BEIJING: A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saturday vowed "necessary measures" will be undertaken to safeguard the country's sovereignty after a U.S. warship entered waters surrounding Huangyan Island in the South China Sea, reports Xinhua. When responding to a relevant question…

Islamabad: The Foreign Office (FO) yesterday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh to lodge a protest against casualties resulting from a ceasefire violation by Indian forces, reports The Dawn. A day earlier, six Pakistani citizens were killed and another 25 were injured in incidents of…

CAIRO: US Vice President Mike Pence held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Saturday at the start of a delayed Middle East tour overshadowed…

BONN: Germany's divided Social Democrats hold a crunch vote yesterday on whether to pursue a coalition deal with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives,…

NEW DELHI: At least 17 workers were killed Saturday in a fire at a factory on the outskirts of India's capital, officials said, reports AFP. The blaze…

HASSA, Turkey: Turkish ground troops entered Syria yesterday to push an offensive against Kurdish militia as France warned the operation risked harming the international fight against jihadists, reports AFP. Turkey on Saturday launched operation "Olive Branch" seeking to oust from the Afrin…

TEGUCIGALPA:  Activists blocked roads and clashed with police in Honduras on Saturday as part of nationwide protests against the contested re-election of President Juan Orlando Hernandez, reports AFP. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds jailed since Hernandez was declared the winner…

(1) Participants gather at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site during the Women's March for Truth on Saturday in St Louis,…