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The train took about five hours and 45 minutes to reach Shanghai. (Photo: Twitter)

China's fastest indigenous bullet train makes debut

'Fuxing' or rejuvenation, made the debut on the Beijing- Shanghai line, the country's busiest route used by 50,5000...

26 Jun 2017 6:37 PM IST

The flight, which carried 60 tonnes of cargo (mainly hing) from Afghanistan, was flagged off in Kabul by President Ashraf Ghani. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Afghan air corridor shows India's stubbornness: Chinese daily

'Will India bypass Pakistan to develop trade with Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries?' Questions Chinese...

26 Jun 2017 4:40 PM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May addresses the media outside 10 Downing Street, London. (Photo: AP)

May's Conservatives sign power deal with Northern Ireland's DUP

Agreement was signed by senior Conservative official Gavin Williamson and senior DUP member Jeffrey Donaldson, as May...

26 Jun 2017 4:29 PM IST

The Chinese officials said they were concerned about the safety of the Indian pilgrims which is why they were stopped from proceeding further. (Photo: PTI)

In talks with India over Mansarovar pilgrimage issue: China

The pilgrims were scheduled to cross over to the Chinese side on June 19 but had failed to do so due to inclement...

26 Jun 2017 4:10 PM IST

Emergency personnel and local people work at the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in Maoxian County in southwestern Chinas Sichuan Province. Dozens of people are feared buried by a landslide that unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes, a county government said. (Photo: AP)

Rain triggered floods kill at least 34 in China, 93 still missing

Over 3,000 rescuers are searching for 93 people still buried under rocks and mud by a landslide in southwest China's...

26 Jun 2017 3:16 PM IST

White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks during a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Sean Spicer greets India 'Happy Independence Day' two months before...

Prime Minister Modi is on two day state visit to US to meet Trump, wherein former will be hosted for a working dinner by...

26 Jun 2017 2:45 PM IST

Crown Resorts employee Jiang Ling, rear center, and other employee wearing face mask, arrive at the Baoshan District Peoples Court to attend their trial in Shanghai, China. (Photo: AP)

China court sentences 16 Australian Crown Resorts staff to prison

Casino gambling, the marketing of casinos and organizing overseas gambling trips involving 10 or more people are illegal...

26 Jun 2017 2:44 PM IST

Toy bomb killed 6 children aged between 6 to 12 years and others wounded critically. (Ph

'Toy' bomb kills 6 children, wounds 2 in Pakistan

Dozens of children in NW Pakistan, have lost their lives in the past when playing with 'toys' that turned out to be...

26 Jun 2017 2:44 PM IST

President Donald Trump with first lady Melania Trump. (Photo: AP)

Trump White House forgoes Eid celebrations first time in two decades

US Prez Donald Trump and first lady Melania released a statement on Saturday wishing 'warm greetings' to those...

26 Jun 2017 2:44 PM IST

Bacha bazi is carried out with impunity often within Western-backed Afghan forces. (Photo: AFP)

Young boys forced to dance, entertain under bacha bazi in Afghanistan

Bacha bazi is not seen as homosexuality in Afghanistan's gender segregated society but symbolises power and primacy.

26 Jun 2017 2:44 PM IST

Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso. (Photo: AFP)

Congo president Denis Sassou Nguesso's kin charged with corruption in...

In March, the nephew of the Congo-Brazzaville president, Wilfrid Nguesso, was placed under investigation on the same...

26 Jun 2017 2:43 PM IST

Heavy machinery is deployed to move debris during the search for victims at the site of a landslide in Maoxian County in southwestern Chinas Sichuan Province. (Photo: AP)

China landslide rescuers ordered to evacuate

The order was issued Monday after radar detected shifts in the ground where the mountains collapsed early Saturday, said...

26 Jun 2017 1:54 PM IST