Washington, There are great expectations all around from the corridors of power in Washington to business circles to the Indian-American community from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s landmark visit to the US beginning Friday. When putting the past behind, President Barack Obama greets Modi, who had been denied a USRead More

Kabul, The two candidates in Afghanistan’s contested election agreed on the long-awaited formation of a unity government on Sunday, setting the stage for President Hamid Karzai’s departure from office as well as a security agreement allowing American troops to remain in the country after this year. After a tumultuous, year-longRead More

Washington, A Nasa (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) spacecraft that aims to study the upper atmosphere of Mars and reveal how its climate changed over time is poised to begin orbiting the Red Planet on Sunday. After a 10-month journey, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (Maven) probe is makingRead More

Cairns, Underlining the criticality of investment to boosting demand and growth worldwide, the G20 finance ministers’ summit Sunday agreed to set up a global infrastructure initiative to increase “quality investment”, with special emphasis on infrastructure. The initiative to be coordinated by the World Bank will include setting up a globalRead More

Islamabad,  Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the ‘Gen-Next’ politician of Pakistan, has said that his Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would get back entire Kashmir from india. Bilawal, in his 20s, was addressing the party workers in Multan region in Punjab yesterday. “I will take back Kashmir, all of it, and I willRead More

United Nations, The UN Security Council Friday urged the international community to “further strengthen and expand support” for Iraqi government in fighting Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. In a presidential statement issued here at a ministerial debate chaired by US Secretary of State John Kerry, the members ofRead More

Wellington, With nearly 100% of the votes counted, PM John Key’s party held 48%, with the opposition Labour Party lagging behind on 25%. The Greens had 10%. Mr Key has recently been forced to defend his party against claims of dirty politics and mass spying. But he has now wonRead More

Islamabad, A training aircraft of the Pakistan Army crashed in the country’s Balochistan province leaving both the pilots critically injured, Geo News reported Saturday. The incident occurred in the morning in the province’s Ziarat district. Both the pilots — Captain Hasnain and Captain Umer — were taken to the provincialRead More

London, Senior Muslim clerics in Britain have made a direct video appeal to the Islamic State terror group to free a British hostage under their captivity. In a YouTube video, Shakeel Begg and Haitham al-Haddad said there was no justification for holding 47-year-old Alan Henning, who was captured in Syria,Read More

Washington, As he continues to galvanise the world for a broad coalition against the Islamic State, US President Barack Obama today said the international community is united in its fight against the dreaded terror group, which has gained control over large parts of Syria and Iraq. “This is not America’sRead More