BEIJING: It was the kind of sitdown that China had long resisted: Top US officials telling Chinese counterparts how American troops would enter North Korea if the hermit regime collapsed, reports AFP. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s recent revelation that such a discussion took place would—if…

Washington: President Donald Trump has denied he is planning to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating possible Russian meddling in…

KABUL: Militants stormed an intelligence agency training facility in Kabul yesterday, officials said, triggering intense fighting with police in the latest Islamic State group attack to hit the Afghan capital, reports AFP. “Around 10:10 am, a group of armed attackers entered an under-construction…

Atlanta: Nearly 11 hours after a power outage paralyzed the world’s busiest airport, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International got its electricity…

NEW DELHI: The Congress yesterday lost power in yet another state. The party’s loss in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat have added to the string of defeats that the party has faced in the last three years, beginning 2014, reports The Times of India. The 2014 Lok Sabha elections marked a new low for…

Sanaa: At least eight women and two girls heading home from a wedding have been killed in an air attack in central-west Yemen, a health official has told Al Jazeera. Saba news agency, aligned with Yemen’s Houthi group, cited a security source as saying that the women’s vehicle was struck…

WELLINGTON: The European Union and 12 other nations condemned Japan’s Antarctic whaling programme yesterday, rejecting Tokyo’s argument that the annual slaughter is for scientific research, reports AFP. Japan’s whaling fleet left for the Southern Ocean last month, planning to kill…