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The curtains came down by Saturday night on the dramatic spectacle around holding India-Pakistan talks, less than a day before Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz was due to land in New Delhi, with bitter accusations and acrimony marking the exchanges.

The fifth parliamentary elections in six years look like a near certainty to take place next month, with reports of September 20 being the preferred date. It would be the third time this year that Greeks vote, after January elections and a July 5 referendum on reforms proposed by...

However, the statement said the Nigerian Military on Friday lost two soldiers to the terrorists in Marte local government area of Borno, while two others were critically injured.

Hundreds of Cubans mixed with American tourists outside the former U.S. Interests Section, newly rechristened with a sign announcing “Embassy of the United States of America”.

They are killers paid by enemy who talks of friendship on the one hand and targets civilian population at LOC on the other. He warned against unnecessary debate on incidents of terrorism as, according to him, it creates hurdles in fighting anti-state elements.

When the Parliament last voted in July on opening new bailout negotiations with the leftist-led government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, 60 of Merkel’s MPs went against her. In a test vote on Tuesday ahead of the debate, 56 members of her bloc voted against the package...

“We have decided today to establish a bilateral commission to address issues that must urgently be addressed, including those that remained without a solution for over 50 years”, said Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at the press conference held at the National...

Mr Rayhan’s family believed after he failed to come home from the market that he was among that number, and began mourning him that day.

In an address to the nation, Mr Tsipras said that he would shortly meet with the “president of the republic” and present his and his government’s resignation.

In a live televised address to the nation, the 41-year-old premier said he had worked hard to secure the best possible rescue package for his country, but he now needed a clear new mandate from the Greek people after it cost him his parliamentary majority.

According to media reports, if Meimarakis fails, Greece could hold snap parliamentary elections as early as on September 20.

Mr Tsipras had delayed a decision on whether to call a new election until after Greece received its first instalment from the new bailout and made a debt repayment to the European Central Bank; it did both on Thursday.

He said that the US and its partners in that region recognised that terrorism was a shared challenge and a shared responsibility for all to work together.

But the bailout is conditional on Greece imposing stringent spending cuts and tax hikes – the very measures Tsipras won elections in January vowing to repeal.

Rebels angered by Greece’s worldwide bailout walked out of the leftist Syriza party on Friday, formalising a widely-expected split after leader Alexis Tsipras resigned as prime minister to pave the way for early elections.