Pakistan and India agree to abide by 2003 ceasefire

News Analysis | Pakistani and Indian military officials in a rare move have agreed to avoid artillery exchanges in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir,...

Japan weighs minister-level talks with North Korea: reports

AFP | Japan is weighing high-level, direct talks with North Korea, potentially an August meeting between the two countries' foreign ministers, local media said Wednesday. The...

US to keep confronting Beijing in S. China Sea: Mattis

AFP | Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed Tuesday that the US would keep confronting China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where...

Papua New Guinea mulls ‘temporary’ ban on Facebook

AFP | Papua New Guinea said Wednesday it was mulling a temporary shutdown of Facebook to uncover false accounts and block fake news in the...

Pakistan Cement Industry set to boost capacity with new projects

News Desk | The eight brownfield cement projects with a total capacity of 18.8Mta are at various stages of completion and scheduled to be commissioned...

PM Abbasi asks for a national dialogue on civil-military relations

News Analysis | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has successfully completed its tenure of five years despite all political and economic challenges the party had...

Hindu Leader calls for violent cleansing of Muslims

News Analysis | A viral video of a Hindu extremist leader openly inciting ethnic cleansing on TV has been making rounds on the social media....

Russia asks Apple to help block Telegram

AFP | Russia's communications watchdog said Monday it had requested Apple help it block the popular messaging app Telegram which has been banned in the...

Trump, Abe say ‘imperative’ to dismantle N. Korean weapons

AFP | President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Monday that it is "imperative" to completely dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons and...

India to ignore US sanctions on Iran, Venezuela: minister

AFP | India will keep trading with Iran and Venezuela despite the threat of fallout from US sanctions against the two countries, Foreign Minister Sushma...

Pakistan military says ex-spy chief will not be allowed to leave country

AFP | Pakistan's military Monday took the unprecedented step of preventing a former spy chief from leaving the country, after he ignited a storm by...

Two killed in Kashmir militant attack on Indian army camp

AFP | Two people have died in a shootout in the disputed territory of Indian Kashmir, officials said Monday, the first attacks since the army...