London, Jun 16 (PTI) The death toll in the massive fire that engulfed a 24-storey tower here nearly doubled to 30 today amid fears that it could climb to “triple figures”, even as Scotland Yard launched a criminal investigation into the cause of one of the worst fire tragedies in […]

London, Jun 14 (PTI) A huge blaze today engulfed a 24- storey residential tower block in west London housing over 100 families, killing at least 12 people and injuring 74 others, with police suspecting the death toll could rise further. The fire at Grenfell Tower on the Lancaster West Estate […]

Washington, Jun 12 (PTI) A US appeals court today upheld a decision blocking Donald Trump’s revised executive order imposing a travel ban on citizens from six Muslim-majority nations, in yet another blow for the president who has claimed the step is necessary to prevent possible terrorist attacks. The three-judge bench […]

Islamabad, Jun 12 (PTI) Embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will become Pakistan’s first sitting premier to depose before a Joint Investigation Team probing the high-profile Panamagate graft case when he appears before it on Thursday. The unprecedented development will make Sharif the first incumbent to appear before such a panel, […]

Paris, Jun 12 (AFP) French voters have put President Emmanuel Macron’s party on course for a crushing parliamentary majority, though a record low turnout in the first round of voting raised concerns today over the strength of his future mandate. Projections showed Macron continuing his centrist revolution, with his Republique […]

Washington, Jun 10 (PTI) The US’ House of Representatives and Senate investigators have sought from James Comey memos of his conversations with President Donald Trump and any records, including audio tapes, the White House may have of their discussions, amid a raging row over the FBI chief’s firing. The leaders […]

Dubai, Jun 10 (AFP) Saudi Arabia and its allies today welcomed an accusation by President Donald Trump that Qatar was bankrolling extremism but ignored a separate US call for them to ease their economic blockade. Trump’s comments came as Washington joins intensifying international efforts to heal the worsening rift between […]

Trump said he is “100 per cent” willing to testify underoath on Comey meetings and tell the FBI Special Consul RobertMuller that he never asked FBI to stop investigating. Trump also denied asking Comey for a pledge of loyalty. “One hundred per cent….I would be glad to tell him(special counsel […]

Islamabad/Beijing, Jun 9 (PTI) The Islamic State terror group has claimed that it had killed two Chinese hostages, including a woman, who were abducted by armed gunmen from Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province recently. The hostages were studying Urdu language at a local teaching center in the provincial capital of Quetta […]