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15 killed as gunmen storm government building in Jalalabad

Afghan security forces have battled two gunmen who stormed a government building in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, taking dozens of people hostage. The...

US-Mexico NAFTA talks minus Canada: feds insist they’re encouraged

Canada’s continental partners are simply trying to work through difficult bilateral sticking points on NAFTA, federal insiders insist, even as the Canadian government appears...

Trump ‘unreliable’, talks offer worthless: Iranian officials

Donald Trump’s surprise declaration that he is willing to meet with Iran’s leadership without “preconditions” has been met with deep distrust in Tehran, just...

Mastung massacre:128 martyred, over 200 injured in suicide blast claimed by...

By Mohammad Zafar QUETTA: A suicide bomber targeting a political rally of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) on Friday killed at least 128 people and...

Pakistan backs UN response to Indian allegations against Kashmir report

Pakistan on Wednesday supported the United Nations’ (UN) dismissal of Indian allegations against its report on the poor human rights situation in Kashmir. The first-ever...

Nawaz Sharif provided a cook, lawn to walk in at ...

Punjab Information Minister Ahmed Waqas Riaz on Wednesday said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is being provided all the facilities that he is...

With GDA help, PTI will defeat PPP in Sindh: Imran

SUKKUR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chair­man Imran Khan has claimed that his party will defeat Asif Zardari in Sindh in collaboration with the Grand Democratic...

Bilawal calls for new charter of democracy among all parties

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has stressed the need for signing of a new charter of democracy (CoD) by all democratic...

Trump says he misspoke on Russia meddling

Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from his public undermining...

India’s top court demands new law to stop lynching

India’s highest court has asked the government to enact a new law to deal with an increase in mob violence and lynchings that have...

Israeli army turns away displaced Syrians along Golan Heights

Scores of displaced Syrians were turned away by the Israeli army units on Tuesday as they attempted to approach the border fence along the...

Syrian government seizes strategic hill overlooking Golan Heights

Syrian government troops have regained control of a strategic hill overlooking the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, state-media and rebels said on Monday. Troops loyal to...

Iraqi forces use batons and rubber hoses to disperse protesters

Iraqi security forces have used batons and rubber hoses to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered near an oilfield in the flashpoint province of...

Lightning sparks dozens of new wildfires in B.C.’s Southern Interior

A lightning storm swept across the southern Interior overnight, sparking dozens of small wildfires. The B.C. Wildfire Service website shows the fires were sparked...

Beating of Muslim man in Mississauga likely motivated by hate: police

TORONTO -- An attack in southern Ontario that sent a Muslim man to hospital appears to have been motivated by hate, police said Wednesday,...

B.C.’s addictions strategy should focus more on recovery: report

A report on best practices for recovery from addiction suggests British Columbia should shift its focus from the current harm reduction strategy. The BC Centre...

Fake abduction, Bitcoin ransom the latest scam in Metro Vancouver

RICHMOND, B.C. - Mounties in Richmond, B.C., say it appears criminals have added Bitcoin ransom to the growing list of manoeuvres to swindle money...

Putting workers and communities first

By John Horgan Premier of British Columbia A new bridge gets people home faster. New hospitals give patients faster, better health care. And when government spends...

Iran builds new centrifuge rotor factory: Nuclear chief

The factory would have the capacity to build rotors for up to 60 IR-6 centrifuges per day Iran has begun working on infrastructure for building...

Bankruptcy reforms ‘will spur Saudi Arabian investment’

•Saudi Arabia will introduce its first comprehensive bankruptcy law on Aug. 18 •The new rules have been drawn up to offer protection to creditors LONDON: Saudi...