US Vice President Pence has made it clear that he will not invoke the 25th Amendment against President Donald Trump, even though the House of Representatives voted thrice on Tuesday night, asking him to remove his boss. Impeachment proceedings against the US president will begin on Wednesday at 9am (7pm Pakistan time). The resolution asking Pence to send Trump home …

An American woman who murdered a pregnant dog breeder in order to steal her baby was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday, becoming the first female to be executed by United States federal authorities in nearly seven decades. The US Justice Department said Lisa Montgomery, 52, was pronounced dead at 1:31am Eastern Time (0631 GMT) at a penitentiary …

Netflix Inc has said it will release more than 70 movies this year to its US customers across comedy, drama, family and other genres, a lineup that underscores the streaming service’s growing prominence in the film business. The good news is that all but four of the films will be available to Netflix customers in the more than 190 countries …

JAKARTA: A black box from the crashed Indonesian passenger jet has been recovered, officials said on Tuesday, a discovery that could offer critical clues to explaining why the plane with 62 people aboard slammed into the sea. Divers just off the coast of the capital Jakarta hauled the jet’s flight data recorder to the surface, as the hunt continues for …

WASHINGTON: Presi­dent Donald Trump emerged from isolation at the White House on Tuesday to deny responsibility for a mob of his supporters storming Congress, and warning that his imminent impeachment was causing “tremendous anger”. Trump — set on Wednesday (today) to become the first president in US history to be impeached for a second time — made it clear that …

Tesla Inc has moved a step closer to its launch in India later this year by registering a company in the country, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday. Tesla Motors India and Energy Private Limited was incorporated on January 8 with its registered office in the southern city of Bengaluru, a hub for several global technology companies. The filing shows …

Pakistan has laid out an action plan before the United Nations Security Council to tackle nationalist groups including Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) — the parent group of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) — that “pose a clear [..] danger to regional and international peace and security”. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Munir Akram on Tuesday told the 15-member Security Council …

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcomed his Turkish counterpart at the Foreign Office in Islamabad on Wednesday and discussed a host of bilateral and international issues ahead of the trilateral meeting today between Pakistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan, Radio Pakistan reported. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had arrived in Islamabad last night on a three-day visit, his third to Pakistan in as many years, …

Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah presented the resignation of his cabinet to the country’s ruler on Wednesday, days before the premier was due to be questioned in parliament over his choice of ministers and other issues. The standoff between the government and parliament less than a month after the cabinet was appointed poses the first big challenge to Emir …

ihc ISLAMABAD: The appointment of Naeem Bokhari as the Pakistan Television (PTV) chairman appears to have been made in violation of guidelines set by the Supreme Court (SC), observed the chief justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday. Hearing identical petitions against appointment of Mr Bokhari, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah advised the counsel for the PTV chairman to …