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

Wrap-up: Transition Turmoil

Donald Trump insisted that his White House transition to power is going on smoothly despite reports of chaos and...

21 Nov 2016 6:42 AM IST

Demonstrators shout slogans and hold candles during an anti-government protest in central Seoul. (Photo: AFP)

In South Korea, astrologers, cults enter matters of state

Choi Soon-Sil is now at the centre of the political storm raging in Seoul.

21 Nov 2016 3:51 AM IST

Three paramilitary soldiers and one policeman were killed yesterday when the gunmen opened fire on a Frontier Corps vehicle on the Fatima Jinnah road of Quetta. (Representational Image)

Four Pak security personnel killed by gunmen

Two civilians also sustained gunshot wounds and were admitted to a hospital.

20 Nov 2016 1:13 PM IST

The Dalai Lama addressed followers at the Gandantegchenlin monastery on Saturday and spoke about materialism at the start of a four-day visit that Mongolia says is purely religious in nature and wont include meetings with officials. (Photo: AP)

Risking China's fury, Dalai Lama preaches in Mongolia

Dalai Lama is scheduled to chant special sutras at a large sports facility built by Chinese companies through Chinese...

20 Nov 2016 11:17 AM IST

There have been more than 670 murders in Chicago from January to mid-November, according to police -- a 56 per cent jump in just one year. (Representational image)

After bloody year, Chicago looks to tougher gun laws

Chicago is grappling once again with a gun violence problem and a soaring murder rate.

20 Nov 2016 11:13 AM IST

Top US military and intelligence leaders are pushing President Barack Obama to fire National Security Agency chief Admiral Michael Rogers. (Photo: AP)

Pentagon, military leaders seek NSA chief's removal

President-elect Donald Trump was said to be considering Rogers as director of national intelligence in his incoming...

20 Nov 2016 10:59 AM IST

A total of 151 incidents targeted black people, 80 targeted LGBT-people, 51 targeted Muslims and 60 involved swastikas. (Photo: AFP/ Representational Image)

Mistaken for hijab, Bandana-clad Indian-American faces hate attack

The victim found a note on the hood of her car which read, Hijab wearing b**** this is our nation now get the f*** out.'

20 Nov 2016 10:50 AM IST

They showed one of the men, elderly with a white beard and kneeling in an orange jumpsuit with his neck pressed against a steel stand. Masked IS executioners dressed in black raised long swords over his head. (Representational Image)

ISIS in Egypt beheads Sinai clerics mistaken for priests

The victims were later identified by locals as leading religious figures from among Sinai's Bedouins.

20 Nov 2016 10:36 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pakistan bill seeks right of appeal against Supreme Court decisions

Mr Sharif's family has been accused of running off-shore companies with corruption money in the Panama leaks scandal.

20 Nov 2016 6:46 AM IST

There have been a whopping 286 incidents of firing and shelling along the LoC and International Border in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani troops since the surgical strike on terrorist launch pads in PoK. (Photo: Representational Image)

Pakistan claims shooting down of Indian drone

Pak claimed the drone had intruded 60 metres into the Pakistan side of LoC and its debris fell near Agahi Post in...

19 Nov 2016 9:15 PM IST

Pakistans opposition leader and Chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Imran Khan. (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan hints at third marriage

However, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief said that marrying at 60 is not the same as marrying at 30.

19 Nov 2016 4:31 PM IST

A medical board, under the supervision of a judicial officer, will exhume the bodies of 10 unidentified attackers buried at the graveyard run by the Edhi Foundation. (Photo: AFP)

Pak to exhume bodies of Karachi airport attackers

Around 10 heavily armed militants stormed Karachi airport in June, 2014 and were killed by army commandos.

19 Nov 2016 3:36 PM IST