London: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday rejected the Scottish government’s call for a second referendum on independence before Britain leaves the EU but did not entirely rule out a vote. “Now is not the time,” she said, arguing that all of Britain’s energies should be put into theRead More

London: The UK has quietly hosted a meeting of top officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan where they discussed ways to ease tensions between two countries after a series of terror attacks in Pakistan, according to a media report. The meeting between Pakistan’s Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign AffairsRead More

New York: A second executive order by US President Donald Trump on immigration has prompted foreign students and researchers, including those from India, to look elsewhere for educational, training and job opportunities, according to a report. In January, Trump`s initial executive order took effect barring people from seven predominantly MuslimRead More

London: Britain`s ruling Conservative Party has been fined 70,000 pounds ($85,932.00) for breaching rules which govern spending during an election campaign and the matter has been referred to police, Britain`s Electoral Commission said on Thursday. The fine, the largest of its kind, was imposed on Prime Minister Theresa May`s partyRead More

Washington: US President Donald Trump has responded to the leak of his 2005 tax returns, questioning how the journalist behind the story came to obtain the documents. “Does anybody really believe that a reporter, who nobody ever heard of, ‘went to his mailbox’ and found my tax returns?” the PresidentRead More

Washington: The US government on Wednesday delayed the call for bids from companies to help build the Trump administration’s controversial wall on the Mexican border, saying the interest from contractors has been high. Customs and Border Protection previously said it would issue the request for proposals today but in aRead More

Brussels/Vienna: Turkey has blocked some military training and other work with NATO “partner countries” in an apparent escalation of a diplomatic dispute with EU states, officials and sources said on Wednesday. Turkey was not immediately available to comment, but sources said it had blocked NATO`s 2017 rolling programme of cooperationRead More

The Hague: The Dutch tested their own tolerance for immigration and Islam on Wednesday in an election magnified by a furious row with Turkey, the first of three polls in the European Union this year where nationalist parties are seeking breakthroughs. The centre-right VVD party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte,Read More

Geneva: The UN’s intellectual property agency says China is showing “quite extraordinary” growth in international patent applications, putting Chinese applicants on track to outpace their US counterparts within two to three years. Francis Gurry, director-general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, says China posted nearly 45-per cent growth in suchRead More

Nairobi: Kenyan officials say 13 people have been killed and four wounded since Sunday in the volatile Rift Valley county of Baringo, where a drought has increased cattle rustling. The violence occurred despite a police operation to disarm the herding communities. Kenya Red Cross Secretary-General Abbas Gullet said today thatRead More