KUWAIT CITY: A lower court in Kuwait on Monday sentenced five men to 10 years in jail each for raising funds for the self-styled Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. Three of those convicted w... Read more
New Delhi: Noted historian Irfan Habib has triggered a massive controversy by equating the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the dreaded terror outfit the Islamic State. Speaking at “Pr... Read more
A senior Iranian official has dismissed as baseless the recent comments by the Saudi foreign minister against the Islamic Republic, warning that there is a limit to Tehran’s patience.... Read more
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Saudi Arabia’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran for the fourth time to protest against Riyadh authorities’ mishandling of the recent deadly crush... Read more
President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have discussed the crisis in Syria, but failed to reach an agreement on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s fate. The two lea... Read more
An Afghan official says Taliban militants have seized half of the northern city of Kunduz following fierce battles with security forces. Sayed Sarwar Hussaini, a spokesman for the Kunduz pro... Read more
Israeli forces have shot and wounded the Nablus police chief and his three-year-old daughter in the occupied West Bank, an official says. Murad Ishteiwi, a senior official with the Palestini... Read more
‘India is a great secular country where people of various religions dwell. All the efforts to make India a Hindu nation are a severe threat to the secular system of India.’ Union minister an... Read more
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti is likely to be arrested, as the Delhi High Court has rejected his anticipatory bail plea in connection with domestic violence case filed against... Read more
KATHMANDU, Sep. 21 – Nepal’s President Ram Baran Yadav has proclaimed the new Constitution after 7 years of debate and violence, closing a chapter in the history of this nation of the... Read more
