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Myanmar Military personnel examine the Htilominlo Pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar: Earthquake damages 200 pagodas

Myanmar took stock of toppled spires and crumbling temple walls in the ancient capital Bagan Thursday after a powerful...

26 Aug 2016 12:06 AM IST

Pak tells Kabul: Ask India to stop using your soil

Pak tells Kabul: Ask India to stop using your soil

Pakistan on Thursday asked Afghanistan not to allow India to use its soil against Pakistan.

26 Aug 2016 12:02 AM IST

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S Korean sex slave victims to receive $90,000 each from Japanese...

The government of Japan, whose military in World War II forced South Korean women into sexual slavery, will provide the...

25 Aug 2016 4:31 PM IST

Not just burkinis, European countries are debating bans on burqas,...

A spate of attacks against civilians claimed by Islamic State has sharpened the debate.

25 Aug 2016 4:27 PM IST

Policemen and officials in front of a City bank office in Moscow, where a man had taken four people hostage. (Photo: AFP)

‘Drunk’ man who took hostages in Moscow bank surrenders to...

The man also demanded that authorities recognise bankruptcy as a 'disease' and tackle the issue.

25 Aug 2016 12:13 PM IST

Joshua Aaron Robertson, 27, and Brittany Humphrey, 22, fled the Los Angeles area with the children. (Photo: Twitter)

Mother killed, three children kidnapped; cops hunt for culprits in Los...

The children, two girls and a boy between 2 and 5, were found safe in a motel on the outskirts of Albuquerque.

25 Aug 2016 11:09 AM IST

Syrian govt launched chemical attacks, ISIS used mustard gas: UN...

Most of the nine cases investigated pointed to the alleged use of chlorine gas in barrel bombs dropped from helicopters.

25 Aug 2016 10:58 AM IST

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Usain Bolt's girlfriend reacts to his raunchy photographs with...

Bolt who has not commented on these photographs, was previously quoted saying that he believed cheating was acceptable.

25 Aug 2016 10:57 AM IST

Rescuers search through debris following an earthquake in Pescara Del Tronto, Italy. (Photo: AP)

Italy searches for survivors as quake toll hits 247, town reduced to...

Dozens of people were pulled out alive by rescue teams and volunteers that poured in from around Italy.

25 Aug 2016 10:18 AM IST

US elections 2016: Brexit leader Nigel Farage campaigns for Trump

US elections 2016: Brexit leader Nigel Farage campaigns for Trump

He urged people to defeat pollsters, the media and the Washington establishment.

25 Aug 2016 9:35 AM IST

France to teach children how to react to school terror attacks

France to teach children how to react to school terror attacks

Students will be taught how to hide or to escape, depending on the situation and where they are.

25 Aug 2016 9:34 AM IST

Afghan security forces rush to respond to a complex Taliban attack on the campus of the American University in Kabul(Photo: AP)

Kabul attack ends as forces kill 2 gunmen who stormed into American...

Terrified students recounted barricading themselves in classrooms or jumping from the second floor in order to escape.

25 Aug 2016 9:33 AM IST