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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo: AFP)

Philippine President Duterte's bodyguards attacked in ambush: military

Military said a bomb hit the soldiers' convoy as it drove to a region where an armed group, which had pledged allegiance...

29 Nov 2016 2:59 PM IST

Keith Vaz has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting measures for addressing concerns of Indian diaspora in the UK affected by the demonetisation. (Photo: AFP)

UK's Vaz writes to Modi over note-ban concerns of NRIs

He has suggested that the deadline to exchange scrapped notes be extended to after the summer holidays in 2017.

29 Nov 2016 2:52 PM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Congressman Tom Price as his Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services. (Photo: AFP)

Trump to nominate Obamacare critic as Heath Secretary

Price has been a vociferous opponent of the Affordable Health Care also called Obamacare.

29 Nov 2016 2:43 PM IST

South Korean President Park Geun-hye. (Photo: AP)

S Korea's Park asks parliament to find way for her to quit

Some lawmakers from Park's own party had asked her to resign under an agreement that would allow her to leave office...

29 Nov 2016 1:37 PM IST

Pakistans outgoing military chief General Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

Our restraint is not weakness: Raheel Sharif tells India

I want to make it clear to India that considering our policy of restraint a weakness would be dangerous for her, Raheel...

29 Nov 2016 1:26 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Modi leads Trump, Putin in Time's 'Person of the Year' poll

The magazine bestows the honour every year to the one 'who has most influenced the news and our world in the past year,...

29 Nov 2016 12:27 PM IST

Former CIA head David Petraeus (Photo: AFP)

Ex-CIA chief David Petraeus could be next US Secretary of State

Petraeus' past mishandling of classified documents is unlikely to be an obstacle to him being offered a top government...

29 Nov 2016 10:47 AM IST

Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the attacker who was shot dead by the Ohio state police (Photo: AP)

Police identify Ohio university shooter as Somali immigrant, yet to...

The assailant was an 18-year-old immigrant from Somalia and a lawful permanent resident of the United States.

29 Nov 2016 10:43 AM IST

Mourners hold pictures of Fidel Castro as they wait to pay their last respects to the late leader at Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba, on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Tearful Cubans pay tribute to Fidel Castro

But his ashes were not put on display, surprising many who had hoped to see the urn holding the remains of their hero.

29 Nov 2016 9:18 AM IST

A car and knife attack by an Ohio State University student injured 11 people on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Ohio knife attack injures 11, suspect a Somali refugee

The suspect, a student of the university who was shot dead by police, had earlier said he was scared to pray openly on...

29 Nov 2016 8:10 AM IST

Halima Aden wears a hijab and gown while competing in the preliminary round of the Miss Minnesota USA pageant at the Ames Center in Burnsville on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Muslim woman competes for Miss Minnesota USA with hijab, burkini

She also wore a full-body outfit called a burkini during the swimsuit competition.

29 Nov 2016 4:43 AM IST

Image provided by the company shows trainers and staff working with a reindeer.

Domino's training reindeers to deliver pizza in northern Japan

Company officials say they are working with the Hokkaido Delivery Integrated Research Center to ensure the welfare of...

29 Nov 2016 4:32 AM IST