Jerusalem: Israel’s leader says President Donald Trump told him it was a “new day” in Israeli-American relations. Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet Sunday that last week’s meeting with Trump in Washington was “historic” and strengthened the two countries’ longtime alliance. After eight years of testy ties with Barack Obama, NetanyahuRead More

London: Around 350,000 children are trapped in western Mosul, Save the Children warned today as Iraqi forces launched a fresh offensive on jihadists defending the strategic city. “Iraqi forces and their allies, including the US and UK, must do everything in their power to protect children and their families fromRead More

London: The UK needs to do more on the students visa issue despite the “pluses” from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement about special categories of visas, the new Indian envoy here has said. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, who presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II last week, told the ‘DailyRead More

Munich: Iran’s foreign minister is brushing aside new pressure from the United States, declaring that his country is “unmoved by threats” but responds well to respect. President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticised the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran, the US and five other world powers. His administration said Iran wasRead More

Seoul: Malaysia’s investigation into the murder of the North Korean leader’s half-brother shows that the Pyongyang government was behind the assassination, South Korea said today. Malaysian police have arrested one North Korean suspect and are seeking four more North Koreans who left the country last Monday, the day Kim Jong-NamRead More

Washington: A US Navy aircraft carrier strike group has begun patrols in the South China Sea, an official statement said. The US Navy in the statement announced the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 began the routine patrols on Saturday. The group included a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVNRead More

Washington: US President Donald Trump at a rally in Florida again attacked the media as “fake news” and renewed pledges on Obamacare and border security. “They just don`t want to report the truth,” Trump on Saturday told the crowd of about 9,000 people in Melbourne. Addressing an event little changedRead More

Islamabad: Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed has been listed under Pakistan’s anti- terrorism act by the provincial Punjab government, a tacit acknowledgement of his links to militancy. Dawn News reported that the Punjab government has included names of Saeed and one of his close aides, Qazi Kashif,Read More

Islamabad, The Pakistan Senate on Friday unanimously passed ‘The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017′ following which the Hindu community in the country will have a personal law for the first time. The Bill, which was approved by the National Assembly on September 26 last year, is likely to get presidential assentRead More

Washington: Barack Obama ranks as the 12th best leader in US presidential history, according to a new survey. The survey of 91 presidential historians conducted by C-SPAN placed the 44th president just below Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) and just above James Monroe (1817-1825), NBC News reported on Friday. This is theRead More