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Kim Jong Nam. (Photo: AP)

N Korea cannot manipulate probe into Kim's murder: Malaysia

The government on Saturday gave Ambassador Kang Chol 48 hours to leave the country after he refused to apologise.

5 March 2017 6:39 PM IST

Zimbabwe says floods have killed 246 people and left 2,000 homeless since December. (Photo: AP)

Heavy rains end drought in Zimbabwe; south devastated by floods

Since December, floods have killed 246 people, injured 128 and left nearly 2,000 homeless, a Zimbabwean minister said.

5 March 2017 6:17 PM IST

The Talibans leaders have been based in Pakistani cities, including Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar, since their rule in Afghanistan was overthrown in the 2001 U.S. invasion after the 9/11 attacks. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Afghan security forces checkpoint attacked, 5 killed

In a separate incident in Faryab province, a local security forces commander was killed when insurgents attacked a...

5 March 2017 4:28 PM IST

Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was killed by a gunman in a Kansas bar.

Kansas shooting: We welcome and support Indian community, says...

Members of the Indian community met Brownback seeking his assurance in protection of Indian-Americans in the US.

5 March 2017 4:21 PM IST

The tail of a crashed Turkish Boeing 747 cargo plane lies at a residential area outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Syrian military aircraft's pilot found after long search, admitted

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that the cause of the crash was unknown, but pointed to poor weather...

5 March 2017 3:59 PM IST

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka rejects UN call for foreign judges in war probe: govt

At least 100,000 people were killed during the separatist war between government forces and rebels from the Tamil Tigers...

5 March 2017 3:43 PM IST

Representational purpose only (Photo: AFP)

'Do you beat your wife': US lawmaker asks Muslims

Bennett, a former US Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, made headlines in 2014 when he made anti-Islam comments...

5 March 2017 2:45 PM IST

Srinivas Kuchibhotla.

Kansas shooting: Governor welcomes 'valuable' Indian community

Members of the community met Brownback seeking his assurance in protection of Indian-Americans in the State.

5 March 2017 2:07 PM IST

Turkey-backed opposition fighters advance in an armoured personnel carrier outside the northern Syrian town of al-Bab during a drive to retake control from the Islamic State group on February 9, 2017 (Photo: AFP)

Syria crisis: 66,000 displaced in recent fighting

Many of those people sought refuge in areas around Manbij, a town controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

5 March 2017 1:46 PM IST

A woman, who had accused a builder of allegedly raping her 15-year-old daughter along with his friends, was shot at in southeast Delhis Jamia Nagar area on Friday. (Representational image)

Sikh shot in US: AGPC suspects hate crime

The Friends of US Congressional Caucus head Harpreet Singh also described the incident as a matter of concern for the...

5 March 2017 1:17 PM IST

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Trump skeptical of Russian deal on Islamic State

In conversations with diplomats and other officials, Trump and his aides have ascribed the new thinking to Moscow's...

5 March 2017 12:46 PM IST

A 2009 file photo shows German national Jurgen Kantner posing for a photograph in Berbera. (Photo: AFP)

Body of beheaded German hostage found in Philippines

Philippine military has vowed to bring Kantner's killers to justice and to continue operations to free other hostages...

5 March 2017 12:17 PM IST