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A U.S. judge barred the Trump administration from rapidly deporting hundreds if not thousands of migrants to countries other than their own without giving...

RAWALPINDI: Oil Tanker Owners have suspended oil supply in favour of their demands and staged a protest demonstration outside the Pakistan State Oil (PSO)...

TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will suspend operations at all of its assembly plants in Japan from Tuesday afternoon due to a malfunction with its...

Finding wild creatures on the streets has become somewhat normal these days. Recently, one such incident emerged on social media. Yes, a giant anaconda...

Top scientists and ethicists from seven countries on Wednesday called for a global moratorium on gene editing of human eggs, sperm or embryos that would result in genetically-altered babies after a rogue Chinese researcher last year announced the birth of the world’s first gene-edited twins.

WASHINGTON: Standing side by side, top US officials urged their Chinese counterparts on Friday to halt militarization of the disputed South China Sea, drawing...

SEOUL: North Korea is willing to hold talks with the United States on denuclearization and will suspend nuclear tests while those talks are under...

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron called on his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday to put the "necessary pressure" on the Syrian government to...

BEIJING: Branches of China's biggest banks have suspended financial transactions for North Koreans, employees told AFP, suggesting that Beijing has pursued stronger measures against...

LAHORE: Condemning the atrocities being committed against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif urged the world community to put pressure on...

ISLAMABAD: A National Assembly body has demanded of the government to right away ask World Bank to constitute a Court of Arbitration to adjudicate...

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has decided to halt television advertisements for the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in South Korea until the firm can resume new sales of the phone, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

SEOUL: North and South Korea reached agreement early on Tuesday after more than two days of talks to end a standoff involving an exchange of artillery fire that had pushed the divided peninsula into a state of heightened military tension.

ISLAMABAD: Rights organisations on Thursday called on Pakistan to halt the execution of the first civilian for a non-terror related offence since 2008, saying the move would violate its own official policy.