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Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf. (Photo: AP/File)

Statement distorted by media, did not seek Raheel's help to exit Pak:...

Musharraf, who is facing murder and treason charges, had left the country for Dubai in March earlier this year.

27 Dec 2016 8:27 AM IST

President Barack Obama. (Photo: AP)

Barack Obama confident he could have won the White House again

He believes the American public still supports his progressive vision, despite having voted for Donald Trump.

27 Dec 2016 8:18 AM IST

President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: File)

UN just a club for people to 'have a good time': Trump

The president-elect latest comment came after UN Security Council's recent vote on Israeli settlements in Jerusalem.

27 Dec 2016 7:43 AM IST

Green Party leader Jill Steins effort stood little chance of detecting potential fraud or error in the vote.

US elections still prone to hacking

There's almost no way to know if they've accurately recorded individual votes or if anyone tampered with the count.

27 Dec 2016 3:24 AM IST

Russian soldiers salute in front the home stage building of the Red Army Choir in Moscow on Monday. The choirs members died in the plane crash. (Photo: AFP)

Parts of crashed Russian plane found in Black Sea

More than three thousand people are racing to find the remaining bodies and debris in a massive operation.

27 Dec 2016 3:22 AM IST

A file photo shows Chinas aircraft carrier Liaoning at port of China. (Photo: AP)

Taiwan monitors China aircraft carrier, warships

Chinese media has reported that the aircraft carrier was headed for the Pacific on exercise for the first time.

27 Dec 2016 2:57 AM IST

Choi Soon-sil, center, the jailed confidante of disgraced South Korean President Park Geun-hye, arrives for questioning into her suspected role in political scandal at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul. (Photo: AP)

Friend of South Korea's impeached Park 'says sorry' for scandal

Park has immunity from prosecution as long as she is in office even though her powers are suspended.

26 Dec 2016 7:34 PM IST

President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: File)

2016 gaffes: from Trump's '7-Eleven' to Queen's 'very rude'

In November, British Prime Minister Theresa May made an embarrassing gaffe by congratulating Jeremy Corbyn on his...

26 Dec 2016 4:13 PM IST

The Syrian President, along with his wife, an orphanage in Abbey on Sunday. (Photo: Facebook)

Bashar al-Assad visits orphanage on Christmas

The rebel withdrawal from east Aleppo last week marked Assad's biggest victory since Syria's crisis began in 2011.

26 Dec 2016 1:21 PM IST

At least 18 people died and dozens were feared trapped in rubble after a strong earthquake struck off Aceh province on Indonesias Sumatra Island. (Representational Image)

Major quake jolts Chile tourist region on Christmas

Witnesses reported intense shaking in their homes and were shocked by the loud noise.

26 Dec 2016 1:16 PM IST

Celebrating Christmas took a new meaning in North Korea this year as Dictator Kim Jon-un banned the festival. (Photo: AP)

Kim Jong-un bans Christmas, makes citizens worship grandmother instead

He wants to spread cheer to celebrate his grandmother Kim Jong-suk who was born on Christmas eve in 1919.

26 Dec 2016 1:13 PM IST

Russian rescue workers carry a body from the wreckage of the crashed plane, at a pier just outside Sochi, Russia. (Photo: AP)

Russia: Focus is on faults, not terror, in plane crash probe

All 84 passengers and eight crew members on the Russian military's Tu-154 plane are believed to have died.

26 Dec 2016 1:10 PM IST