Islamabad, Islamabad stood by Beijing at a time when it stood isolated on the world stage, said visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping during his address to a joint session of Pakistan’s parliament on Tuesday. Xi extended best wishes to the “brotherly people of Pakistan” on behalf of the 1.3 billionRead More

Cairo, Ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was on Tuesday sentenced to 20 years in jail by an Egyptian court over the killing of protesters while he was in power, the first ruling against the country’s first elected leader.The criminal court sentenced 63-year-old Morsi and 12 other top Muslim Brotherhood leadersRead More

Sanaa, An air strike on a Scud missile base in the Houthi rebel controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa triggered a big explosion that blew out windows in homes, killing at least 15 persons and wounding dozens on Monday, medical sources said. Saudi Arabia has led an alliance of Sunni Arab countriesRead More

Baton Rouge, Republican Governor Bobby Jindal’s focus on states important in the US presidential campaign is drawing lots of criticism in his home state and doing little apparent good for his 2016 prospects. Lost at least for now in a pack of better-known White House contenders, the country’s first Indian-AmericanRead More

London, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State, has been seriously wounded in an air strike in western Iraq, a media report said on Tuesday. According to the report, Baghdadi (44) suffered life-threatening injuries during the attack by the US-led coalition in March. Two officials – a western diplomatRead More

Athens, At least three persons, including a child, died when a boat carrying more than 80 migrants sank off the Greek island of Rhodes today, the police said.The sailing boat carrying the migrants ran aground on rocks off the Aegean island on a crossing from Turkey, the police said.Most ofRead More

New Delhi, Returning to Parliament after a two-month hiatus, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today dubbed the Centre “suit-boot ki sarkaar” and rattled senior ministers with his repeated anti-Narendra Modi jibes. He was speaking during an ongoing debate in the Lok Sabha on the prevailing agrarian crisis in the country —Read More

New Delhi, Attacking the Congress for spreading “disinformation” against the government on the land bill, BJP today said the opposition’s criticism on issuing ordinances was like “the devil quoting scriptures”. Bringing out the past record of previous Congress regimes, the ruling party said a record number of ordinances were issuedRead More

New Delhi, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today stressed the need for ramping up capabilities and numbers to strengthen the armed forces. The Army is, however, apprehensive at a projected reduction in the upcoming Mountain Strike Corps. Parrikar, addressing an Army Commanders’ Conference this morning, said: “Capacity building was a continuousRead More

New Delhi, Hours after the Aam Aadmi Party expelled four rebel leaders, it continued its crackdown against dissidents on Tuesday, when the party removed Dharamvira Gandhi, who had spoken out against expulsion of Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from the National Executive, as its Parliamentary party leader. Gandhi has beenRead More