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The government has finalised the details of a task force on Indus Water Treaty, which will be formed within one week. (Photo: PTI/File)

Indus Water Treaty: India, Pakistan begin high-level talks to resolve...

Pakistan opposes the construction of the Kishanganga (330 MW) and Ratle (850 MW) hydroelectric power plants being built...

15 Sept 2017 10:56 AM IST

An Iraqi boy carries heavy belongings through the rubble as he flees fighting between Iraqi special forces and Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Iraq: Toll rises to 74, including 7 Iranians, in gun, car bomb attacks...

Rescue workers of security forces placed bodies in ambulances and cleared away rubble and the carcasses of burnt-out...

15 Sept 2017 10:46 AM IST

This is the intermediate-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 l that was launched on August 29 by North Korea. (Photo: AFP)

N Korea again fires ballistic missile over Japan, slams UNSC sanctions

The launch, from near Pyongyang, came after the UN Security Council imposed an eighth set of sanctions on the country.

15 Sept 2017 9:15 AM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, if North Korea continues to walk down this path, it has no bright future. We must make North Korea understand this. (Photo: AP)

N Korea's provocative action threatening peace will not be tolerated:...

Japanese PM called for an emergency meeting of UNSC and stressed, 'Now is the time for the international community to be...

15 Sept 2017 8:51 AM IST

Khurram Dastgir Khan

Peeved Pakistan reassessing' US ties

Foreign minister says US ignores threats to Pakistan posed by US, India, Afghan nexus'.

15 Sept 2017 6:23 AM IST

Hua Chunying said that China was deeply shocked by the terror attack. (Photo: AP)

Japan, India ties will be conducive for peace: China

China is also concerned about Japan getting the first bullet train project in India between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

15 Sept 2017 2:35 AM IST

Parents gather in the parking lot behind Freeman High School in Rockford, Washington. (Photo: AP)

A gun jams, and a student tries to help

The suspect, who a classmate described as being obsessed with previous school shootings, was taken into custody.

15 Sept 2017 2:13 AM IST

The MEA said on Monday that expeditious disengagement of border personnel at the faceoff site at Doklam has been agreed to and is ongoing. (Photo: PTI)

Not all competitors treated in toughest way: China softens tone on...

In August, India and China cordially resolved 70-day long border dispute between India and China at the Doklam.

14 Sept 2017 7:06 PM IST

Missile engines could have been bought from corrupt workers in Russia or Ukraine and smuggled to North Korea between collapse of Soviet Union in 1991 and Ukraines crisis.

Before and after satellite images show intensity of N Korea's 6th...

The recent nuclear test was the sixth and most powerful test North Korea has conducted since its first in 2006.

14 Sept 2017 6:45 PM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Pak: Arrest warrant against Imran Khan for failing to appear in...

Khan had accused ECP of being biased in the foreign funding case following which his counsel had tendered an apology...

14 Sept 2017 4:58 PM IST

Widespread allegations of rape have raised fears that Myanmars security forces are systematically using sexual violence against the stateless Rohingya. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Myanmar leader Suu Kyi to address nation on Sept 19 over Rohingya...

Critics have called for her to be stripped of her Nobel prize for failing to do more to halt the strife.

14 Sept 2017 4:00 PM IST

Members of Myanmars Muslim Rohingya minority sit in a boat to cross a canal at Shah Porir Deep, in Teknak, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

India sends 53 tonnes of relief materials for Rohingya refugees in...

The 1st consignment of India's assistance comes days after Dhaka briefed New Delhi about the problems faced by it due to...

14 Sept 2017 3:07 PM IST