ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s prime minister has asked Swiss authorities to reopen an old corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari, succumbing to pressure from...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s prime minister has asked Swiss authorities to reopen an old corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari, succumbing to pressure from...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari congratulated his US counterpart Barack Obama on his re-election yesterday, saying he was confident their countries’ relations...
KABUL: Taliban insurgents told re-elected President Barack Obama yesterday to admit that the United States has lost the war in Afghanistan and pull...
GURGAON: Pakistani cricketer turned politician Imran Khan said yesterday he hoped President Barack Obama would “give peace a chance” and stop US drone...
Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (left) talks to Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, yesterday. Prime Minister...
VIENTIANE: Forty-nine member-countries of the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) have adopted the Philippine call for a peaceful resolution of claims in the West...
BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party said yesterday its highly anticipated congress would last a week, as it signalled that Vice President Xi Jinping...
SEOUL: South Korea’s nuclear watchdog said yesterday it would carry out a rigorous inspection of all the country’s 23 reactors after a scandal...
DHAKA: Nearly 90 people are missing after an overloaded boat carrying Rohingya refugees towards Malaysia sank off Bangladesh early yesterday, the second such...
BEIJING: China’s official media said yesterday that ties with the United States were uneven in President Barack Obama’s first term and mutual trust...
WASHINGTON: It was a moving photo like countless others on Facebook, but the caption “four more years” said it all — US President...
CHICAGO: President Barack Obama returned to Washington emboldened by his re-election but faced the daunting task of breaking down partisan gridlock in a...
BOSTON: Republican challenger Mitt Romney conceded defeat in the US election, telling supporters that he had called President Barack Obama to congratulate him...
WASHINGTON: Republican Paul Ryan lost in his bid to be the next US vice president but kept his seat in the House of...
PARIS: World leaders yesterday hailed President Barack Obama’s sweeping re-election, with allies pledging to deepen cooperation with the United States on fighting the...
PRAGUE: The Czech government survived a major crisis yesterday as parliament passed a tax hike which Prime Minister Petr Necas made tantamount to...
ACCRA: A six-storey shopping mall collapsed in the Ghanaian capital Accra yesterday, killing at least three people, but a desperate rescue operation had...
TBILISI: The Georgian government detained the army’s chief-of-staff yesterday on suspicion of abuse of power, stepping up what the opposition says is a...
