Washington: Secretary of State John Kerry discussed Saturday the Islamic State threat with the head of the Arab League, ahead of the group`s next round of discussions. The Arab League is due to hold a ministerial meeting in Cairo on Sunday to address fast-moving changes in the region. Kerry andRead More

Washington: Like other Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) including Indian-Americans were hit hard by the Great Recession, but they fared better than any other racial group, according to a new report. During the economic downturn, the unemployment rate more than doubled for Asian American workers from 3.2 percentRead More

Tehran, Iran on Sunday accused the US of not taking the threat from Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria seriously, and charged that US aid had previously helped the jihadists. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif levelled the accusations despite an expanding US air campaign in Iraq since August 8Read More

Dubai, India will organising a conference in Abu Dhabi aimed at improving the delivery of services for the welfare of Indians living in the UAE. The day-long meet on September 13 is being jointly organised by the Indian Embassy and the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, with nine Indian statesRead More

Russia aims to boost its economic ties with China, particularly in the energy sector, in the face of Western sanctions over Ukraine but this could prove a high-risk strategy. On Monday, far from the fighting in Ukraine and the threat of fresh Western sanctions, President Vladimir Putin launched what isRead More

Kuala Lumpur, Six months after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people on board disappeared in the Indian Ocean, aviation experts are still clueless over the world’s greatest aviation mystery. Australia, which is responsible for search and rescue operations, is set to launch a new phase of the multimillion dollarRead More

Taipei, Taiwan and China will this week resume talks on a goods free trade agreement after negotiations were delayed due to vocal opposition by locals suspicious of closer ties with Beijing, officials said on Sunday. The three-day talks will reopen Wednesday after being delayed about five months, but an economicsRead More

Tehran: President Hassan Rouhani re-entered Iran’s feverish debate on Internet censorship and gender segregation on Sunday, saying neither policy was in the country’s interest. Rouhani was elected last year having pledged to be more moderate on social issues after his conservative predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s eight-year tenure, but he has encounteredRead More

London: Queen Elizabeth II is very concerned that Scotland will vote for independence from the UK this month and is receiving daily updates on the situation, a media report said on Sunday. Buckingham Palace aides and ministers close to the 88-year-old British monarch told ‘The Sunday Times’ that the prospectRead More

Baghdad/Tbilisi: U.S. warplanes carried out four strikes on Islamic State insurgents menacing Iraq`s Haditha Dam on Sunday, witnesses and officials said, widening what President Barack Obama called a campaign to curb and ultimately defeat the jihadist movement. Obama has branded Islamic State an acute threat to the West as wellRead More