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Air pollution also increases the lifelong risk of heart disease, stroke and cancer (Photo: AFP)

Smog-filled Indian, Pak cities may turn into snow globes'

New Delhi & several other North Indian states have been enveloped with toxic smog for over a week, forcing authorities...

17 Nov 2017 2:01 AM IST

Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe (Photo: AP)

Robert Mugabe resists Army pressure to quit as President

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called for Mr Mugabe's departure in the interest of the people .

17 Nov 2017 1:22 AM IST

Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday the United States held Myanmars military leadership responsible for its crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority. (Photo: AFP)

Myanmar Army Chief says, Rohingyas can return when real citizens'...

The general's comments came a day after he met with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

16 Nov 2017 6:24 PM IST

Political tensions are up as politicians have begun jockeying for position ahead of presidential elections expected in 2019. (Photo: AP)

9 killed, scores injured in suicide bombing, IS claims responsibility:...

The explosion was the latest in a wave of violence that has killed and wounded thousands of civilians in Afghanistan in...

16 Nov 2017 6:14 PM IST

US President Donald Trump shakes hand with China President Xi Jinping at the end of a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo: AFP)

You think they'll say thank you: Trump muses after China frees US...

The three players are due to give a press conference in California later Wednesday.

16 Nov 2017 6:05 PM IST

According to the 2011 Census, the ratio of divorce and separation amongst Muslims is lower than other communities.

Minority Ahmadis of Pakistan fear becoming election scapegoat

The Ahmadi sect has 10-20 million followers worldwide who face discrimination in a number of Muslim-majority nations.

16 Nov 2017 5:50 PM IST

Thousands of Rohingyas have fled a military operation in Rakhine state, in Myanmar.

Army gangraped Rohingya women, made them watch family's murder: Report

Of the 29 rape survivors interviewed, all but one were gangraped by two or more perpetrators.

16 Nov 2017 5:20 PM IST

The tribunal said there cannot be any worst source of air pollution than burning of carbon and plastic. (Photo: PTI)

Pakistan indifferent to pollution, smog killing scores more than years...

As the smog peaked in recent weeks, roughly 1,000 new patients were treated each day for respiratory issues.

16 Nov 2017 3:32 PM IST

Narmada: A view of the Sardar Sarovar Dam that was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Mod at Kevadiya in Narmada district. (Photo: PTI)

China's strict conditions leads Pak to drop CPEC dam project

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative.

16 Nov 2017 2:54 PM IST

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

The first lady's ambitions, military's scorn: Zimbabwe without Mugabe

Nothing has been heard from Mugabe or his wife Grace directly since the start of the army operation.

16 Nov 2017 2:03 PM IST

CPI(M) leader was shot dead by seven motorcycles-borne miscreants, who pumped bullets at Salauddin Halder. (Representational Image)

21-year-old Indian student shot dead by robbers at grocery store: US

The incident was reported to the police when a customer who had stopped by to buy some goods, discovered Jasser's body...

16 Nov 2017 12:28 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

Russian lawmakers pass media bill that can list news agencies as...

Russia's broadside against US media is part of the fallout from allegations that the Kremlin interfered in the US...

16 Nov 2017 11:49 AM IST