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Singapore: Indian-origin man stabs wife to death, surrenders

Krishnan Raju has been charged in the State Court with causing the death; if convicted, he faces the death penalty.

28 Oct 2017 7:17 PM IST

United Nations. (Photo: Representational)

In a first, UN drafts report on global trends around decriminalisation...

Besides the dozens of countries where it's a crime some countries also have criminal laws aimed at transgender people.

28 Oct 2017 6:33 PM IST

No group, including the Taliban, has so far claimed responsibility for the blast. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

14 policemen, 6 insurgents killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

Afghan forces have struggled to combat Taliban since US and NATO forces formally concluded their combat mission in 2014.

28 Oct 2017 6:04 PM IST

In her address to an event organised by the US India Friendship Council, Haley said Trump has taken a tougher approach to Pakistan harbouring terrorists. (Photo: PTI/File)

US keen to make defence pacts, facilitate sale of F-16, F-18 fighter...

Trump administration to share classified data and facilitate the sale of F-16 and F-18 fighter jets to New Delhi.

28 Oct 2017 5:48 PM IST

President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)

Lawmakers succeed in pressuring Trump to sign list with Russian firms;...

The companies named include mainstays of Russia's export industry such as military arms supplier Rosoboron export.

28 Oct 2017 5:36 PM IST

US President Donald Trump at United Nations 72nd General Assembly meet in UN headquarters in New York (Photo: AFP)

Trump frustrated by secrecy with JFK files, asks agencies to minimize...

Trump is warning agencies he will release all of the files if they don't take seriously his order to minimize...

28 Oct 2017 4:38 PM IST

Cyber sleuths who have studied a recent Facebook patent filing believe the tech giant may be in the process of making a cellphone. (Photo:AFP)

Facebook vows more transparency over political ads

The announcement comes just before next week's congressional hearings on Russian interference in last year's elections.

28 Oct 2017 3:56 PM IST

I cannot imagine a condition under which the United States would accept North Korea as a nuclear power, Jim Mattis said. (Photo: AP)

Nuclear missile attack from N Korea rising, says Jim Mattis

Some South Korean government officials have endorsed the nation getting nuclear-powered submarines amid calls for more...

28 Oct 2017 3:47 PM IST

Most live in desperate conditions with limited access to food, sanitation or health facilities and local officials fear a lack of family planning could stretch resources even further. (Photo: AFP)

Bangladesh may introduce sterilisation to curb Rohingya population

No official data is available on birth rates among the Rohingya, who are excluded from the census in Myanmar.

28 Oct 2017 2:50 PM IST

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said with Indias youth, its optimism, its powerful democratic example and its increasing stature on the world stage, it makes perfect sense that the US at this time should seek to build on the strong foundation of its years of cooperation with India. (Photo: AP)

Senators ask Tillerson to designate Pak as country of particular...

The appeal has been made in lieu of Pakistan's discriminatory laws which continue to prosecute individuals due to their...

28 Oct 2017 1:46 PM IST

The Catalan parliament had voted in the afternoon to make a unilateral declaration of independence. (Photo: AP)

Spain sacks Catalan government after declaration of independence

A new regional election will be held in Catalonia on December 21.

28 Oct 2017 8:57 AM IST

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Pakistan objects to supply of US armed drones to India

Pak Foreign Office spokesman said 'extra-regional powers' should be mindful of actions that can mar strategic stability...

28 Oct 2017 8:13 AM IST