KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – At least 80 people were killed and another 231 wounded in the Afghan capital on Saturday, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstrators, officials and witnesses said. In a statement issued by its news agency, Aamaq, the Islamic State …

New Delhi: Taking a tough stand on Kashmir, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Saturday, hit out at Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for calling slain Hizbul Mujahidden Burhan Wani a ‘martyr’. “Pakistan PM called Burhan Wani a ‘martyr’. Doesn’t he know that Burhan Wani was a commander of terror outfit …

Srinagar: Hitting out at elements who were glorifying the killings in Kashmir and playing politics over graves, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said they never bother to look back at the victims’ families and sought public cooperation to end violence which has only brought destruction to the state. Visiting …

Chandigarh: Fifteen-year-old girl from Ludhiana, Jhanvi Behal, who took social media by storm in March this year after she challenged Jawaharlal Nehru University student union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar for an open debate on freedom of expression, has now announced that she will be hoisting Indian tricolour at Lal Chowk …

Both the city of Mississauga and CUPE Local 1989 announced Thursday that a ‘tentative deal’ has been reached. The city of Mississauga and CUPE Local 1989, a union representing the city’s public library staffers, have reached a tentative deal. Union members have been on strike since July 4, mainly over …

Ontario Court Justice Marvin Zuker changed the landscape of sexual assault and the criminal justice system on Thursday. He found York University student Mustafa Ururyar guilty of sexually assaulting fellow PhD student Mandi Gray. “Of this there is no doubt,” he said. “Ms Gray was raped by the accused.” But …

More than a thousand people attended the memorial service for Sara Baillie and her 5-year-old daughter, Taliyah Marsman, who were found dead earlier this month. CALGARY—Loved ones of a slain mother and daughter celebrated their lives with one of the pair’s favourite activities — dancing. More than a thousand people …

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) – The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be suspended once the current search area in the Indian Ocean has been completely scoured, the ministers of the three countries conducting the operation announced Friday, possibly ending all hopes of solving aviation’s greatest mystery. “In the absence …

NEW DELHI (AP) – The Indian air force Friday lost contact with a transport plane carrying 29 people to islands in the Bay of Bengal, the defense ministry said. The AN-32 aircraft took off from the southern city of Chennai at 8.30 a.m. and was flying over the bay to …

SRINAGAR, India (AP) – Sheikh Naseer Ahmed is getting married, yet his home looks like anyone else’s. There are no floral or light decorations, no hustle and bustle. Only close relatives are invited to the modest meal that is being prepared. His unusually humble nuptials reflect how ordinary life is …