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Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo: AFP)

Japan PM Abe dissolves lower house, calls for early election amid...

Abe's personal ratings have risen to around 50 percent from around 30 percent in July, partly to back his leadership...

28 Sept 2017 11:01 AM IST

India has accused Pakistan of violating the Vienna Convention by repeatedly denying consular access to Jadhav. (Photo: Videograb)

Have received proposal to swap Kulbhushan Jadhav for terrorist: Pak...

The terrorist who killed children in APS (Army Public School) in Peshawar is in Afghan custody.

28 Sept 2017 8:51 AM IST

US House of Representatives (File Photo)

US lawmakers introduce resolution to support India's UNSC permanent...

The UN Security Council still reflects the world as it was in 1945 when the United Nations was created, a Congressional...

27 Sept 2017 6:29 PM IST

Chief Hafiz Saeed

Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed's house arrest extended by...

Saeed and four others were put under house arrest by the Punjab government for 90 days under the Anti- Terrorism Act...

27 Sept 2017 4:20 PM IST

On Sunday, Myanmars army said it had discovered two mud pits filled with 28 Hindu corpses (Photo:AFP)

Hindus recount massacre in Myanmar as mass graves unearthed

The military's sweeping reprisal has left hundreds dead and sent nearly half a million Rohingya refugees fleeing to...

27 Sept 2017 3:41 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)

Hafiz Saeed, LeT are liabilities, need time to get rid of them, admits...

Asif said, 'LeT, Haqqanis were darlings of US just 20 to 30 years back; they were being dined and wined in the White...

27 Sept 2017 3:05 PM IST

Mattis, along with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, will meet President Ashraf Ghani and other top officials to discuss the US-led NATO train and assist mission designed to strengthen Afghanistans military so it can defend the country on its own. (Photo: AP/File)

6 rockets land near Kabul airport after Mattis arrives in Afghanistan

The attack came hours after Mattis arrived in the Afghan capital, the first member of Donald Trump's cabinet to visit...

27 Sept 2017 2:21 PM IST

North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un said US President Donald Trump is unfit to hold the prerogative of supreme command of a country. (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump vows to 'fix the mess' as US targets North Korea banks

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in announcing the new sanctions, described them as part of the broader effort to...

27 Sept 2017 1:56 PM IST

Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar indicted in Panama papers graft...

The apex court, in July, had disqualified Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister and ordered corruption cases against him.

27 Sept 2017 12:28 PM IST

North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un said US President Donald Trump is unfit to hold the prerogative of supreme command of a country. (Photo: AFP)

Trump says military option for N Korea not preferred, but would be...

'We are totally prepared for the second option, not a preferred option,' Trump said at a White House news conference.

27 Sept 2017 11:48 AM IST

Indias Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin. (Photo: PTI)

India remains committed to goal of nuclear weapons-free world: Syed...

UN chief Guterres said only world that is safe from the use of nuke weapons is world that is completely free of atomic...

27 Sept 2017 11:38 AM IST

Womens rights activists since the 1990s have been pushing for the right to drive, saying it represents their larger struggle for equal rights under the law. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Women on wheels: Saudi Arabia allows females to drive from next year

The kingdom was the only the country in the world to bar women from driving and for years had garnered negative...

27 Sept 2017 8:32 AM IST