Lahore [Pakistan], May 9 (ANI) : Pakistan and Afghanistan have begun the joint survey of the Killi Luqman and Killi Jahangir villages along their border with Chaman, so as to determine correct geographical boundaries.

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 9 (ANI): Mawlawi Abdul Rahim Shah Hanafi, head of the Parian Ulema Council and eight students were killed in a powerful bomb blast inside a Madrassa in the northern Parwan province in Afghanistan on Tuesday morning.

Manhattan [New York City], May 9 (ANI): Armed police teams have carried out a massive operation evacuating Gare Du Nord, the main train station in the French capital late on Monday, searching for suspects.

Beijing [China], May 9 (ANI): At least five people, including a senior Somali military commander, were killed and 10 others injured when a car laden with explosives rammed into a restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.

New York [United States], May9 (ANI): South Koreans on Tuesday began casting their votes to elect a new president, after months of political turmoil, mounting regional tension concerning North Korea and concerns about corruption and economy.

Damascus [Syria], May 9 (ANI): As a part of the implementation of an agreement to put an end to all armed manifestations in Syria, more than a thousand of militants left the Barzeh district in the Syrian capital of Damascus, Syrian media reported, citing Damascus governor Bishr Sabban.

Caracas [Venezuela], May 9 (ANI): In a bid to rebel against President Nicolas Maduro's move to reform the constitution in a deadly political crisis, Venezuela's opposition mobilised in fresh street protests on Monday.

Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 9 (ANI): Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates has defended her decision earlier this year to not enforce United States President Donald Trump's first ban on travel from several majority-Muslim nations, dubbing the order as "unlawful."

Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 9 (ANI): Former director of National Intelligence James Clapper has told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that he still has not seen "any evidence of any kind of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian foreign nationals."

Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 9 (ANI): United States Secretary of Defence James Mattis questioned the plan on Syrian safe zones, citing Washington was going to study Moscow's proposal.

Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], May 9 (ANI): The detention of a fourth U.S. citizen by North Korea over the weekend has drawn concern from the United States.

New York [U.S.A], May 9: The family of the White House advisor Jared Kushner has apologised for mentioning his name while urging Chinese investors to sink millions into a New Jersey real estate project.

New York [U.S.A.], May 9 (ANI): After a landslide victory that handed him the reins to the world's sixth-largest economy, French President-elect Emmanuel Macron is now looking to use his popularity to win seats for his party En Marche! in legislative elections, in little over a month from now.

New York [U.S.A.], May 9 (ANI): After former Obama administration officials confirming that former United States president Barack Obama had warned current President Donald Trump against hiring retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as his National Security Advisor (NSA), former acting Attorney General Sally Yates said on Monday that she alerted the White House earlier this year that Flynn could be "essentially blackmailed by the Russians."

New York [U.S.A.], May 9 (ANI): Former United States president Barack Obama had warned current President Donald Trump against hiring retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as his National Security Advisor, former Obama administration officials confirmed to CNN on Monday.

Moscow [Russia], May 8 (ANI): Turkey is planning to build a wall along its border with Iran in a bid to prevent Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara has listed as a terror group, from entering its territory, Sputnik reported on Monday citing the Hurriyat newspaper.

Hong Kong [China], May 8 (ANI): In an editorial, a state-run Chinese daily has cautioned India not to "exaggerate" its concerns over the USD 51 billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor or to "overly interpret" or be anxious about China's military development.

Washington D.C. [United States], May 8 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has asked senators to question former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates as to how classified information about contacts between Trump's team and Russian officials got leaked to the press after her meeting with White House lawyers on General Mike Flynn.

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): The Indian woman who has sought shelter in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, on Monday, recorded her statement before the Court of a Judicial Magistrate First Class here, as per local legal requirements.

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Pakistan Senate's Standing Committee on Interior on Monday demanded that the government raise the alleged unprovoked firing incident by Afghan security forces at Chaman border at the United Nations, reports Samaa TV.