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North Korean leader orders further nuclear tests

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered further nuclear tests, state media said on Friday, as military tensions...

12 March 2016 4:18 AM IST

A waiter walks past a mural of flight MH370 in Shah Alam outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo: AP)World
S African teen finds possible MH370 plane debris

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 jet vanished with 239 people on board while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8,...

11 March 2016 8:23 PM IST

Protesters light candles during an anti-nuclear rally near the parliament building in Tokyo. (Photo: AP)World
‘Hearts are in pieces’ five years after tsunami hits Japan

The 9-magnitude quake struck offshore, sparking huge black waves along a vast swathe of coastline and killing nearly...

11 March 2016 8:22 PM IST

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Army officer shot dead by Taliban militants in Pak

The officer was posted at Peshawar and was undergoing post graduate studies at a government university, it read.

11 March 2016 8:21 PM IST

Legislators will hold another round of voting next week to choose one of them as presidentWorld
Suu Kyi loyalist confirmed for Myanmar presidential race

Htin Kyaw was approved by a 274-29 vote in the lower house of parliament to be chosen a finalist.

11 March 2016 12:16 PM IST

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Donald Trump's Islam comments draw fire from rivals

Trump said that Muslims hate the United States at a recent CNN debate.

11 March 2016 12:12 PM IST

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Aung San Suu Kyi aide named candidate for President

Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) proposed a close friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as its...

11 March 2016 7:25 AM IST

Dhaka considers scrapping Islam as state religionWorld
Dhaka considers scrapping Islam as state religion

Hardline Islamist groups in Bangladesh on Thursday threatened large-scale protests if a court moves to scrap Islam as...

11 March 2016 7:22 AM IST

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China urges UN to snub Dalai Lama

China has written to diplomats and UN officials urging them not to attend a Geneva event on Friday where the Dalai Lama...

11 March 2016 7:20 AM IST

North Korea defies UN, fires more missilesWorld
North Korea defies UN, fires more missiles

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday in defiance of UN Security Council...

11 March 2016 7:18 AM IST

Curbs in aid to Pakistan will hurt US: PentagonWorld
Curbs in aid to Pakistan will hurt US: Pentagon

Restricting or conditioning of military aid to Pakistan will be detrimental to US interests as it may...

11 March 2016 7:17 AM IST

March in Bangladesh against Sundarbans plantWorld
March in Bangladesh against Sundarbans plant

Hundreds of Bangladeshis began a four-day march on Thursday from the capital to the Sundarbans in a last-ditch protest...

11 March 2016 7:15 AM IST

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