NEW YORK: The United States federal government changed rules for non-immigrant student visas on Friday, saying that international students will now be eligible to stay for three years after finishing their degrees for training potentially leading to employment. Only students earning degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields from accredited higher education institutes and employed by employers participating ...

The dead bodies of 20 Afghans were flown to Kabul today from Turkey after their boat capsized recently in Turkish coast while they were on their way to Greece. According to reports, at least 10 of the victims are members of a single family, including women, young girls and boys. The Afghan migrants are often risking their lives by heading ...

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday reviewed progress on developing a methodology to assess poverty rate and firm up data, which will help the government design its policies and interventions accordingly. A comparative analysis of the Food Energy Intake (FEI) and Cost of Basic Needs (CBN) methods was presented before the meeting which was informed that no data had ...

Resolute Support (RS) Headquarters held a ceremony Sunday to mark the completion of the Irish Defense Forces military mission to Afghanistan, according to a statement by the alliance. The statement further added Resolute Support Commander General John W. Nicholson and the command’s senior military and civilian leadership hosted the event. Following 15 years of unbroken service with both the NATO ...

The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Pakistan over cross-border incursions and called on Pakistani authorities to prevent deterioration of relations between the two nations with cross-border attacks. Hailing the Pakistani nation for supporting Afghans during the Jihad times, the former president said the Afghan nation remains tolerant and patient regarding the cross-border incursions but warned that the Pakistani authorities ...

ANKARA: Turkey and Belgium Wednesday vowed to jointly tackle Syria’s refugee crisis. Turkish Foreign Minister, MevlutÇavusoglu, and visiting Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Didier Reynders, both consider the regional refugee crisis a growing challenge running parallel with the continued Syrian conflict. They believe it can only be overcome through genuine cooperation, they both said, during a joint press ...

KABUL: During a meeting with the National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel of five provinces, President Ashraf Ghani said accurate intelligence increases the efficiency of each bullet by hundreds of times. President Ghani met the NDS officials of different districts of Khost, Kunar, Logal, Paktia and Nangarhar provinces at the Presidential Palace after a two-day seminar in Kabul, a statement ...

             Workers of National Students Federation protest outside the National Press Club.—Online ISLAMABAD: Scores of students belonging to the National Student Federation on Thursday staged a protest demonstration against what they said hate material in the Sociology of Pakistan book being taught at the college level. They said the book was propagating hatred against the ...

Two members of Hezb-e-Islami party led by notorious warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar have been added to the list of global terrorists by the United States. “The Department of State has designated Abdullah Nowbahar and Abdul Saboor as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under section 1(b) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which imposes sanctions on foreign persons that have committed, or pose ...

   PPP chairman expressed his delight on Shahbaz’s safe recovery.—Photo: Twitter LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reached here from Karachi on Thursday to meet Shahbaz Taseer who was rescued over four years after his abduction in 2011. Bilawal who is also a close friend of Shahbaz reached here by a helicopter at Lahore’s old airport and went to the ...