NEW DELHI: Acrid clouds engulfed India’s capital on Wednesday as air pollution fuelled by fireworks and farm stubble burning was ranked “hazardous” by monitors for the first time this winter. New ...

LILLE: Two people died while attempting to cross the Channel from northern France to Britain early Wednesday, French authorities said, adding that around 50 people more had been rescued from a sinking ...

JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday “now is the time” to end the Gaza conflict, and urged ...

WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump admires German dictator Adolf Hitler and would like to rule like ...

THIS is with reference to the report ‘Pakistan PAC sees Trump as better choice for Islamabad’ (Oct 19), ...

Despite government assertions of a downward inflationary trend, prices of essential kitchen items have continued to rise.

We got an independent judiciary after the lawyers’ movement. But what exactly did the judges do with this expanded power?

DHAKA: A protest outside the Bangladesh president’s home demanding his resignation ended on Wednesday when demonstrators clashed with riot police while trying to storm the compound, with 30 injured in ...

SINGAPORE: The youngest son of Singapore’s founding leader Lee Kuan Yew said he was granted asylum in Britain due to persecution at home, where a bitter family feud rages over a property dispute.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday adjourned hearing of disqualification references against ...

KARACHI: Most economists believe the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will reduce its policy rate by 200 basis points in its ...

Warmer temperatures are making life harder for butterflies in Greece, home to some 237 species. Food is scarcer, flowering ...