INTERNATIONAL

Russia makes sweeping demands for security guarantees from US amid Ukraine tensions

Russia published a list of sweeping new security guarantees it wants from the United States and NATO on Friday - including a promise not to expand…

Japan police search house of man linked to deadly Osaka fire

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese police on Saturday searched the house of one of the patients at a mental clinic where a fire gutted an entire floor in…

Hong Kong election defines dramatic changes by Beijing

HONG KONG - Elections for Hong Kong’s Legislative Council on Sunday mark the culmination of Beijing’s campaign to rein in the body that…

Pakistan to rally Muslim countries to help Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is rallying Muslim countries to help Afghanistan stave off an economic and humanitarian disaster while also cajoling…

Typhoon leaves 19 dead many homes roofless in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - A powerful typhoon left at least 19 people dead, knocked down power and communications in entire provinces and wrought widespread…

Shafqat Mehmood says digital equivalence certificate verification service to save cost time

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood said Friday that digital equivalence certificate verification service developed by the Inter-Board…

The evolution of the international Indian beauty queen

Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu talks colorism, changing beauty standards and Indian women on the global stage.

When Harnaaz Sandhu, 21, was…

A fragile partnership in Iraq tries to prevent IS revival

LHEIBAN, Iraq -- As a backhoe dug up the ground to build trenches, Iraqi…