US President sacks Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
Washington, March 13 (TNS): In a major development, US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director...
Occupied Kashmir on boil after India troops martyred 3 youth
Srinagar, March 13 (TNS): A complete shutdown is being observed across the Kokernag area of Indian-Occupied Kashmir (IOK) following the killing of three youth by Indian forces, Kashmir...
Putin has Russia guessing before election
MOSCOW March 13 (TNS): Soon after Vladimir Putin is re-elected on Sunday, his thoughts will turn to the question that is likely to dominate his...
UK deadline looms for Russia over spy poison attack
London March 13 (TNS): Moscow faces a midnight Tuesday deadline to tell London how a Russian-made nerve agent came to be used in the...
US picking up Taliban interest in Afghan peace talks: Mattis
KABUL March 13 (TNS): The United States is picking up signs of interest from Taliban elements in exploring the possibility of talks with Kabul...
Nigeria struggles to contain dramatic spread of deadly Lassa fever
Abuja March 13 (TNS): Nigeria is battling on two fronts against an unprecedented outbreak of Lassa fever, a cousin of Ebola, that has already...
China to merge banking, insurance regulators in massive overhaul
Beijing March 13 (TNS): China unveiled plans on Tuesday for the biggest shakeup of government in recent years, including the merger of its banking...
Monsoon floods and landslides threaten 100,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Bangladesh March 12 (TNS): The Rohingya refugees who live in shacks clinging to these steep, denuded hills in southern Bangladesh pray that the sandbags...
Bangladesh ex-PM gets bail
DHAKA March 12 (TNS): A Bangladeshi court granted bail on Monday to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was jailed last month for five...
