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A file picture shows Chinese officials dozing off at the meeting on how to motivate lazy bureacrats.

China officials punished for dozing off at meeting

Pictures of the sleeping officials have received widespread coverage in Chinese media over the past two days.

11 Feb 2017 6:45 AM IST

Stranded whales on Farewell Spit beach in New Zealand. (Photo: AP)

300 whales die on New Zealand beach

Jutting hook shape of Farewell Spit could have trapped the whales.

11 Feb 2017 6:44 AM IST

Police and judicial sources said those in custody included a 20-year-old man and his 16-year-old girlfriend, both known to authorities for connections with radical Islam. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

4 arrested in southern France for planning a Paris attack: police

Police found TATP explosives and other bomb-making materials in the man's home, the sources said.

10 Feb 2017 6:02 PM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. (Photo: AP)

China defends Azhar ban move, says all UNSC members should follow...

On February 8, Lu defended China's move to block a US attempt to list Azhar in the UN saying that the conditions have...

10 Feb 2017 5:51 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Committed to freedom of navigation in Arabian Sea: Pakistan

Pakistan kicked off a multi-nation naval exercise in the Arabian Sea on Friday with the participation of 37 countries.

10 Feb 2017 5:41 PM IST

The glass walls will prevent individuals or vehicles storming the site visited by six million people each year. (PHoto: AP)

Eiffel Tower to be shielded by 2.5-metre glass security walls

The walls costing some 20 million euros will be erected this autumn at the northern and southern ends of the monument...

10 Feb 2017 5:32 PM IST

Last years carnival was already the object of heightened security in the wake of the November 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris, with attendance way down at some 400,000. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

France: Security fears dictate new route for Nice carnival

Some 200 police will man 36 entry points to the venue, which will be totally enclosed for the event.

10 Feb 2017 5:23 PM IST

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)

Assad dismisses Amnesty report on mass hangings

The human rights group on Tuesday alleged the gruesome mass executions amounted to war crimes and crimes against...

10 Feb 2017 5:18 PM IST

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye. (Photo: AFP)

S Korea prosecutors push again to search Park's compound

Park's aides turned the prosecutors away last week, citing a law that can block searches of sites with state secrets.

10 Feb 2017 12:52 PM IST

Shinzo Abe and Donald Trump are set to hold talks at the White House before jetting down to Trumps Florida home for a day of golf.

Trump, Abe meet for 'golf summit'

Abe is expected to dangle proposals to create hundreds of thousands of US jobs through high-speed rail projects.

10 Feb 2017 12:46 PM IST

The report said that ISIS is struggling financially in Afghanistan, where it has resorted to extortion of the local population. (Photo: Representational Image/A

Islamic State recruiting from Af-Pak border: United Nations

It noted that that IS had around 2,000 to 3,500 fighters in Afghanistan but that no had not fallen significantly despite...

10 Feb 2017 12:29 PM IST

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP)

Trump agrees to honour 'One China' policy in call with Xi Jinping

Washington acknowledges China's position that it has sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan, said Trump.

10 Feb 2017 9:49 AM IST