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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

Deposed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives at an anti-corruption court in Islamabad on Tuesday. Sharif made his first appearance before the court. (Photo: AP)

Court to indict Nawaz Sharif on October 2

Court issues bailable warrants against Sharif's children, son-in-law.

27 Sept 2017 3:30 AM IST

Children lining up for relief supplies at the Kutupalong refugee camp for Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar. (Photo: AFP)

Bangladesh eases charity access to Rohingya camps

Authorities briefly ordered MSF, ACF and Muslim Aid to stop providing aid to the Rohingya in 2012.

27 Sept 2017 3:26 AM IST

US First lady Michelle Obama (Photo: AP)

$70 million fund from Michelle Obama to Maryam Nawaz faces court...

The accused were also directed to submit surety bonds of Rs one million each.

27 Sept 2017 3:23 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)

Angela Merkel seeks partners in Germany

Five million voters turned their backs on the governing parties, and 1.5 million of them voted for the AfD.

27 Sept 2017 3:17 AM IST

Alexander Zharov

Comply or will ban you: Russia to FB

Law requires search engines, social networking sites to store Russian users' data in Russia.

27 Sept 2017 3:17 AM IST

A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces sprints through the debris in the old city centre on the eastern frontline of Raqa. (Photo: AFP)

Home-bound Syrians find Raqa battered beyond recognition

When a pair of airstrikes send consecutive booms echoing across Al-Rumeilah, Hammoud furrows his brows.

27 Sept 2017 3:14 AM IST

Dmitry Baksheev

Gory selfies help nab cannibal couple

Russian duo admit to eating 30 people over 18-yr period.

27 Sept 2017 2:14 AM IST

Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wait to receive handouts near Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Rohingya toll mounts over outbreak of disease as Bangladesh plans...

More than 200 Rohingya are being treated in Sadar Hospital, which has been inundated with patients.

26 Sept 2017 6:03 PM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker and freshly re-elected EU President Donald Tusk in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

Could Japanese PM Abe's snap election gamble backfire as of Theresa...

Polls show voters generally approve of Abe's hawkish policy on Pyongyang.

26 Sept 2017 3:38 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AP/File)

Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif appears before anti-corruption court, set...

Sharif did not speak to the media after his court appearance but is due to hold a televised press conference at 3pm...

26 Sept 2017 3:09 PM IST

Afghanistans foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani (Photo: AP)

Terrorism in Afghanistan product of Pak's lon-standing policy: Rabbani...

'Afghanistan has maintained a principal position of seeking to resolve differences with Pakistan through dialogue',...

26 Sept 2017 2:45 PM IST