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Nisha Desai Biswal, former Indian-American assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia (Photo: Facebook)

Indian-American, who served Obama admin, appointed as head of USIBC

The entire board of USIBC too moved out of it and have now created US India Strategic and Partnership Forum.

11 Oct 2017 1:32 PM IST

Theresa Mays party failed to win a majority in parliament in Britains elections. (Photo: AP)

UK reaffirms commitment to Iran nuclear deal in call with Trump:...

'The nuclear deal was a crucial agreement that neutralised Iran's nuclear threat,' UK's foreign minister Boris Johnson...

11 Oct 2017 11:42 AM IST

MP Namal Rajapaksa son of a former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AFP)

Sri Lankan ex-president's son arrested for leading violent anti-India...

Rajapakse accused the government of trying to sell the airport named after his father to an Indian company at a rock...

11 Oct 2017 11:20 AM IST

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

US flies bombers over Korean peninsula as Trump discusses options amid...

The two US Air Force B-1B bombers were joined by two F-15K fighters from the South Korean military after leaving their...

11 Oct 2017 10:58 AM IST

Peter Mutharika

Vampires' drive UN, US out of Malawi

Malawi Prez Peter Mutharika has vowed a thorough probe after seven people were murdered by vigilantes in a vampire...

11 Oct 2017 6:22 AM IST

A man walks past graffiti reading in Catalan Long live the free land and in Basque below Until it is free in the Basque Spanish city of San Sebastian. (Photo: AFP)

Catalan referendum stirs up Balkan nationalists' hopes

This summer foreign minister Ivica Dacic openly advocated a separation, or whatever it is being called of the northern...

11 Oct 2017 12:26 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, celebrates what was said to be the test launch of an intermediate range Hwasong-12 missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)

UN slaps global port ban on ships for North Korea sanctions violations

North Korea's main economic partner China has signed up to the measures, as has Russia.

10 Oct 2017 6:50 PM IST

The appeal of erecting physical border barriers waned after the Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989. (Photo: AFP)

Afghan-Pakistan border villages brace for Berlin Wall-style divide

Pakistani officials in Baluchistan are now working on shifting Pakistani citizens in the divided villages to their side...

10 Oct 2017 5:34 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, celebrates what was said to be the test launch of an intermediate range Hwasong-12 missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)

North Korea hacked Seoul's detailed wartime plans involving its US...

Rhee Cheol-Hee, a lawmaker for the ruling Democratic party, said the hackers had broken into the South's military...

10 Oct 2017 3:47 PM IST

People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after apparent gun fire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: AFP)

Over 1,000 leads later, authorities still stumped by Las Vegas...

But the typical investigative avenues that have helped uncover the motive in past shootings have yielded few clues about...

10 Oct 2017 2:30 PM IST

Pakistans Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif presented the resolution against the new US policy on South Asia during a session chaired by Speaker Ayaz Sadiq. (Photo: AFP/File)

Pakistan ready for joint operation to destroy Haqqani Network safe...

'We have offered American authorities to visit Pakistan with evidence of Haqqani networks safe havens in the country',...

10 Oct 2017 2:08 PM IST

Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar and some Bangladeshi sympathizers walk across a makeshift bridge continuing their journey in to camp for refugees in Teknaf, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Rohingya boat capsize toll rises to 23 as more bodies found

So far 15 have been rescued by Bangladesh coast guards and border guards, though authorities say some may have swum to...

10 Oct 2017 12:25 PM IST