Karachi: 12 killed in fire at four-star hotel, 110 injured

At least 12 people, including four women, suffocated to death and over 110 others were injured on Monday when a pre-dawn fire ripped throug...
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Will BCCI pay heed to Ganguly's request?

The Sourav Ganguly-led Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) wrote a letter to the Board of Control for Cricket in India requesting not to re...
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Jayalalithaa passes away after 75 days in hospital

After battling for life for 75 days, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa breathed her last at 11.30 pm on Monday. Tamil Nadu Chief M...
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Trump's Call With Taiwan's Leader Could Result in 'Severe Provocation' of China: Exper

President-elect Donald Trump's phone call Friday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen signals a new openness to improving protection o...
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For Comic Mo Amer, Trump's Presidency Is a Chance to Become 'Culturally' Rich

Mohammed "Mo" Amer has a nephew named Osama. After a party for Osama's ninth birthday, Amer took him to a Walmart in Texas to...
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RBS Fined $1 Billion in Investor Lawsuit

Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to pay $1 billion over allegations it misled shareholders during a fundraising at the height of the finan...
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China Sidesteps Trump Twitter Storm But Media Slams 'Reckless Remarks'

BEIJING, China — China responded cautiously Monday to Donald Trump's latest diplomatic outburst but local media and some citizens mocke...
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe to Visit Pearl Harbor with Obama 75 Years After Attack

TOKYO, Japan — Japan's prime minister will visit Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama this month, becoming the first leader of his ...
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China Chases Silicon Valley Talent Who Are Worried About Trump Presidency

BEIJING — China is trying to capitalize on President-elect Donald Trump's hardline immigration stance and vow to clamp down on a foreig...
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Italian PM Matteo Renzi to resign after heavy referendum defeat

Matteo Renzi's resignation plunges Italy into uncertainty, as EU officials seek to play down the impact of the vote on the euro. Ital...
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Trump's Call With Taiwan's Leader Could Result in 'Severe Provocation' by China: Expert

President-elect Donald Trump's phone call Friday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen signals a new openness to improving protection o...
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Stolen Dachau Concentration Camp Gate Found in Norway

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The investigation into how an iron gate stolen from the Nazis' Dachau concentration camp in southern Germany ende...
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Trump attends "Villains and Heroes" costume party dressed as...himself

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attended a "Villains and Heroes" costume party at a major donor's Long Island home on Satur...
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Europe holds its breath as Italy heads to the polls for critical referendum

He burst on to Italy’s political scene two years ago promising to reshape his country’s moribund politics, but it was an exhausted, carewor...
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Married at 16, given triple talaq at 18, girl urges PM to enforce uniform code

HIGHLIGHTS Arshiya was married off to a rich vegetable trader at 16. Two years later, he discontinued the relationship by writing 'ta...
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Schiaparelli Mars Lander: ESA Figures Out What Went Wrong

The European Space Agency (ESA) has finally figured out what had caused the Schiaparelli Mars lander to crash on the red planet's surfa...
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