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At least 20 civilians -- including four children -- were killed in Douma on Saturday, in addition to 17 civilians in other battlefront towns, said the Observatory. (Photo: AFP)

Ghouta sirens distress call as death toll rises to 1000

Shelling and air strikes slammed into Douma on Saturday, trapping residents inside their basements for hours.

11 March 2018 12:35 PM IST

Central African Republic descended into chaos after mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted president Francois Bozize in 2013, provoking a spate of killing by Christian anti-balaka militias. (Photo: AFP/ Representational)

In embattled central Africa, militia men have raped over 300 in 2018...

The hospital at Bossangoa has treated 56 rape victims since September, up from 13 in the previous eight months, MSF...

9 March 2018 7:24 PM IST

Government troops have advanced rapidly across farmland in Eastern Ghouta in the past week and had wrested control of 40 percent of the enclave as of early Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Homes reduced to rubbles, 800 dead as air strikes continue in E Ghouta

More than 340,000 people have been killed and millions displaced in Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011.

7 March 2018 1:22 PM IST

President Donald Trump has declined to approve releasing the memo on the grounds it contains sensitive information. (Photo: File)

Trump's move should not hit India-Iran ties

New Delhi must assert this and find feasible ways for financial transactions with Tehran in light of fresh US sanctions.

11 May 2018 6:29 AM IST

A UN Security Council delegation is making a belated first visit to Myanmar to ratchet up pressure for a safe and dignified return of the Muslim minority. (Photo: AFP)

Myanmar army chief denies rape of Rohingya as UN visits

Launched in August 2017, that campaign drove around 700,000 Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh, fleeing burnt villages...

1 May 2018 1:14 PM IST

orth Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, is accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, right, Hwang Pyong So, second left, as he arrives for the official opening of the Ryomyong residential area, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo: AP/File)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting China: Chinese state media

The trip will be Kim Jong Un's third to China since March, when he made his inaugural foreign trip as leader.

19 Jun 2018 9:02 AM IST

Jim Mattis, US defence secretary

No relief until N Korea shows 'irreversible' denuclearisation steps:...

Analysts say North Korea won't cede its nuclear deterrent unless given security guarantees that US will not try to...

3 Jun 2018 11:49 AM IST

In 2017, the United Nations Security Council slapped three sets of sanctions on North Korea, one on August 5, another on September 11 and the most recent on December 22 focused on refined petroleum products. (Photo: File)

UN poised to unblock humanitarian aid for North Korea

North Korea's humanitarian crisis has left about 10 million people, nearly half the population, undernourished,...

3 Aug 2018 9:30 AM IST

Indias Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddins remarks came during the UNSC debate on Mediation and Settlement of Disputes. (Photo: Twitter | @AkbaruddinIndia)

Don't indulge in polemics, make South Asia terror free: India to Pak...

Pak Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi raked up Kashmir issue, drawing sharp reaction from Akbaruddin who said Pak is...

30 Aug 2018 3:29 PM IST

Masood Azhar is accused of several deadly terrorist attacks in India, including one on the Uri military base in Jammu and Kashmir in 2016, in which 17 security personnel were killed. (Photo: AP)

China defends move to block India's bid at UN to list Masood Azhar...

China, while defending terrorist, argued that the issue lacks 'consensus' among members of UNSC as well as India and...

29 Sept 2018 1:36 PM IST

The pact will also ensure interoperability among the US and the Indian armed forces.

Exploring alternative oil supplies so 'our friend' India isn't...

The US had said countries that continue to do business with Iran will be blocked from accessing the American banking and...

29 Sept 2018 1:11 PM IST

The American diplomat said the US reiterates its support for Indias role in a reformed UN Security Council. (Photo: AP)

US reiterates support for India's permanent role in reformed UNSC

US supported India's bid for permanent seat in UNSC and in other multilateral institutions such as the Nuclear Suppliers...

29 Sept 2018 10:48 AM IST