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Washington D.C.[US], Jan. 30 : Defending his travel ban on certain Muslim-majority nations which invoked massive outrage and confusion across the globe, President Donald Trump insisted that his decision would protect the United States from terrorists.”…

Washington D.C. [United States], Jan. 30 : In the wake of U.S President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration order banning citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S.for at least the next 90 days, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has annou…

London [UK], Jan. 29 : Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn has warned British Prime Minister Theresa May that she will be failing the country if she does not cancel American President Donald Trump’s state visit in the wake of his ban on people from …

Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 29 : Leaders of proscribed terror outfits including Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat’s (ASWJ) Aurangzeb Farooqi, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) co-founder Hafiz Saeed and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Siraj-ul-Haq were recently seen dinning with o…

Hong Kong, Jan. 29 : The European Union (EU) has demanded China to investigate a harrowing account of torture by a detained lawyer and release several political prisoners.Detained rights lawyer Xie Yang detailed his treatment in detention last week, wh…

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Jan. 29 : The Chinese embassy in Kuala Lumpur said Sunday that five people were rescued, including a child, from a boat that sank carrying 31 people, including 28 Chinese tourists, off the Malaysian coast.Most passengers on boa…

Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 29 : A three-member team of the Rakhine Commission headed by former United Nation (UN) chief Kofi Annan on Sunday visited the Rohingya camp in Balukhali area of Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.During the visit, the commissi…

Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 29 : Former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before a Dhaka court on Monday in connection with the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.Earlier on January 26, the Special Judge…

New York [USA], Jan. 29 : A boat carrying 31 people, including 28 Chinese tourists, has gone missing off the Malaysian coast on Saturday.A search operation in Malaysia is underway, according to Malaysian state news agency. The Malaysian Maritime Enforc…

Lahore [Pakistan], Jan. 29 : An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has acquitted 115 suspects involved in torching of more than 100 houses of Christians at Joseph Colony in the Badami Bagh area following an alleged blasphemy incident in 2013.The acquitta…