NEW DELHI: India's environmental watchdog shut down a coal-fired power plant and banned the use of diesel generators in New Delhi as air quality plummeted in the world's most polluted capital on Wednesday, the start of the Diwali festival, reports AFP. New Delhi experiences suffocating smog…

JAKARTA:  The emir of Qatar held talks with Muslim-majority Indonesia on Wednesday, more than four months into a Saudi-led blockade against the Gulf…

THE HAGUE: Dutch officials toasted on Tuesday the opening of what is being called the world's first 3D-printed concrete bridge, which is primarily…

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter has announced tough new rules on tweets containing "non-consensual nudity" and sexual harassment, which could be seen as fallout from the Harvey Weinstein abuse scandal, reports AFP. The rules will come into force in the coming weeks, Twitter said in a statement late…

London: US President Donald Trump has said a lawmaker's claim he made a soldier's widow cry is "totally fabricated", reports BBC. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson said she was shocked by the president's comments to the bereaved wife of a fallen soldier. The Democratic lawmaker claimed…

QUETTA: At least six people were killed and many wounded in an apparent suicide blast targeting a police vehicle during the morning rush hour in Pakistan's restive southwest early Wednesday, officials said, reports AFP. The group of elite police were targeted on the Sariab road in the outskirts…

London: Portugal's interior minister has resigned after dozens of people died in a massive outbreak of forest fires, reports BBC. In her resignation…

India: A 22-year-old Indian singer was shot dead yesterday on her way back home in Delhi after a performance in Haryana's Panipat. Harshita Dahiya was shot six times in her neck and forehead and died instantly, NDTV reports quoting police. The singer, who specialised in Haryana folk songs, was returning…