New York: Under the Donald Trump presidency, the Office of the First Lady is going to be changed to the Office of the First Family which may signal the emergence of dual administration roles for the President-elect’s wife and daughter, according to a media report. “During the Trump administration, theRead More

London: A large chunk of the funds from the UK government’s aid programme to Pakistan was failing to reach the poorest in the country, according to a report. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), which scrutinises aid money, concluded in a review into the cash transfer programmes of theRead More

Kabul: The US military said on Thursday that 33 civilians were killed during a joint operation in northern Afghanistan last year, as it released details of its investigation into the incident. Twenty-seven other civilians were wounded in the village of Boz in Kunduz city during the operation to capture TalibanRead More

Chicago: President Barack Obama today bade goodbye to Americans in an emotional speech, warning them of threats to democracy from growing racism, inequality and discrimination amidst a “corrosive” a political environment in the country following the election of Donald Trump. Refashioning his winning 2008 campaign mantra for 2017, Obama whileRead More

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a conference on peace in the Middle East to be held this Sunday in Paris, the US Department of State said in a statement. This would be his last overseas trip as secretary of state, which would include visits to Vietnam,Read More

Washington: The US has imposed sanctions on a surviving British member of the infamous ISIS kidnapping cell known as “The Beatles” – named after the British pop group. The State Department said London-born 33-year-old ISIS fighter Alexanda Amon Kotey is one of four members of a group that beheaded aRead More

New Delhi: France`s Foreign Affairs and International Development Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, on Monday said Paris will continue to work closely with the new U.S administration irrespective of the uncertainty in President-elect Donald Trump`s policies. Delivering the seventh R.K. Mishra Memorial Lecture, organised by Observer Research Foundation (ORF), here, Mr Jean-MarcRead More

Sanaa: Nearly 1,400 children have been killed, hundreds more injured and many schools closed by the war in Yemen, the UN children`s fund said on Wednesday. “Attacks on civilian areas continue to kill and injure scores of children in Yemen,” said UNICEF`s representative in Yemen, Meritxell Relano. “Instead of learning,Read More

Mosul: Iraqi forces have retaken at least 80 percent of east Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group, the spokesman of the special forces spearheading the campaign said on Wednesday. “I think you can say that we have retaken 80 to 85 percent” of the eastern side of Mosul, SabahRead More

Moscow: The Kremlin on Monday branded a hacking report by US intelligence baseless and amateurish, saying Moscow is growing tired of denying claims the Russian government meddled in the US election. “These are baseless allegations substantiated with nothing, done on a rather amateurish, emotional level that is hardly worthy ofRead More