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Pakistan wants US drone strike onTaliban chief

Pakistan wants US drone strike onTaliban chief

Pakistan has asked the United States to carry out drone strikes to kill Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah in the lawless...

24 Jan 2016 10:56 PM IST

Taliban stress preconditions for peace talks

Taliban stress preconditions for peace talks

The Afghan Taliban on Sunday reiterated their pre-conditions for the resumption of peace talks with Kabul, including...

24 Jan 2016 10:54 PM IST

Missing Hong Kong publisher’s wife says met him in China

Missing Hong Kong publisher’s wife says met him in China

The wife of a missing chief editor of a publishing house specialising in books banned in mainland China has told the...

24 Jan 2016 10:52 PM IST

Four men arrested for facilitating four Taliban militants in the January 20 attack on Bacha Khan University. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan arrests 5 varsity attack suspects

Pakistani security agencies have arrested five men accused of helping organise Wednesday’s attack on a university...

24 Jan 2016 6:37 AM IST

Japan rejected 99 per cent of refugees in 2015

Japan rejected 99 per cent of refugees in 2015

Japan accepted only 27 refugees in 2015 and rejected almost all applications, officials said on Saturday, as rights...

24 Jan 2016 6:35 AM IST

Sri Lanka launches probe into kidney racket

Sri Lanka launches probe into kidney racket

Sri Lanka has launched an investigation into allegations that a group of surgeons ran a racket trading...

24 Jan 2016 6:33 AM IST

Gunman opens fire in Canada school, kills 4

Gunman opens fire in Canada school, kills 4

Shots rang out at a school in western Canada on Saturday, leaving four people dead and several others critically injured...

24 Jan 2016 6:31 AM IST

Taliban want removal from blacklist

Taliban want removal from blacklist

Afghanistan’s Taliban want to be removed from a UN blacklist before considering rejoining peace talks aimed at...

24 Jan 2016 6:30 AM IST

Sri Lankan President visits Indian warship at Colombo

Sri Lankan President visits Indian warship at Colombo

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today got on board INS Vikramaditya, India’s largest warship and...

24 Jan 2016 6:29 AM IST

Iran, China aim at business ties worth $600 billion

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony in Tehran on...

24 Jan 2016 6:11 AM IST

John Kerry meets Gulf allies on Syria, Iran

John Kerry meets Gulf allies on Syria, Iran

US secretary of state John Kerry met with Gulf Arab officials on Saturday to ease their concerns about warming...

24 Jan 2016 6:10 AM IST

‘Trump leads by 14 per cent in GOP race for nomination’

‘Trump leads by 14 per cent in GOP race for nomination’

Real estate tycoon Donald Trump is leading among the Republican presidential candidates, with his nearest rival Ted Cruz...

24 Jan 2016 6:10 AM IST