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Afghan security personnel walk at the site of a suicide attack at a police training centre in Gardez, capital of Paktia province. (Photo: AFP)

Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 71 in attacks on Afghan security forces

The Taliban claimed the more deadly of the two assaults, a coordinated attack on police in the southeast city of Gardez...

18 Oct 2017 6:13 AM IST

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed outside a court in Lahore. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan moves court to extend house arrest for Saeed

The Lahore police had made strict security measures around the Lahore high court building where Saeed and others were...

18 Oct 2017 1:38 AM IST

A local official said two car bombs went off near the compound that also houses the provincial headquarters of the national police, border police and Afghan National Army. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 32, injure 200 in attack on Afghan police

The victims of the ongoing Gardez attack, which was claimed by the Taliban in a tweet, include women, students and...

17 Oct 2017 4:00 PM IST

US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, left, and Japans Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Shinsuke Sugiyama at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Focus on diplomacy, but must prepare for worst if talks fail: US after...

'Eventually, we don't rule out the possibility of course of direct talks,' deputy secretary of state John J Sullivan...

17 Oct 2017 1:12 PM IST

Deputy UN Ambassador Kim In Ryong told the General Assemblys committee on disarmament that the situation on the Korean peninsula has reached the touch-and-go point. (Photo: AP)

'Nuclear war may break out any moment,' North Korea warns US

Trump has engaged in a war of words with Kim Jong-Un, threatening to 'totally destroy' North Korea if it threatens the...

17 Oct 2017 8:35 AM IST

Ousted Pak PM Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Court case: Worried Nawaz Sharif calls close aides

The former PM is expected to be indicted during the court proceedings.

17 Oct 2017 7:27 AM IST

Kacmaz Mesut, his wife and two young daughters were picked up in September by plain-clothed officers, blindfolded and bound before being loaded into trucks and taken away. (Photo: Twitter)

Days after disappearance, Turkish teacher, family deported from...

They were suspected of being targeted for allegedly having ties with Fethullah Gulen's Hizmet group.

16 Oct 2017 7:17 PM IST

The fatalities in Portugal occurred in densely forested parts. (Photo: AFP)

Wildfires in Portugal kill 27 people, dozens more injured

A prolonged drought and mid-October temperatures have fuelled the spate of blazes.

16 Oct 2017 6:36 PM IST

Security forces cordoned off the city center and evacuated residents living in the bank building. (Representational image | Photo: AP)

Egypt: 7 dead, 15 injured as militants attack church, rob bank in...

Panic spread in the city, which has been under a state of emergency and curfew.

16 Oct 2017 6:10 PM IST

Police in Richardson are yet to find a clue as to what happened to Sherin Mathews. (Photo: AP)

A week into investigations, US police clueless on 3-year-old Indian...

Sherin Mathews vanished last Saturday after her father left her outside as punishment.

16 Oct 2017 5:40 PM IST

Hillary Clinton (Left) and Donald Trump.

Trump tape: Hillary Clinton accuses WikiLeaks of working with Russia

The former Secretary of State raised the issue in relation to Harvey Weinstein scandal.

16 Oct 2017 3:54 PM IST

A Rohingya refugee reacts while holding his dead son after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on Monday. AFP

Food, aid restricted, Rohingya refugees flee into Bangladesh

Wading through waste-deep water Rohingyas reached border fleeing Myanmar's Buthidaung region.

16 Oct 2017 3:32 PM IST