Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday that he will send a comprehensive national delegation to Cairo to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire issue, despite the collapse of a 72-hour UN-proposed humanitarian truce. The delegation will include representatives from Abbas’ Fatah party, three left-wing factions, the Hamas movement and the Islamic …

Pakistan government today handed over the security of capital Islamabad to the army for three months under a controversial decision taken recently, days ahead of a major anti-government rally by Mr Imran Khan’s party. Interior minister Nisar Ali Khan had announced last week that military will remain here from 1 August till …

The India visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry later this week would lay the groundwork for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington in September to meet President Barack Obama, an American official