Venezuela’s Guaido tells Maduro pressure ‘just beginning’

AFP | Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido vowed Tuesday to increase pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, who in turn promised to crush a "crazed minority"...

IS-backed Boko Haram faction may have new chief: sources

AFP | The leader of an Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram may have been replaced, sources say, against a backdrop of speculation as to...

Evidence of Balakot strike causalities: Modi fails to silence opposition’s demands

News Desk | Shiv Sena on Tuesday accused the BJP-led government of withholding facts about the Indian Air Force’s strike on alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camps...

Canadian couple builds world’s largest snow maze

AFP | A-maze-ing: a snow labyrinth in the frigid, windswept prairies of Western Canada has broken the record for the world's biggest. According to Guinness World...

Did external pressure compel Pakistan to take action against banned outfits?

News Analysis | Major General Asif Ghafoor, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), clarified on Tuesday that the crackdown against banned organizations is not due...

Iran abides by nuclear treaty even after the U.S sanction: Why?

News Analysis | Yukiya Amano, head of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) while briefing the board of governors of the biggest nuclear watchdog, has stated...

China to raise defence spending by 7.5%, lower than 2018

AFP | China announced Tuesday a 7.5 percent increase in military spending in 2019, lower than last year as the country faces an economic slowdown....

Russia’s Arctic plans add to polar bears’ climate woes

AFP | Last month's visit by roaming polar bears that put a Russian village on lockdown may be just the beginning. For as Moscow steps...

China cuts taxes, sees ‘tough struggle’ as growth slows

AFP | China's premier warned Tuesday that the country faces a "tough struggle" as he unveiled tax cuts and other measures to prop up an...

Democrats launch sweeping probe targeting dozens in Trump orbit

AFP | US Democratic lawmakers launched Monday their most ambitious investigation yet into alleged obstruction of justice and abuse of office by Donald Trump, targeting...

Death toll from Alabama tornadoes likely to rise as search resumes

AFP | Rescuers in Alabama stepped up the search for survivors Monday after two back-to-back tornadoes ripped across the southern state, with the death toll...

UK’s Labour Party torn apart by anti-Semitism row

AFP | Britain's main opposition Labour party is in turmoil over mounting allegations of anti-Semitism on leftist leader Jeremy Corbyn's watch -- and the party's...