DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates is keen to protect legitimate trade with Iran even though it is enforcing tough new sanctions against its neighbour across the Gulf, media reports said on Tuesday. Iran... (more...)

TOKYO: Japan said on Tuesday it would keep a close eye on Beijing’s military build-up, following a US government report warning that China’s rising defence power is changing East Asia’s... (more...)

TEHRAN: Iran warned on Tuesday that an attack on its first nuclear power plant would amount to an “international crime,” as the countdown started for the launch of the Russian-built facility ... (more...)

PANAMA CITY, Florida: US President  Barack Obama on Saturday defended his decision to support building an Islamic center and mosque near New York’s Ground Zero, saying that allowing the plans to... (more...)

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama  Friday signed a bill that tightens security at the Mexico border, hoping to address the hot issue of illegal immigration in the run-up to November congressional elections.... (more...)

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai pledged to continue efforts to “keep the pressure on the Taliban” during a video conference on Friday, the White... (more...)

GENEVA: The UN said on Tuesday that aid for Pakistan’s flood victims would focus on the survival needs of six million people, as it prepared to ramp up the relief effort with an international appeal... (more...)

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is to dissolve all private security companies operating in the country, his spokesman said on Tuesday. (more…)  Read More →

WASHINGTON: NASA expects to conduct an extra, third spacewalk outside the International Space Station after efforts Saturday to repair a failed cooling system on the orbiter fell short, the agency said.... (more...)

BRUSSELS: NATO announced Saturday that it will help transport aid worth tens of millions of dollars offered by allied governments to help the 15 million people affected by Pakistan’s worst ever floods.... (more...)