ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court allowed an Indian woman, who has sought refuge at the Indian mission here after accusing a Pakistani man of forcibly marrying her, to return to India. Uzma, in her early 20s, had travelled to Pakistan earlier this month. She has said that Pakistani national Tahir Ali forced her to marry […]
VIENNA: The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan visited Vienna, Austria for co-chairing the 2nd India-OPEC Institutional Dialogue at the OPEC headquarters. The meeting took place two days prior to the OPEC Ministerial meeting that is scheduled from 25th May. Pradhan had a one-to-onemeeting with the Secretary General of OPEC […]
THE HAGUE: The ICJ or International Court of Justice at the Hague gave its verdict today, ruling in favour of India in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. The top UN court told Pakistan to take all possible measures to ensure that Jadhav is not executed. It also told Pakistan to give consular access to India. This is […]
WASHINGTON: North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile but it failed to go beyond its territory, the US said today, as Pyonyang’s defiant move amid repeated warnings from Washington ratcheted up tensions in the Korean Peninsula. “The US Pacific Command detected what we assess was a North Korean missile launch at 10:33 AM Hawaii time, April […]
KABUL: More than 140 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a coordinated Taliban attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan, the country’s defence ministry said today. “The majority of our soldiers were offering Friday prayers” at the time of the assault, the ministry said in a statement, adding that “over 100 Afghan army […]
NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke in Lok Sabha and reiterated that the “Indian government will do everything possible to ensure justice for Kulbhushan Jadhav.” He also said that the government strongly condemns Pakistan’s decision to announce death sentence for Jadhav. “Kulbhushan Jadhav had a valid Indian visa, how can he be a spy? […]
NEW DELHI: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his country is ready to start export of uranium to India as soon as possible, two-and-a-half years after the two countries signed a civil nuclear cooperation deal. Soon after holding wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Turnbull said cooperation between the two countries in the energy […]
WASHINGTON: US officials said President Donald Trump’s new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary US travel ban. Four officials say the administration’s decision follows pressure from the Pentagon and State Department. They had urged the White House to reconsider Iraq’s inclusi on given its key role […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new refugee and immigration executive order on Wednesday, a day after addressing lawmakers at a joint session of Congress. That’s according to a senior administration official. Trump initially planned to sign the new order last week, but spokesman Sean Spicer said the president was holding […]