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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States agreed to remain engaged for peace in Afghanistan. This was agreed during a meeting between US Deputy Assistant Secretary at the State Department’s Bureau of South…

Washington:The Trump administration will urge US schools and colleges to adopt race-blind admission standards overturning an Obama-era guideline aimed at encouraging diversity, according to reports. This will switch the country back to…

Beirut: Hudhayfah al-Badri, son of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed during an attack by the jihadists in the central Syrian province of Homs, the IS propaganda agency Amaq…

Brussels: China is putting pressure on the European Union to issue a strong joint statement against President Donald Trump’s trade policies at a summit later this month but is facing resistance, European…

JAKARTA: At least 24 people, including children, died after a ferry ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, officials said, as rescuers raced to save scores of other passengers still missing or…

DHAKA: The international Red Cross leader said that humanitarian help alone will not solve the Rohingya refugee crisis and inclusive political solutions are needed for the 700,000 people who fled from Myanmar…

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the suicide attack in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad that killed 19 people, mostly Sikhs and Hindus, asserting that any attack targeting civilians is “unjustifiable”…

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump said he met with four potential Supreme Court justices on Monday, while a person familiar with the selection process said Trump was focused keenly on two…

Seoul: South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit India from July 8 to 11, his presidential office said on Monday, and hold a summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi where their discussions…

KABUL: The United States has said the Taliban’s failure to engage in talks to end Afghanistan’s nearly 17-year conflict is “unacceptable” and called on Pakistan to exert more pressure on the militants.…