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Abu DHABI: Pakistan has “a desire to change” its ways and be removed from an American blacklist of countries that infringe on religious freedoms, a US special envoy said on a tour…

Kabul: More civilians were killed in the Afghan war in 2018 than during any other year on record after nearly two decades of fighting, according to a UN report released. Civilian deaths…

Abu Dhabi: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has said India could “finish us by attacking with 20 (nuclear) bombs” if Pakistan launched even a single nuclear attack on the neighbouring country, according…

ISLAMABAD: The South Korean government has planned to arrange a pilot pilgrims’ tour to the Buddhist sacred places in Gandhara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by March or April this year. This was stated by…

DUBAI: Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan’s current environment is favourable for his return and he will definitely come back to the country. Addressing the media in Dubai ,…

Washington: The US is not reversing course in Syria, President Donald Trump has said as he defended his decision to keep a small number of troops in the war-torn country after the…

Washington: US Democrats rolled out their measure aimed at blocking President Donald Trump from circumventing Congress to seize federal dollars for construction of his controversial southern border wall. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…

Kabul: Ali Ahmad Alizai has no choice but to obey when the Taliban come knocking on his door demanding food, shelter or a slice of his hard-earned harvest to fund their insurgency.…

BEIRUT: A car bomb killed oil workers and fighters from a US-backed force battling the militant Islamic State group in east Syria, the Kurdish-led alliance said, with a monitor putting the death…

Washington: US Senator Bernie Sanders has hired a Muslim to manage his presidential campaign in the United States, The Guardian reported. Sanders chose the political director of the American Civil Liberties Union…