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

Malaysian children prepare for future Hajj pilgrimage

The children also threw pebbles at a wall during a practice version of the stoning of the devil', another of the hajj...

24 July 2017 3:51 PM IST

A picture of Hwasong-12, a new type of ballistic missile, launched from an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo: AP)

North Korea still digging up bombs after 64 years of Korean war

The tonnage of bombs dropped on the North was about the same as the total dropped by the US against Japan during World...

24 July 2017 3:43 PM IST

Boko Harams eight-year insurgency has killed more than 20,000 people, spilled into neighboring countries. (Photo: Representational/AP)

At least 8 killed after suicide bombers hit camps in Nigeria

The Nigeria-based extremist group Boko Haram often targets the city with suicide bombers and increasingly has been using...

24 July 2017 3:01 PM IST

Donald Trump did not expand on his charge against The Times to have hampered Baghdadis capture. (Photo: AFP)

Trump tweets frustration with GOP, health care

In a sign of the high stakes involved, Donald Trump exhorted senators anew to pass health legislation.

24 July 2017 2:40 PM IST

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

Angry oppn in Venezuela urges boycott of vote to overhaul constitution

Maduro on Sunday urged the opposition to refrain from violence, respect the voting and let those who wish to cast...

24 July 2017 2:14 PM IST

Smoke from an explosion rises during fighting against Islamic State militants in the old city of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Bodies of ISIS terrorists lie in freezers, countries refuse to claim...

Islamic State has now been defeated in its main stronghold in the Iraqi city of Mosul and is under pressure in Syrian...

24 July 2017 1:32 PM IST

The blast hit an area of the capital that is home to many Shiite Hazaras, a persecuted ethnic minority who have been targeted many times in the past. (Photo: AP)

Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul suicide blast that killed 35

The Interior Ministry spokesman said the car bomb hit a bus with employees of the Ministry of Mines at a busy hour.

24 July 2017 1:24 PM IST

Sharif said he decided on reopening the border because of shared cultural and religious ties between the two nations, as well as the economic losses incurred by the closure. (Photo: AP)

Pak PM Nawaz admits working for UAE firm, rejects JIT charges of...

Sharif and his cabinet members have been alleging for weeks that conspiracies are being hatched to oust Nawaz Sharif.

24 July 2017 12:45 PM IST

Chinas military modernisation and buildup is backed by Beijing exploiting its economic leverage. (Photo: AP)

Sikkim standoff: China warns India to 'correct mistakes'

India has said it warned China that construction of the road near their common border would have serious security...

24 July 2017 12:27 PM IST

Security forces stand guard outside the Israeli embassy in the residential Rabiyeh neighbourhood of the Jordanian capital Amman following an incident. (Photo: AFP)

2 Jordanians killed, 1 Israeli wounded at Israeli embassy in Amman

Police earlier said one person had died and two were injured in the incident in the residential Rabiyeh neighbourhood of...

24 July 2017 11:47 AM IST

San Antonio police officers investigate the scene where eight people were found dead in a tractor-trailer loaded with at least 30 others outside a Walmart store in stifling summer heat in what police are calling a horrific human trafficking case in San Antonio.

US: 9 found dead in sweltering truck in immigrant smuggling case

39 were inside when rescuers arrived, and rest were believed to have escaped or hitched rides to their next destination,...

24 July 2017 11:18 AM IST

A relative of the 27-year-old drove his body to a graveyard near the family home in East London recently where he was buried without any rites or mourners, the Sunday Mirror reported. (Photo: AP)

Funeral denied to Pak-origin London Bridge attacker, buried in secret:...

Khuram Shazad Butt's family feared any ceremony could be too traumatic and draw negative attention.

24 July 2017 11:08 AM IST