Rahul meets Bahrain Crown Prince

Manama, Jan 8 : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday met Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Prince Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa in Bahrain and also discussed ways to develop sports and cricket ties between the two countries. Gandhi visited Bahrain as a part of his outreach to the Indian diaspora. […]

Islamic State footprint on rise in Pakistan: Report

Islamabad, Jan 8 : The footprint of the militant Islamic State (IS) group is continuously on the rise in Pakistan as over the past year responsibility for as many as six deadliest attacks, in which 153 people were killed, was claimed by the outfit, according to a think-tank report. The security report by Pakistan Institute for […]

South Korea’s top nuke envoy to visit US

Seoul, Jan 8 : South Korea’s top nuclear envoy will visit the US this week to discuss the Korean peninsula’s nuclear issue, an official said on Monday. Lee Do-hoon, special representative for the Korean peninsula peace and security affairs, will visit Washington from Wednesday to Friday, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry was cited as saying by Xinhua […]

24,000 attempts to access pornsites in British Parliament

London, Jan 8 : More than 24,000 attempts were made to access pornographic websites in Britain’s Houses of Parliament since last June’s general election, according to official data. The figure of 24,473 attempts represents about 160 requests per day on average from computers and other devices connected to the parliamentary network between June and October 2017, […]

Seoul, Pyongyang finalise delegations for bilateral meet

Seoul, Jan 7 : North and South Korea have agreed on the composition of the delegations which will participate in the first high-level meeting on Tuesday between the two countries after over two years, the Unification Ministry said here on Sunday. Pyongyang informed Seoul of its five-member delegation earlier in the day, which will be led […]

Pakistan accuses US of betrayal after military aid suspension

Islamabad, Jan 5 : Amid opposition calls for retaliation, the Pakistan government on Friday accused the US of betrayal and decried “arbitrary deadlines” and “unilateral pronouncements” after the Donald Trump administration suspended an estimated $1 billion in military assistance. In one of the harshest actions in years between the troubled allies, Washington moved to block the […]