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Laos temple town excited it's on world map with Obama visit

Obama visited Wat Xieng Thong, or Temple of the Golden City, a tourist destination because of its architecture, history...

7 Sept 2016 5:35 PM IST

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo: AP)

Barack Obama 'whore' slur no bar to Philippine leader's popularity

Duterte is riding high on record approval ratings, with the acid-tongued and irascible grandfather shrugging off...

7 Sept 2016 5:34 PM IST

The cars owner and an associate, both known to police, were arrested on Tuesday, police said. (Photo: Representational Image)

Gas cylinders found in car near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral

No detonators were found in the vehicle, which was discovered abandoned at the weekend.

7 Sept 2016 5:34 PM IST

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying. (Photo/AFP)

China accuses Philippines of spreading 'rumours' about SCS

China accuses Philippines of spreading 'rumours' about SCS

7 Sept 2016 5:01 PM IST

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Fighting displaces 100,000 in central Syria in 8 days: UN

Earlier this month, insurgents pushed northward in Hama province, surprising govt troops and dislodging them from areas...

7 Sept 2016 5:00 PM IST

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo: AP)

Japan 'seriously concerned' by South China Sea tension

Beijing insists it has sovereign rights to almost all of the strategically vital waters in South China Sea.

7 Sept 2016 4:20 PM IST

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25 dead in Egypt bus, train accidents before holiday

The bus collided with a truck in the southwestern province, whereas a train derailed south of Cairo.

7 Sept 2016 4:19 PM IST

Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

Kashmir solution not in 'raining bullets': Pak army chief

Kashmir is Pakistan's lifeline, and we shall continue our diplomatic and moral support to the freedom movement at all...

7 Sept 2016 4:19 PM IST

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Syria: Govt helicopters ‘drop chlorine gas’ on rebel-held...

There were no reports of deaths, but a rescue workers’ organisation in Syria reported at least 80 cases of...

7 Sept 2016 3:12 PM IST

Frances top administrative court had only last month overturned a ban on burkinis. (Representational Image: AFP)

French court triggers outcry, upholds burkini ban

The judge ruled in favour of ban the burkini citing law and order reasons.

7 Sept 2016 3:00 PM IST

Kyrgyz police officers look at the Chinese Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (Photo: AP)

Chinese embassy attack in Kyrgyzstan carried out by ETIM: govt

Kyrgyzstan authorities have identified the suicide bomber who drove explosives packed car last week into the embassy's...

7 Sept 2016 1:48 PM IST

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump faces national security test with speeches, forum

Trump will outline plans to add substantially to the nation's arsenal of submarines, ships and combat troops in...

7 Sept 2016 1:47 PM IST