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Supporters of Hafiz Saeed (second from left), head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, kiss his hands as he arrives after his release at a mosque in Lahore. (Photo: AP)

US warns Pak: Act against Saeed, or face repercussions

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said that the US strongly condemns the release of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba leader...

27 Nov 2017 1:04 AM IST

Bangladeshi Christian devotees offering prayers at a church at Nagori, near Dhaka. (Photo: AFP)

Fear stalks Bangladesh's Christians after attacks

Christian leaders say many have left Bangladesh in recent years as the community increasingly finds itself targeted by...

27 Nov 2017 1:00 AM IST

Britains PM Theresa May wants to the country to come together in 2017 post-Brexit. (Photo: AFP)

Continue to play tough: Ireland EU Commissioner on blocking Brexit...

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said Britain will leave the single market and the customs unions after Brexit.

26 Nov 2017 6:52 PM IST

The summit is the first meeting of defence ministers and other senior officials from the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition, which officially counts 41 members. (Photo: AFP)

Saudi Arabia begins first Islamic counter-terrorism summit

The alliance was announced in 2015 under the auspices of Prince Mohammed.

26 Nov 2017 6:37 PM IST

Moshes parents, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, were killed along with six others at Chabad House. (Photo: AFP)

Mumbai terror attack: 9 yrs on, Jewish family of victims continues...

The attack by 10 heavily-armed LeT terrorists killed 166 people and injured more than 300.

26 Nov 2017 6:14 PM IST

Mugabe has been in power since white minority rule ended in Zimbabwe in 1980 after years of war. (Photo: AP)

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe cried when he agreed to resign: report

Mugabe agreed to step down under pressure from the military and his party after 37 years in power.

26 Nov 2017 5:42 PM IST

Jafari said the ballistic missile range was based on the limits set by the countrys Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is the head of armed forces. (Photo:)

Iran replies to pressure from Europe with threats of increasing...

Iran has repeatedly said its missile programme is defensive and not negotiable.

26 Nov 2017 5:10 PM IST

Local authorities said two people died, two were seriously injured and an unidentified number were being treated for lesser injuries. (Photo: AFP)

Factory blast rocks Chinese port city, 2 dead, more than 30 injured

Ningbo is one of the country's major international container shipping ports.

26 Nov 2017 4:01 PM IST

The greatest threat in the region comes not from the development of large, sophisticated, and diversified nuclear arsenals, but from the continued stability of the institutions guarding them. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Pak Nukes surest route to escalate war to nuclear level: report

The Pakistani deep state's pursuit of low intensity conflict in Afghanistan and India, has produced terrible on Pakistan...

26 Nov 2017 3:27 PM IST

Chinese media quoted some parents as saying their children were forced to strip as punishment and were found with unexplained apparent needle marks on their bodies. (Photo: AP)

Woman arrested in China day care probe for abusing children

RYB Education suspended staff at another branch in Beijing after a video of a teacher kicking children was widely shared...

26 Nov 2017 2:41 PM IST

A second phase of the election will take place on Dec. 7, and the election commission has said that the final results probably wont be known for several days because of the cumbersome counting procedures. (Photo: AP)

Monarchy, Maoist blasts, hopes for Federal Republic: Nepal votes after...

More than 15 million eligible voters will pick a 275-member legislature, the first under a new constitution agreed after...

26 Nov 2017 12:56 PM IST

Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets and demonstrators blocked roads and burned police vehicles around the site of the sit-in. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan: 6 dead, hundreds injured in hardline protest, Army called in

The demonstrations have threatened the beleaguered Pakistan Muslim League government ahead of a general election due to...

26 Nov 2017 12:07 PM IST