WASHINGTON: American dairy farmers, distillers and drugmakers have been eager to break into India, the worlds seventh-biggest economy but a tough-to-penetrate colossus of 1.3 billion people. Looks like they’ll have to wait. Talks between the Trump administration and New Delhi, intended to forge at least a modest deal in time for President Donald Trumps visit that begins on Monday, appear …

KABUL: A partial truce marking a potential turning point in Afghanistan’s gruelling war appeared to be holding on Saturday, with only isolated attacks threatening to mar a process that drew jubilant civilians across the shattered country onto streets to celebrate. The Taliban, US and Afghan forces have all agreed to a so-called “reduction in violence”, marking only the second lull …

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday accused foreign media of trying to use a deadly outbreak of coronavirus in Iran to “discourage” people from voting in a general election. “This negative propaganda began a few months ago and grew larger approaching the election and in the past two days, under the pretext of an illness and a virus, their …

Bernie Sanders scored a commanding victory in Nevada’s presidential caucuses, cementing his status as the Democrats’ national front-runner but escalating tensions over whether he’s too liberal to defeat President Donald Trump. As Sanders celebrated on Saturday night, Joe Biden was in second place with votes still being counted. Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren trailed further behind. They were all seeking …

South Korea is raising its alert on the new coronavirus to the “highest level”, President Moon Jae-in said on Sunday, as the country reported 123 new infections. South Korea has seen a rapid surge in the number of coronavirus cases in recent days after a cluster of infections emerged from a religious sect in the southern city of Daegu last …

Turkish interior minister Suleyman Soylu said on Sunday that seven people including three children were killed in eastern Turkey after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit neighbouring Iran, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The minister later added that another person has died. Health minister Fahrettin Koca said that at least 21 people have been injured, including eight who are in critical condition. The …

PESHAWAR: The Directorate Health Services (DHS) of the newly-merged tribal districts has been merged into the Directorate General Health Services (DGHS), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the light of merger of the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas with the province. A notification issued by the health department said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Director General Health Services would act as the controlling officer …

ISLAMABAD: A polio case from Sindh was reported by health officials on Saturday. This brings the total tally for the current year to 18 in the country. The latest victim from Sindh is a 30-month-old baby boy from Kashmore district. “The male child is a resident of Tangwani tehsil, Cheel union council. The right lower limb of the child has …

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh will hear on Monday an application assailing the legitimacy of new social media regulations published by Ministry of Information, Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT). “The regulations prima facie appear to be illegal and ultra vires for contravening and exceeding the scope of Pakistan Telecommunication Reorganization Act, 1996 and the Prevention of Electronic …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday issued directions to the ministries of National Health Services (NHS) and the Foreign Affairs to place the representations of the students stranded in China as well as of their parents before the federal cabinet. IHC Chief Justice expressed the hope that since the federal government appears to be vigilant, therefore, the authorities …