Melbourne, A light aircraft exploded on Tuesday in a “massive fireball” with police saying none of the five people aboard survived as it smashed into a shopping centre near the Australian city of Melbourne. The Beechcraft plane veered just after take-off into the shopping centre that was still closed, nextRead More

Washington: The Trump administration is considering dropping an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees in a revised executive order on immigration that the President is expected to release this week, the media reported. Trump’s original order, issued a week into his presidency, barred citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries — Iraq, Syria,Read More

New York: Russian officials say its ambassador to the United Nations has died suddenly in New York City. Vitaly Churkin was 64. Russia’s deputy UN ambassador, Vladimir Safronkov, told The Associated Press that Churkin became ill in his office at Russia’s UN mission and was taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital,Read More

New York: President Donald Trump`s personal lawyer, a business associate and a Ukrainian lawmaker have drawn up a peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, presenting the proposal to the administration`s former national security advisor, the New York Times reported Sunday. According to the report, Trump`s lawyer Michael Cohen hand-delivered theRead More

Brussels: US President Donald Trump expects NATO allies to make real progress by the end of this year towards meeting the increased defence spending target agreed by the alliance, his Vice President Mike Pence said Monday. “The president and the American people expect our allies to keep their word andRead More

New Delhi: Global wealth migration is accelerating as around 82,000 ultra rich people shifted overseas in 2016, compared to 64,000 in 2015 and Australia is the top country for millionaire inflows, says a report. Millionaires or High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) refer to individuals with net assets of USD 1Read More

Washington: Jewish community centres (JCC) in many cities across the US received bomb threats, a media report said. The JCC Association of North America reported that 11 centres received the threats on Monday, The Hill magazine reported. “Our JCCs are strongly rooted in communities across the country,” David Posner, DirectorRead More

Beijing: Chinese warships have conducted a drill in the Indian Ocean. “Chinese Navy flotilla carries out high-seas training in east Indian Ocean,” Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. It gave no further details. China has in the past said India should not consider the Indian Ocean as its own backyard.

Rawalpindi: Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that security arrangements along its border with Afghanistan are to fight terrorists of all hue and colour. General Bajwa chaired a high-level security meeting at General Headquarters (GHQ), said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday. HeRead More

Beijing: China on Tuesday said it hoped the US will contribute to peace and stability in the South China Sea as an American aircraft carrier strike group began patrolling the region. “China always respects the freedom of navigation and overflight of all countries in the South China Sea in accordanceRead More