TOKYO: US defence secretary Chuck Hagel, on the eve of a trip to China, called on Beijing to use its "great power" responsibly and said he would urge its leaders to respect neighbours increasingly anxious over its posture in territorial disputes.
"Great powers have great responsibilities. And...
A Christian couple has been sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab, a watchdog group said Saturday.
Shafqat Emmanuel, 38, and his wife, Shagufta Kausar, 42, were arrested in July in the Gojra area of the district of Toba Tek Singh following a complaint by an...
WASHINGTON: Language, familiarity with western culture and a willingness to move are the key reasons Indians are getting more top jobs in the US than the Chinese, who see more opportunity and good pay at home.
So suggests a Wall Street Journal report citing the success of chief executives such...
Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias Sanchez today emphasised the need to cut military spending by nations including India so that more money could be spent on development, education and health.
"The world is spending 175 trillion dollars on arms and...
A British woman has been locked up in Iran for five months after posting derogatory comments about the country's government on Facebook and fears she will be executed, her husband has said. Concerns are growing for the welfare of Roya Saberi Negad Nobakht, 47, from Stockport, who has been...
If Modi becomes PM, corporates will run India like US: Gogoi
assam Chief Minister gogoi today said if his Gujarat counterpart modi became prime minister, the government would be run by big corporates like that in the US.
"If Modi becomes prime minister, big corporates will be behind him. It...
The candidate of bjp from South Delhi constituency Ramesh Bidhuri on Wednesday asked voters to cast their vote to Bharatiya Janta Party at an election meeting.
He urged the voters that they must take BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra modi as country's PM so that he can teach a lesson...
LONDON — India and Israel have concluded an agreement to assemble a ballistic missile defense system.
Indian sources said Jerusalem and New Dehli concluded more than two years of negotiations with an agreement in principle to build a BMD system for India.
The sources said the system would be...
this thread is not about china ,please stop crying over South Tibet .if you dont like our occupation come and take it stop crying over pdf like a little girl
Lahore: The minority Hindu community in Pakistan has asked the government to ensure religious freedom, protection of lives and properties and grant them their fundamental rights.
A 50-member delegation made the demands while celebrating "Holi" organised by the South Asia Partnership-Pakistan...
LONDON: Russia has all the forces it needs on the border to invade Ukraine within the next three to five days, Nato's top military commander has warned. The supreme allied commander in Europe and the US air force General Philip Breedlove described the situation at the border as "incredibly...
RAJBIRAJ: Indian right-wing Hindu leader Ashok Singhal has stated that India wants to see Nepal as a Hindu state in order to strengthen bilateral relation between the two countries.
Expressing his belief that the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would win the elections in India and form...
WASHINGTON: The United States has not refused Pakistan's request to provide it excess defence articles (EDA) from its worldwide pool, the State Department said while citing Washington's continued security cooperation with the key South Asian country.
"To be clear, the United States has not...
Canada and its allies must take a united front against Pakistan because it is a state sponsor of terrorism that threatens world security, says Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander.
Alexander, a former ambassador to Afghanistan, said the fight against the Taliban and groups like...
Karachi: A Hindu ashram was attacked in Pakistan's Sindh province by about four persons who also stole a 'trishul', triggering protests and a partial shutdown of businesses at several places, a media report said on Monday.
The violators also desecrated parrh (a piece of cloth wrapped around the...