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In Picture: An earlier North Korean launch of an intermediate-range strategic ballistic rocket at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang in late August. (Photo: AFP)

N Korea could deliver fatal blow' to 2018 Olympics, says worried S...

Tensions tend to rise during the drills, which are condemned by the North as rehearsals for invasion.

30 Nov 2017 6:15 PM IST

United Nations. (Photo: Representational)

UN mediator urging all sides to aim for real progress' in Syria peace...

The talks have achieved little through seven previous rounds that began in 2016, but there are hopes that progress will...

30 Nov 2017 5:57 PM IST

Pope Francis. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis arrives in Bangladesh, likely to address Rohingya issue

It the second leg of the Pope's tour to the region amid heightened Rohingya crisis.

30 Nov 2017 3:59 PM IST

U.S. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. (Photo: AP)

US pushes China to cut off oil supply to North Korea after its missile...

Nikki Haley said the ICBM launch had raised the threat of war.

30 Nov 2017 3:43 PM IST

Emmanuel Macron

Libya allows emergency evacuation of migrants facing abuses, slave...

African Union, European Union and United Nations officials offered increased support for the International Organisation...

30 Nov 2017 3:21 PM IST

White House (Photo: AP/File)

White House exhorts countries to pressure N Korea, says it poses grave...

Trump also spoke with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts Xi Jinping, and Moon Jae-in respectively, and Japan's PM...

30 Nov 2017 3:01 PM IST

The countrys big four lenders - among the developed worlds most wealthy - have been under scrutiny in recent years amid allegations of dodgy financial advice, life insurance and mortgage fraud. (Photo: AFP/ Representational)

Australia: Inquiry into banking services to quell public anger

There have also been claims of anti-money laundering laws being breached and benchmark interest rates rigged.

30 Nov 2017 2:27 PM IST

Police sources said that according to rough estimates, more than 30 lakh people posses unlicensed and country-made firearms.

Pentagon claims US in 2017 has sold defence equipment worth over USD...

Foreign Military Sales is a security assistance program authorised by Arms Export Control Act under directions of the...

30 Nov 2017 12:55 PM IST

Seconds after his war crimes sentence of 20 years was upheld at the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Praljak raised a small brown bottle to his lips, and drank it in full view of the cameras filming. (Photo: ANI)

Slobodan Parjlak convicted of war crimes, drinks poison in court

Praljak was one of six former Bosnian Croat political and military leaders appearing before the appeal court.

30 Nov 2017 12:37 PM IST

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

White house defends Trump's anti-Muslim retweets

Shah underscored that safety and security were priorities of the Trump administration.

30 Nov 2017 12:20 PM IST

This combination of photos show North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) on April 15, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea and US President Donald Trump in Washington on April 29. (Photo: AP)

Nikki Haley warns N Korea of utter destruction,' Trump calls Kim Jong...

US, Japanese and South Korean officials all agreed the missile, which landed within Japan's exclusive economic zone, was...

30 Nov 2017 11:36 AM IST

Sini Mathews and husband Wesley Mathews, who was arrested last month, went out for dinner with their biological daughter on October 6, leaving Sherin behind because she refused to drink her milk, police in the US state of Texas said. (Photo: Facebook)

Sherin Mathews case: Testifying doctor says she showed signs of abuse

Sherin, reported missing on October 7, was found dead in a culvert about 1 km from her home in suburban Dallas on...

30 Nov 2017 10:58 AM IST