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Chinese flag (Photo: AP/ File

Photo of China plane over Taiwan worrying'

The photo published by the People's Liberation Army Air Force showing a long-range strategic bomber flying within...

20 Dec 2016 1:34 AM IST

One of the many boys held as a sex slave at a restaurant in an unidentified location in Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)

Bacha bazi: How Afghans struggle to save boy sex slaves

Young boys dressed effeminately have an ornamental value in a society where the genders are tightly corralled.

20 Dec 2016 1:26 AM IST

A couple kisses in front of a graffiti depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump on the walls of a bar in the old town in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Photo: AP)

To Russia with love: Donald Trump's dreams of Kremlin might

Mr Trump's trip to Moscow that year again came up dry, but he was smitten with the country and its hard-nosed leaders...

20 Dec 2016 1:24 AM IST

Hua Chunying, China Spokesman

China denies US drone theft

Trump's tweets on China more dangerous than funny, says media.

20 Dec 2016 1:06 AM IST

Christine Lagarde.

IMF's Lagarde guilty, but not punished, in French negligence trial

The court has decided not to punish her or give her a criminal record.

19 Dec 2016 8:49 PM IST

The advice came following the case of a British tourist who was gangraped by two men last month, who has been arrested and charged with extra-martial sex in Dubai. (Photo: File)

UK's oldest convict, 101-year-old child-sex offender, jailed for 13...

The retired truck driver had abused two young sisters and assaulted their young brother in the 70's and early 80's.

19 Dec 2016 6:38 PM IST

Trumps Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, left; Jason Miller, a senior adviser, second from left; Boris Epshteyn, a spokesman for Trump, fourth from left, and Michael Flynn, Trumps nominee for National Security adviser, fifth from left, listen as Trump speaks. (Photo: AP)

Trump aides ask of Russian meddling: Does it matter?

Republican electors have been inundated by Trump opponents urging them to defy the results in their states and vote...

19 Dec 2016 6:26 PM IST

The image has been rendered in black and white due to graphic content. (Photo: Twitter | @DrBarkatSoomro)

Pakistan's national carrier mocked for sacrificing goat on tarmac

The incident comes after a PIA aircraft plummeted into a mountain on December 7, killing all 47 people on-board.

19 Dec 2016 5:14 PM IST

United States President-elect Donald Trump removes his jacket while campaigning for Republican US Senate candidate John Kennedy in Louisiana. (Photo: AFP)

Electoral College, prepares to anoint Donald Trump

Historically, electors only rarely defy the expressed wishes of the majority of voters in their district.

19 Dec 2016 12:15 PM IST

The Ilyushin-18 plane carrying 32 passengers and seven crew made an emergency landing around 4:45 am Moscow time in the eastern Siberian region of Sakha. (Photo: Pixabay)

Russian aircraft carrying 39 crashes, 16 injured

It was not immediately clear whether the plane was owned by the military.

19 Dec 2016 12:10 PM IST

Customer who tried to make a purchase with 100-bolivar notes leaves a shop with a message posted in Spanish, not accepting the 100 bank note, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

Venezuela: New currency flown in to ease crunch

Denominations of up to 20,000 bolivares are expected to follow.

19 Dec 2016 10:59 AM IST

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, smoke rises in green government buses, in Idlib province, Syria. (Photo: AP)

350 people leave rebel-held Aleppo despite militants burning buses

Syrian state television said earlier Sunday that 100 buses would take people out of east Aleppo.

19 Dec 2016 8:55 AM IST