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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying attends a press briefing at the ministry in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China rejects Rajnath Singh's hope of early solution on Doklam...

China foreign ministry spokesperson said India's reasons to stop the Chinese road building activity in Doklam area was...

22 Aug 2017 8:48 PM IST

Seven Navy sailors were missing and at least two, including the captain, were injured after the U.S. destroyer collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan before dawn Saturday, the US Navy and Japanese coast guard reported. (Photo: AP)

Human remains found on US warship that collided off Singapore: US Navy

US navy in process of establishing whether remains can be identified as sailors from USS John S McCain, which hit tanker...

22 Aug 2017 6:39 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

North Korea says Trump known for tweeting ego-driven thoughts

The agency's comments came hours after North Korea's military issued its standard fiery threats over ongoing joint...

22 Aug 2017 6:11 PM IST

The global tech-giant was banned at the time of mass anti-regime protests in 2009. (Photo: File)

Iran plans to unblock Twitter, says Communication Minister

The 36-year-old Jahromi became Iran's youngest-ever minister this week, and the first to be born after the 1979 Islamic...

22 Aug 2017 5:46 PM IST

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made the comments during an event in East Rutherford to tout the states economy and 4.2 percent unemployment rate. (Photo: AFP)

Trump's comments on Charlottesville 'a mistake': New Jersey Guv

The Republican governor Christie said there's not a moral equivalency between white supremacists and the people...

22 Aug 2017 5:03 PM IST

The Guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) is moored pier side at Changi naval base in Singapore following a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC Monday. (Photo: AP)

After US destroyer collision, Chinese media says US Navy a growing...

The collision tore a hole in the warship's port side at the waterline, flooding compartments that included a crew...

22 Aug 2017 4:43 PM IST

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump unveils new Afghan strategy: new course or repeating...

The strategy appears to amount to around 4,000 new troops, largely freed from Obama-era restrictions.

22 Aug 2017 4:31 PM IST

Multiple ground assaults and a deluge of air strikes shrank the Islamic State groups caliphate to a rump and decimated its fighters in 2016 but the organisation remains a potential threat.

42 civilians killed in US-led air strikes in Syrian city of Raqa:...

Nineteen children and 12 women were among those killed in the raids, which hit several neighbourhoods in the northern...

22 Aug 2017 3:45 PM IST

Prosecutors say the man said his brother had told him to try to bring the intestines into the country. (Photo: Representational/File)

Dubai: Man arrested for trying to smuggle 5.7 million amphetamine...

Customs authorities discovered the pills when they inspected the cargo before it was to be released and taken to a...

22 Aug 2017 3:09 PM IST

Hua Chunying, China Spokesman

China slams Trump, says Pak not harboring terrorists

Trump slammed Pakistan for its support to terror groups and warned Islamabad of consequences if it continues to do so.

22 Aug 2017 2:34 PM IST

Jim Mattis, US defence secretary

ISIS militants trapped in Iraq-Syria military wise: Jim Mattis

Mattis arrived in the Iraqi capital on an unannounced visit just after Trump made a fresh approach to the stalemated war...

22 Aug 2017 1:47 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Photo: AP)

In 5 days, Iran will ramp up uranium enrichment to 20 per cent

Iran gave up the majority of its stockpile of 20-percent enriched uranium as part of the nuclear deal it struck with...

22 Aug 2017 1:42 PM IST