New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) yesterday rejected Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s plea to derecognise the Congress as a party for extending...
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) yesterday rejected Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy’s plea to derecognise the Congress as a party for extending...
ISLAMABAD: The Haqqani militant network has become one of the greatest threats to US forces in Afghanistan, but there are doubts American and...
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations in Pakistan, members of parliament, the Human Rights Commission, media workers, journalists and press clubs signed ‘Declaration on Safety...
NEW YORK: A US appeals court on Monday upheld the conviction and 86-year prison sentence of a Pakistani neuroscientist for shooting at FBI...
BRUSSELS: Nato, whose troops are fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, said that Kabul should not interfere with the work of the ICG think-tank...
ISLAMABAD: Lawyers affiliated with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) yesterday filed a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) to proceed against the Pakistan...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief warned in a veiled challenge to the Supreme Court, that any efforts to undermine the military and “draw a...
BEIJING: A top Communist reformer has called for change in China on the eve of a 10-yearly power handover, saying that reining in...
BEIJING: The heirs of Mao Zedong convene this week to anoint China’s next leaders, as the Communist Party maintains an iron grip on...
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s high court has extended the jail term of the wife of former president Chen Shui-bian by 14 months following convictions for...
VIENTIANE: First it was the wheelchair. Now, it’s the calculator. In yet another Arroyo-bashing episode, President Benigno Aquino continued his tirades against his...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s ruling party has accused Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake of 14 counts of financial corruption and misconduct in an impeachment motion...
SEOUL: South Korea’s two left-leaning presidential hopefuls held merger talks yesterday on picking a single candidate to challenge conservative front-runner Park Geun-Hye in...
People queue up outside Lyon Village Community House before casting their votes in Arlington, Virginia, yesterday. FALLS CHURCH, Virginia: From storm-ravaged New Jersey...
CHICAGO: US President Barack Obama congratulated Republican rival Mitt Romney yesterday for running a hard-fought race for the White House and expressed confidence...
HOBOKEN, New Jersey: Impatient New Jersey voters queued up amid rubble and rotting rubbish left by superstorm Sandy as US presidential election officials...
KOGELO, Kenya: Paved roads, electricity, running water: Barack Obama’s ancestral home has seen much change in the past four years, and residents are...
WASHINGTON: Americans took to Twitter in droves yesterday to post photos of themselves casting ballots in the long-awaited presidential election, sporting “I voted”...