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The northern wedge of Rakhine closest to Bangladesh has been in lockdown since October 2016 deadly attacks by militants on border posts sparked a military response that left scores dead and forced tens of thousands to flee (Photo: AFP)

71 killed in gun battle between Rohingya militants, security forces in...

Local police said the simultaneous attacks targeted at least 26 outposts of the police, border guard police and security...

25 Aug 2017 3:28 PM IST

A further eight people are known to have died in parts of mainland southwestern China. (Photo: AP)

Chinese army mobilised in Macau as typhoon death toll rises

The official tally in the city hit nine on Friday after a man's body was pulled from a car park.

25 Aug 2017 3:20 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hand with his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba before their meeting in New Delhi. Deuba is on a four-days visit to India. (Photo: AP)

Amid Doklam standoff, Nepal PM assures all support, cooperation to...

The border spat began with India opposing to China's road construction near strategically important Chicken's neck.

25 Aug 2017 2:00 PM IST

India and China have been locked in a prolonged standoff in the area in the Sikkim sector since June 16 after Chinese troops began constructing a road near the Bhutan trijunction. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

China slams reported Indian road project on border amid Sikkim...

China and India have a number of border disputes and went to war in 1962 over the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

25 Aug 2017 1:29 PM IST

The vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, 49, arrived at Seoul Central District Court on a justice ministry bus handcuffed (Photo: AP)

Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong convicted of bribery, embezzlement gets 5...

The court found the money was in return for policy favours including government support for Lee's hereditary succession...

25 Aug 2017 12:43 PM IST

US President Donald Trump signed into law a new batch of sanctions on Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow. (Photo: AP)

US worried Paks N-weapons could land up in terrorists hands: official

The official said it was due to this that the strategy also focuses on confidence building measures between India and...

25 Aug 2017 11:36 AM IST

China has been increasingly asserting itself in territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas. (Photo: PLA Daily)

China unnerves Taiwan, Japan, says nothing will stop its long-range...

The air force carried out further long-range exercises on Thursday, the ministry said late that same day.

25 Aug 2017 11:20 AM IST

Dan and Fran Keller were at the center of a sensational case in 1991 (Photo: AP)

Daycare couple wrongly jailed for 21 yrs over 'satanism' gets USD 3.4...

Between 1991 and mid-2016, Texas had paid 101 wrongfully convicted prisoners $93.6 million.

25 Aug 2017 11:05 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Court bans Sharifs' anti-judges speeches

The court's verdict declaring the ban also includes 16 ministers.

25 Aug 2017 3:09 AM IST

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump's Afghan plan futile', says Russia

Trump this week announced 4,000 new troops for deployment to Afghanistan.

25 Aug 2017 2:16 AM IST

newly-elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, takes oath from Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain at the Presidential palace in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Pak PM chairs high-level meeting to respond to Trump's criticism on...

US Ambassador David Hale called on Army Chief Gen Bajwa on Wednesday to brief him on the new South Asia policy of the...

24 Aug 2017 6:30 PM IST

The prediction came in a 97-page annual report to Congress that saw advances throughout the Chinese military in 2016, funded by robust defence spending that the Pentagon estimated exceeded USD 180 billion. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Steer clear of screens and masturbation, Chinese military recruits...

The PLA Daily said that in one city alone more than half the candidates were rejected after failing to show they were...

24 Aug 2017 4:30 PM IST