US-Pakistan talks to focus on ties with India, Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: The two-day US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue, which resumes in Islamabad early next week, will focus on two recent devel…
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'The Grand Budapest Hotel' leads BAFTA nominations
LONDON:The Grand Budapest Hotel, an offbeat comedy starring Ralph Fiennes as the concierge of a luxury hotel in a bygone Europe, t…
Modi pledges to provide round-the-clock electricity in New Delhi
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to provide round-the-clock electricity for India's capital Saturday as he kic…
US to help Pakistan overcome terror, security challenges: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby on Friday said the sanctuary that some terrorist groups enjoy in Pakistan h…
FBI recommends charges against ex-CIA chief Petraeus: NY Times
WASHINGTON: The FBI and US Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against retired General David P…
After Charlie Hebdo: Paris Jewish shop hostage-taker killed
PARIS: At least five people, including the attacker, have died at a kosher grocery in Paris where a gunman took several hostages. …
Turkish Marxist group withdraws claim for Istanbul suicide bombing
ISTANBUL: A banned radical Turkish Marxist group has retracted its claim for a suicide bombing in the heart of Istanbul's tourist …
French hunt for gunman's girlfriend after bloody siege climax
PARIS: French forces were frantically hunting for the girlfriend of an Islamist gunman on Saturday, as the country mourned 17 dead…
Russia lists transgender people among those unfit to drive
MOSCOW: New Russian road safety regulations bar transsexuals, transvestites and others with sexual disorders from driving, ostensi…
Why Algeria remains France’s festering wound
ALGERIA. Long before the identity of the murder suspects was revealed by the French police even before I heard the names of Cheri…
