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A Pakistani Senate body will invite transgender activists to Parliament for discussing issues faced by the community.World
Transgender activists head to Pak Parliament

The KP Assembly passed a resolution seeking voting rights for the province's transgender community.

11 Dec 2016 6:37 AM IST

US secretary of defence Ashton Carter and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at a joint press conference in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)World
Taliban wants talks with US, but gives conditions

Taliban leaders reportedly also held informal meetings with Afghan and US officials in Qatar.

11 Dec 2016 6:22 AM IST

United States President-elect Donald Trump removes his jacket while campaigning for Republican US Senate candidate John Kennedy in Louisiana. (Photo: AFP)World
Russia tried to influence US poll: CIA

The Russians' aim was to help Donald win and not just undermine the US electoral process, the paper reported.

11 Dec 2016 6:14 AM IST

Faizal, 8, holds a clock showing the time when the quake struck in Pidie Jaya, Indonesia. (Photo: AFP)World
45,000 left homeless after Indonesia quake

More than 700 people were injured in the quake, many seriously, according to the country's disaster agency.

11 Dec 2016 4:07 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama (Photo: PTI/File)World
Indo-US ties as strong as ever under Obama: White House

Eric Schultz, however, refrained from commenting on the relationship under the in-coming Trump administration.

11 Dec 2016 2:51 AM IST

Protesters hold posters featuring the newly elected pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmakers of the legislature council, \Long Hair\ Leung Kwok-hung, Nathan Law Kwun-chung, Lau Siu-lai and Edward Yiu Chung-yim during a demonstration in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP)World
Anti-China protesters rally in Hong Kong as vote looms

There are increasing fears that China is tightening its grip on the semi-autonomous city.

10 Dec 2016 9:18 PM IST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second from left, and Frances Foreign Minister Jean Marc Ayrault, second from right, attend a meeting on Syria, in Paris. (Photo: AP)World
Frustrated Western powers call for talks to end Syrian war

US Kerry said the regime's indiscriminate bombing' of Aleppo amounted to war crimes'.

10 Dec 2016 9:02 PM IST

Yasmin Seweid, who was harassed allegedly by the supporters of Donald Trump on a subway in New York on December 1. (Photo: Facebook)World
Muslim teen harassed by drunken men on US subway reported missing

Seweid, who is a student of Muslim Baruch College, has not been to school since December 2.

10 Dec 2016 3:31 PM IST

Ban Ki-moon, the outgoing Secretary General of the United Nations. (Photo: AFP/File)World
Ban Ki-moon among South Korean presidential contenders

If Park Geun-hye is unseated, the country must hold a presidential election within 60 days.

10 Dec 2016 3:04 PM IST

A Sikh gala in the US has raised USD 250,000 to fund scholarship for financially strapped students in Punjab and neighbouring states. (Photo: PTI/Representational)World
Sikh gala in US raises $250,000 for financially strapped students

In 2016, 539 students were awarded scholarships, of which 65 per cent are from rural areas of Punjab and 74 per cent are...

10 Dec 2016 2:54 PM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)World
Won't allow H1B visa holders to replace US workers: Trump

Trump told thousands of his supporters in Iowa on Thursday as he referred to the cases of Disney world and other US...

10 Dec 2016 10:09 AM IST

A US drone strike in Syria has killed an Islamic State militant linked to the January 7 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris. (Photo: AFP/File)World
US airstrike kills militant linked to Charlie Hebdo attack

Boubaker el Hakim was believed to be involved with planning the attack.

10 Dec 2016 9:36 AM IST

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