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US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

US should not link trade to North Korea, says China

China, Pyongyang's main economic and diplomatic ally, opposes any military intervention and calls for a resolution...

31 July 2017 2:26 PM IST

Pakistan needs to be serious about closing down 600 Deobandi madrassas in the country, an influential US lawmaker has said. (Representational Image)

Afghan children smuggled to Pak madrasas, taught ways of Taliban:...

The police called it child trafficking and threw the drivers and the only other adults, two men who organised the...

31 July 2017 2:17 PM IST

No group, including the Taliban, has so far claimed responsibility for the blast. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

2 killed in roadside mine blast in Zabul province of Afghanistan

The blast occurred in Shahjoy district of the province after a civilian vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device...

31 July 2017 2:03 PM IST

Venezuelan Bolivarian National police officers drive around fire after an explosion at Altamira square during clashes against anti-government demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

US vows strong and swift-" actions against response to flawed...

The State Department condemned violence by Venezuelan authorities against protesters and urged governments in the...

31 July 2017 1:47 PM IST

Civilians search for survivors in the rubble at the scene of a car bomb attack near the city of Hilla. (Photo: AP)

Car bombing targets Iraq embassy in Kabul, no casualties: Afghan...

No one has taken responsibility for the attack, though the Taliban and an ISIS affiliate have carried out such attacks...

31 July 2017 1:24 PM IST

China claims most of the resource-rich South China Sea through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. (Photo: Representational Image)

China criticizes Britain plans on freedom of navigation missions

China's foreign min criticized plans by Britain to send its new aircraft carriers on freedom of navigation missions in...

31 July 2017 1:02 PM IST

Venezuelan Bolivarian National police move away from the flames after an explosion at Altamira square during clashes against anti-government demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela. The explosion injured several officers and damaged several of their motorcycles. The officers were then seen throwing several privately owned motorcycles into the remaining fire in reprisal. (Photo: AP)

10 killed as protest against elections turned violent in Venezuela

Prosecutors said 10 people were killed in violence around the vote, bringing the death toll in four months of protests...

31 July 2017 12:33 PM IST

Predominantly Muslim Malaysia sends some 27,000 pilgrims to perform the hajj every year. (Photo: AP)

Gulf crisis: Saudi says internationalisation of holy sites 'a...

'We are tired of responding to false information and stories invented from nothing,' Sheikh Mohammed told Al Jazeera TV.

31 July 2017 12:20 PM IST

An official looks at a van that plowed into a group of people on a Los Angeles sidewalk. A witness to the crash told The Associated Press the van jumped a curb and careened into a group of people eating outside The Fish Spot restaurant in the citys Mid-Wilshire neighborhood. The cause of the crash is under investigation. (Photo: AP)

8 people injured in van strikes diners on LA sidewalk

The vehicle knocked down a white picket fence that served as a barrier between diners and pedestrians on the sidewalk.

31 July 2017 12:07 PM IST

Al Shabaab wants to force out the peacekeepers, oust the Western-backed government and impose its strict interpretation of Islam in Somalia. Photo: Representational/AP)

24 people killed in fights between al Shabaab fighters & Somali troops

Uganda's defence ministry said its soldiers were part of the AMISOM convoy and an unspecified number of its soldiers had...

31 July 2017 11:11 AM IST

Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guard officers detain a demonstrator during clashes at Altamira square in Caracas, Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

Whats we know: Venezuela votes for Constituent Assembly

The Constituent Assembly will be a 'superagency' with authority above all government branches, including the one-chamber...

31 July 2017 10:48 AM IST

The announcement charts a way forward for Pakistan after the Supreme Court ousted Sharif on Friday following an investigation into corruption allegations against him and his family. (Photo: AFP)

Pak govt or family enterprise: Sharif passes baton to brother

The move maintains the eponymous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party's hold on power, with Nawaz continuing to...

31 July 2017 10:10 AM IST