon Mobile Security. The firm said that once downloaded, they give an outsiderRead More

Johannesburg : Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has sharply criticised the South African government after the Dalai Lama did not receive a visa to travel to South Africa. The Tibetan spiritual leader, labelled a separatist by China, had sought a South African visa so he could attend a meeting of NobelRead More

Hong Kong, The protesters who have engulfed key parts of Hong Kong for days faced a dilemma Thursday in the face of a government strategy to wait them out, as they considered whether to escalate their confrontation with the authorities by storming a government building or to begin searching forRead More

Sydney,Australia’s universities have climbed up the world rankings, with almost every top institution improving its standing on last year. But there are fears Australia’s impressive performance could be short-lived in light of the federal government’s plan to deregulate tuition fees. Eight Australian universities made the top 200 in this year’sRead More

Islamabad, At least seven people were killed on Thursday when a blast hit a passenger van in Pakistan’s troubled northwestern region, police said. The explosion struck the van at Bayzid Khel bus stop on Kohat Road near Peshawar. A police official from Peshawar said that the exact nature of theRead More

Sydney, Tony Abbott will ask House Speaker Bronwyn Bishop and Senate President Stephen Parry to abandon surprise rules to separate people with facial coverings from other members of the public by forcing them to watch parliament from behind glass after they faced a chorus of condemnation. The Prime Minister believesRead More

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined millions of schoolchildren, officials and ordinary people who picked up brooms and dustpans Thursday in a countrywide campaign to clean parks, public buildings and streets. Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept the road in a poor neighborhood in New Delhi while launching the CleanRead More

New Delhi, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Thursday helped sweepers to clean up choked drains in a small residential area near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence in the heart of the capital. The former chief minister of Delhi chose the BR Camp, as the low income area is called, on theRead More