The US intends to terminate India's preferential trade treatment under a scheme which allows certain products from the country to enter the US duty-free. US President Donald Trump said India has failed to assure the US it will provide reasonable access to its markets. The US

British Prime Minister Theresa May has urged the Prime Minister of Pakistan to “take action against terror groups” after meeting to discuss the tense situation in Kashmir. The Prime Minister stressed the importance of taking action to her Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan, Downing

Kenyan police say four Americans and a local pilot are dead after their helicopter crashed on an island in Lake Turkana in the north. The internal police report seen by The Associated Press says the crash occurred Sunday evening in Central Island National Park as two helicopters took

The chief financial officer of China's tech giant Huawei is suing Canada over her arrest at the request of the US. Meng Wanzhou was held in December at Vancouver airport on suspicion of fraud and breaching US sanctions on Iran. On Friday Ms Meng filed a civil claim against

Saudi Arabia’s cabinet has approved electronic visas for foreign visitors to attend sporting events and concerts, as the world’s top oil exporter tries to diversify its economy and open up its society. According to officials, the Saudi Arabia Visa application will only take a few

At least 14 people, some children, have been killed after tornadoes struck Lee County, Alabama, authorities said. Sheriff Jay Jones told local news outlets they were still pulling people from the rubble, and some had been hospitalised with serious injuries. "The challenge is the

The Dutch husband of Shamima Begum, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015 aged 15, has said he wants her to return to the Netherlands with him. Yago Riedijk and Ms Begum married days after she arrived inside IS territory. Speaking to the BBC, he admitted fighting for

US Senator Bernie Sanders has launched his bid to be president in 2020 with an attack on corporate greed and a promise to unleash a "political revolution". Speaking in Brooklyn, New York, he called Donald Trump the "most dangerous president" in recent US history. Mr Sanders, a

The military's media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), issued a situation update Saturday afternoon to notify that two soldiers had been martyred while returning fire to Indian posts firing across the Line of Control (LoC). "Two Pakistan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom

Pakistan has freed an Indian fighter pilot captured after his plane was shot down in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was handed over to Indian officials on Friday at the only legal border crossing with Pakistan. Minutes earlier, the pilot said on

Crowds of Indians are gathering near a border crossing with Pakistan ahead of the release of an Indian fighter pilot captured by Pakistan. Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said the pilot would be released as a "peace gesture" on Friday. India's military welcomed the move.

Four security personnel, including an officer, have died during an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district today. Sources say a terrorist, who was presumed dead, emerged from the rubble of a destroyed house and started firing which took the security

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has struck southern Peru. The temblor’s epicenter was 27 kilometers (16 miles) north-northeast of Azangaro and it had a depth of around 260 kilometers (160 miles). The earthquake struck

Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, who is in Pak custody since Wednesday, will be handed over to India through the Wagah border today afteroon, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said. Pakistan has said Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was being released as a

The United States is offering a reward of up to $1m (£750,000) for information about the son of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, Hamza. Hamza Bin Laden is emerging as a key leader of the Islamist militant group, the state department says. In recent years, he has released

Pakistan will release the Indian pilot captured after an Indian Air Force plane was shot down in Pakistani territory by tomorrow, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Thursday. "In our desire of peace, I announce that tomorrow, and as a first step to open negotiations, Pakistan will

The US House of Representatives has approved a bill expanding background checks for all gun sales, including those at gun shows and on the internet. The legislation is the most significant gun control measure to make progress in Congress in more than two decades. The

Thousands of travellers were stranded in Bangkok on Thursday when Thai Airways cancelled all flights over Pakistan after Islamabad closed its airspace in response to soaring tensions with India. Nearly 30 flights — the majority to and from European routes — were initially affected,

A gruelling search and rescue effort has saved 19 people from a collapsed gold mine in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, but several dozen miners remain trapped in the debris. Abdul Muin Paputungan, a disaster official in the Bolaang Mongondow district, said about 40

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has told reporters that he would not be at a summit with US President Donald Trump if he was not ready to denuclearise. The leaders are in Vietnam for talks on nuclear disarmament. They are under pressure to reach concrete measures after making