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South Koreas Hyunmoo II Missile system fire missiles during the combined military exercise between the U.S. and South Korea against North Korea (Photo: AP)

South Korea speeds up US missile defence over North's missile test

A senior official at the presidential Blue House said Seoul had also informed Beijing of the decision.

29 July 2017 1:13 PM IST

Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

Maduro presses on with Venezuela vote despite protests, condemnation

Maduro has remained determined to see through his plan, however, with backing from a loyal military.

29 July 2017 12:53 PM IST

Agni-5, a 5,000-km range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is widely regarded as a strategic missile targeted at China. (Photo: PTI)

N Korea missile appeared to be 'medium-range' weapon, says Russia

A first ICBM test on July 4 triggered global alarm, with experts saying the missile had a theoretical range that could...

29 July 2017 11:51 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Royal Castle in Warsaw. (Photo: AP)

Trump pushes out Priebus, names Kelly WH chief of staff

Priebus, the former Republican National Committee head, had been a frequent target of rumors about his job security amid...

29 July 2017 11:30 AM IST

Another option is that the Centre allows Air India to remain a national carrier by controlling at least 51 per cent stake.

Body parts found on Mont Blanc, likely to be of Air India crash...

Just 10 days ago, two bodies were found lying near each other, preserved in a receding glacier in the Diablerets massif...

29 July 2017 10:58 AM IST

Police officers are securing evidence in front of the supermarket in Hamburg, Germany, where a man with a knife fatally stabbed one person and wounded four others as he fled, police said. He was then arrested. (Photo: AP)

1 dead, 6 injured in knife attack at supermarket in Hamburg

The attacker had been scheduled to be deported, but the process had been held up as he lacked identity papers, Scholz...

29 July 2017 10:31 AM IST

A 11-month old baby Charlie Gard at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Gard died of a rare genetic condition (Photo: AP)

UK papers pay tribute to 11 month-old baby Charlie Gard who 'touched...

Gard died of a rare genetic condition after parents Chris Gard and Connie Yates failed in a legal battle to take him to...

29 July 2017 9:58 AM IST

Turkish Airlines on Saturday said it would offer laptops to business-class travellers. (Photo: AFP/File)

Britain eases ban on laptops, tablets in some flights from Turkey

The Department for Transport said on Friday that the rule no longer applies to flights from Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen...

29 July 2017 9:41 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Royal Castle in Warsaw. (Photo: AP)

Trump says ICBM test reckless and dangerous action by North Korea

The United States condemns this test and rejects the regimes claim that these tests and these weapons ensure North...

29 July 2017 8:58 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump to sign bill for new sanctions on Russia, Moscow...

The Senate passed the bill, 98-2, two days after the House pushed the measure through by an overwhelming margin, 419-3.

29 July 2017 8:23 AM IST

Kim Jong Un also has said North Korea is close to an ICBM test-launch. (Photo: AP)

All US within range: N Korea claims 2nd Intercontinental ballistic...

'Dear Leader Kim Jong-Un expressed great satisfaction with the perfectly successful test and praised its developers,'...

29 July 2017 8:10 AM IST

The education department in Gauteng province said in a statement that St. Johns College in Johannesburg had sacked Keith Arlow after it had been given a midday deadline to do so by provincial education minister Panyaza Lesufi. (Photo: Facebook)

Doing well by sitting beside white students: South Africa teacher...

The elite private college had given Arlow, a geography teacher, a final written warning for his actions but had kept him...

28 July 2017 9:13 PM IST