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James Mattis (Photo: AP)

US 'not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil': Mattis

, Mattis has also sought an exemption from Trump's travel ban for Iraqis who served with US troops, including...

20 Feb 2017 8:21 PM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump ants to erect a wall on the southern border of the United States to curb immigration. (Photo: AFP)

Big, beautiful' walls don't stop migrants in the US or Europe

Trump has said his wall will be impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful , and will run for about 1,600km.

20 Feb 2017 7:50 PM IST

People watch as a rocket from ISRO takes off successfully to launch a record 104 satellites. (Photo: PTI)

Chinese media lauds ISRO, says it could learn space commerce from...

China could learn India's tactics of working on low-cost and efficiency-driven measures, reported state-run Global...

20 Feb 2017 5:43 PM IST

Former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf. (Photo: AP)

My government 'managed freedom fighters' in Kashmir: Musharraf

Musharraf said his government was able to force India to discuss issues that New Delhi was unwilling to negotiate.

20 Feb 2017 4:33 PM IST

Representational image. (Photo: File)

Australia: Male Muslim students can refuse to shake hands with women

Female presenters, at the college's awards ceremony, were told that male Muslim would not shake their hands.

20 Feb 2017 3:37 PM IST

President Donald Trump gestures as he holds up a piece of paper on the presidential powers on immigration during a campaign rally at Orlando-Melbourne International Airport, in Melbourne. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump's revised travel ban targets same countries

The new draft also no longer directs authorities to single out - and reject - Syrian refugees when processing new visa...

20 Feb 2017 1:39 PM IST

Chief Minister of Sindh province Syed Murad Ali Shah vowed to take strict action against those responsible for desecrating the bodies of the people who were killed in a suicide bombing. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan: Sufi shrine victims' body parts dumped in garbage, govt vows...

At least 88 people were killed and over 200 injured in the deadly suicide attack claimed by the ISIS.

20 Feb 2017 9:30 AM IST

Residents are taking matters into their own hands, throwing grenades at the homes of people they accuse of supporting the ISIS. (Representational photo: AP)

Blowing up houses, digging up graves: Iraqis purge ISIS

Local people in Rfaila are purging every last vestige of ISIS's presence: demolishing terrorists' homes and even digging...

20 Feb 2017 9:26 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

After Sweden gaffe, Trump says remark referred to 'something on TV'

The president may be referring to a segment aired Friday night on the Fox News Channel show "Tucker Carlson Tonight".

20 Feb 2017 9:07 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

What crisis? For Donald Trump's base, it's full speed ahead

Even some fellow Republicans are expressing alarm.

20 Feb 2017 9:00 AM IST

Kim Jong Nam. (Photo: AP)

4 North Korean suspects fled Malaysia after Kim Jong Nam's murder

A North Korean man, a Vietnamese woman and an Indonesian woman have been arrested already in connection with the death...

20 Feb 2017 8:58 AM IST

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (Photo: AP)

Russia calls for end to 'outdated' world order dominated by the West

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov laid out a diametrically opposed global vision and offered

20 Feb 2017 8:53 AM IST