Washington, Two weeks before the first nominating contests, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump picked up his biggest endorsement in Sarah Palin even as Bernie Sanders posed a rising challenge to the Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee, Palin announced on Tuesday she wasRead More

Peshawar, The Tehreek-i-Taliban Geedar group commander who claimed the deadly attack on Bacha Khan University in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda Wednesday is Umar Mansoor, the de facto operational head of TTP in KP. Journalist Hasan Abdullah tells Dawn.com Mansoor is the faction’s commander specifically in Charsadda, Darra Adam Khel, Noshera and surroundingRead More

Peshawar, January 20 In a heroic act, a Pakistani chemistry professor in his 30s today lost his life while trying to protect his students using his licensed pistol against armed Taliban militants who stormed the university. Assistant professor Syed Hamid Hussain, 34, fought back against the terrorists as he warnedRead More

BERLIN: A group of conservative lawmakers urged Angela Merkel to reverse her open-door refugee policy as a poll showed a slide in support for her bloc on Tuesday, raising the stakes for a German chancellor exposed by deep rifts in her right-left coalition. With three closely watched regional elections loomingRead More

TAIPEI: The Taiwan government insisted it was business as usual on Tuesday, three days after the ruling party was routed in elections and a day after the premier rebuffed attempts by the president to keep him in his job. President Ma Ying-jeou stood outside the home of Premier Mao Chi-kuoRead More

PESHAWAR (Pakistan), January 19 A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 20, officials said. The bomber rammed his motorcycle into a police vehicle next to the roadside checkpoint in the Jamrud areaRead More

New York, January 19 A Sikh man and his four friends who were kicked out from an American Airlines flight because their appearance made the captain uneasy have filed a USD 9 million lawsuit against the airline. Shan Anand, a Sikh, and his friends Faimul Alam; a Bangladeshi Muslim andRead More

Beijing, January 19 China’s economy grew 6.9 per cent in 2015, the slowest pace in 25 years, slipping below the seven per cent mark and sparking concerns both at home and abroad over the continued slowdown in the world’s second largest economy. The growth rate, released by China’s the NationalRead More

London, January 18 Some migrants to Britain who cannot pass an English test within 2–1/2 years of arriving may not be allowed to stay, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday in a move aimed at fostering greater integration by Muslim women. Cameron said there were 190,000 British MuslimRead More

Washington, January 18 Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton embraced the policies of the Obama administration from healthcare to economy and foreign policy, in particular Iran, during her party’s first presidential debate this year. At the same time, the former Secretary of State appeared to have deliberately avoided attacking or evenRead More