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NDAA for the fiscal year 2017, if passed by Congress, would not allow US govt to waive this condition in national interest.

US Cong seeks to block $450 million aid to Pakistan

The move is cited to the country’s inability to take action against the Haqqani network.

6 May 2016 12:48 PM IST

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Rome. (Photo: AFP)

Angela Merkel warns of return to nationalism

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged European leaders to protect the EU’s external borders or risk a...

6 May 2016 6:45 AM IST

Motiur Rahman Nizami

Bangladesh Islamist party leader to hang for war crimes

Top leader of Bangladesh’s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami Motiur Rahman Nizami on Thursday faced a major setback...

6 May 2016 6:41 AM IST

Maoist U-turn: Will now support KP Oli Sharma government

Maoist U-turn: Will now support KP Oli Sharma government

Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister K.P.

6 May 2016 6:38 AM IST

Pak teen burnt alive for helping friend elope

Pak teen burnt alive for helping friend elope

A young Pakistani woman was set ablaze on the orders of a village jirga (council) for helping her friend elope with a...

6 May 2016 6:37 AM IST

North Korea set for biggest party meet in 40 years

North Korea set for biggest party meet in 40 years

North Korea readied Thursday to kick off its most important ruling party gathering for nearly 40 years, amid persistent...

6 May 2016 6:35 AM IST

2 confess to killing Pakistani Sikh minister

The Pakistani police on Thursday said that two men had confessed to the killing special assistant to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

6 May 2016 6:33 AM IST

Smoke rises as a wildfire burns in Fort McMurray. (Photo: AP)

Canada: Raging wildfires force thousands to flee

A massive wildfire near Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, that has grown to five times its initial size has spread...

6 May 2016 6:31 AM IST

London looks ready to elect Muslim mayor

Labour party candidate for mayor of London Sadiq Khan (right) poses for photographers with his wife Saadiya as they...

6 May 2016 6:25 AM IST

Hillary Clinton targets Donald Trump, calls him ‘loose cannon’

Hillary Clinton targets Donald Trump, calls him ‘loose...

US Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton took a quick aim at presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump...

6 May 2016 6:23 AM IST

Jamaat-e-Islami party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami. (Photo: AP)

Bangladesh clears execution of top Islamist leader for war crimes

Nizami was convicted of murder, rape and orchestrating killing of intellectuals during 1971 independence struggle.

5 May 2016 2:01 PM IST

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (Photo: AP)

Judge says Hillary Clinton may have to testify in email lawsuit

Clinton has come under fire for using a private email account and server at her home for official emails when she was a...

5 May 2016 11:03 AM IST