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Former British Prime Minister David Cameron. (Photo: AFP)

Regret Brexit, not the decision to hold referendum: Cameron

Cameron said there are issues that go above Parliament and not taking people's consent on vital subjects is a potential...

3 Dec 2016 4:53 PM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

China lodges protest over Trump call with Taiwan president

China said that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is an inseparable part of Chinese territory.

3 Dec 2016 3:59 PM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AFP)

From Pak to Taiwan, Trump's phone calls upsetting diplomacy?

The US President-elect has broken with decades of diplomatic practice in freewheeling calls with foreign leaders, NYT...

3 Dec 2016 12:27 PM IST

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped three Pakistan custom officials from Gwadar district in Balochistan. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

3 Pak customs officials kidnapped in Gwadar

Gunmen seized the vehicle of Inspector Abdul Malik and constables Muhammad Yaqoob and Hafeez in Pasni tehsil.

3 Dec 2016 10:38 AM IST

President-elect Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse. (Photo: AP)

The 'Two Trumps' surface in Donald's transition

US president-elect's sceptics hope the presidency will reveal a serious side of the brash businessman.

3 Dec 2016 10:31 AM IST

A professor was stabbed to death on the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles on Friday. (Photo: AP/Representational)

US: Professor stabbed to death on USC campus

A suspect arrested in his death is a male student, a police spokeswoman said.

3 Dec 2016 10:24 AM IST

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

A Cabinet of generals? Donald Trump's choices get mixed reviews

There is a broad worry about an increased militarisation of American policy.

3 Dec 2016 10:06 AM IST

The coal mine in Qitaihe City, northeast Chinas Heilongjiang Province, where 21 miners, who were trapped for four days after an explosion, have died. (Photo: AP)

21 Chinese miners trapped for 4 days confirmed dead, 1 missing

State media reported the mine in the city of Qitaihe was unlicensed and the managers were being questioned.

3 Dec 2016 9:03 AM IST

Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen speaks with US President-elect Donald Trump through a speaker phone in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo: AP)

Trump speaks to Taiwan's leader in move that could anger China

It was a first such contact with Taiwan by a US president-elect or president since Jimmy Carter adopted a one-China...

3 Dec 2016 8:41 AM IST

Pakistans army senior officer Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa attends a military exercise in Khairpur Tamiwali, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

New Pakistan Army Chief fires LoC salvo

The Army Chief directed the troops to keep highest level of vigil at all times.

3 Dec 2016 1:28 AM IST

The inquiry, conducted last month, found that ISIS had used the weapon on civilians. (Photo: AP/File)

Europol warns of new terror tactics, fresh threats to Europe

Europol Director said EU states had stepped up their security cooperation in the wake of IS attacks in the last couple...

2 Dec 2016 7:51 PM IST

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo: AFP)

The terrifying lessons of the Philippines' vigilante president Duterte

If one world leader exemplifies some of the more alarming trends taking place in politics this decade, it is Filipino...

2 Dec 2016 7:47 PM IST