WASHINGTON: If American troops pull out of Afghanistan, the Taliban might retake control of the country, warns former US Defence Secretary Robert Gates. Gates, who served...
Colombo : Sri Lankan troops in a northern town fired shots into the air and police imposed a curfew after mobs attacked a mosque, in renewed...
Washington: President Donald Trump said he was cancelling sanctions imposed by his own Treasury Department to tighten international pressure on North Korea. “It was announced today...
ANKARA: Turkish and Russian patrols began in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region as part of a deal agreed last year, Turkey’s defence minister said. The jihadist-controlled Idlib...
KABUL: A three-day meeting between the Taliban and the US special envoy for Afghanistan to pave the way for peace talks ended with no agreement, the...