Moscow, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko confirmed on his Twitter account that envoys meeting in Minsk to end fighting between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian separatists had signed a ceasefire agreement that would come into effect later on Friday. He gave no further details. Serhiy Taruta, Governor of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region,Read More

Lahore – Pakistani police have arrested 15 Christians and booked 45 other members of the minority community under the controversial blasphemy law for allegedly desecrating Muslim graves in a village in Punjab province, sparking tension in the area. The case was registered after a local cleric filed a complaint alleging that theRead More

Geneva -: US and Iranian officials were meeting for a second day of negotiations in Switzerland on Friday as they work towards hammering out a full nuclear deal ahead of a November deadline. The US team led by Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns and Under Secretary Wendy Sherman beganRead More

Newport – Seeking to counter Russian aggression, NATO leaders approved plans Friday to create a rapid response force with a headquarters in Eastern Europe that could quickly mobilize if an alliance country in the region were to come under attack. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the new unit wouldRead More

Chandigarh,  With union finance minister Arun Jaitley categorically rejecting higher financial assistance to Punjab and arguing that its devolution was already high, the state government’s claims stand exposed, opposition Congress party said Friday. Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa in a statement here said the tall claims of the ParkashRead More

New York, Assemblyman David Weprin, D-Queens, has introduced legislation allowing people with religious clothing and facial hair to serve in the police and other government jobs. The Bill Would Allow Sikhs To Serve In Police, Other Government Jobs The proposal comes after a Sikh man was allegedly run over lastRead More

Toronto, A new Nanos Research poll pegs Toronto mayoral candidate John Tory as the leader of the pack, holding a “significant advantage” before October’s municipal election. Commissioned by CTV News and The Globe and Mail, poll results released Tuesday surveyed 1,000 people between Aug. 27 and 31. Pollsters asked participantsRead More

Ontario,A man who was volunteering at Rob Ford’s mayoral campaign office has been charged following a scuffle with another man wearing a Ford mask. Paul Benoit, 43, said he was trying to be funny when he entered the campaign office with a camera Wednesday afternoon, wearing a mask resembling Ford’sRead More

Newport: US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron Thursday declared that their nations will “not be cowed” by extremists who killed two American journalists. “We will be more forthright in the defence of our values, not least because a world of greater freedom is a fundamental partRead More

Toronto, Canada will provide up to $4 million for two initiatives to help Ukraine and Canada’s NATO allies counter the threat posed by Russian militarism in the region, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today at the NATO summit in Wales. Canada will contribute $1 million through the NATO Trust FundsRead More