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The Taliban and the Afghan government restarted secret peace talks in September and have held two rounds of discussions in Qatar, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources. Citing a Taliban official, the Guardian said a senior American diplomat was present at the meetings in Qatar, where the Islamist group has a diplomatic office. The newspaper said the ...

The appeal of smoking for children and teens may be tied at least in part to their race or ethnicity, a recent U.S. study suggests. Plenty of previous research has found disparities in smoking habits, with white and Hispanic youth more likely to start smoking and develop a daily habit than black kids, said lead study author Sherine El-Toukhy, at ...

An aircraft of Pakistan Air Force on routine operational mission crashed in Karachi this morning. According to details, the aircraft crashed instantly after it took off from Masroor airbase in Karachi. No loss of lives on the ground has been reported. Pakistan Airforce has constituted an inquiry commission to ascertain the cause of crash.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced a pause of strikes against the Syrian city of Aleppo for eight hours. The Chief of the Russian general staff’s main operational directorate, Sergey Rudskoy, said the humanitarian pause will be introduced from 08:00 till 16:00 local time on October 20, during which Russian aerospace forces and Syrian government troops will cease strikes, Rudskoy said, ...

Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria has said India has miserably failed to manipulate BRICS countries forum for its anti-Pakistan propaganda. He said India tried to manipulate the economic forum of BRICS countries as a platform against Pakistan, but the GOA statement did not reflect its designs. The spokesman said even GOA statement did not mention the Uri attack. Pakistan has ...

An unmanned Antares rocket owned by Orbital ATK Inc blasted off from Virginia on Monday with a cargo ship for the International Space Station, marking the booster’s return to flight two years after a previous version exploded during liftoff. The 14-story tall rocket, powered by a pair of new Russian-made engines, blasted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, at 7:45 p.m. ...

  Three men charged with plotting to bomb an apartment building in western Kansas where Muslim immigrants from Somalia lived and had a mosque pleaded not guilty on Monday but remained in jail, prosecutors said. Curtis Allen, 49, Gavin Wright, 49, and Patrick Eugene Stein, 47, were each charged on Friday with one count of conspiring to use a weapon ...

DUBAI – Despite a fighting hundred by Darren Bravo Pakistan pulled off a tension-packed 56-run victory against West Indies in the first day-night Test in Dubai on Monday. Bravo kept Pakistan s victory bid on hold during his resistance-filled 410-minute long 116 and it needed leg-spinner Yasir Shah to make a stunning two-handed catch to end his innings. Bravo lingered ...

U.S. television host Billy Bush is leaving the “Today” show, NBC said in a note to employees on Monday , in the wake of his role in a lewd 2005 conversation with Republican presidential contender Donald Trump about women. Bush, 45, had been suspended from hosting duties on NBC’s flagship morning show after the emergence of the tape, in which ...

Emmy Award-winning actress Allison Janney received the 2,592nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday. Joining her at the ceremony were Richard Schiff, Janney’s co-star on the White House drama “The West Wing,” and Chuck Lorre, a creator of her latest series, “Mom.” Janney, after thanking family and friends in attendance, noted the prized location of her star. “As ...