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Sri Lanka begins drawing up new statute

Sri Lanka begins drawing up new statute

The Sri Lankan Parliament on Saturday began a process to formulate a new Constitution with Prime Minister Ranil...

10 Jan 2016 4:53 AM IST

North Korea warns of war amid South propaganda

North Korea warns of war amid South propaganda

South Korea’s loudspeaker broadcasts ai-med at North Korea push the rivals to the “brink of war,” a...

10 Jan 2016 4:51 AM IST

Pakistan to host 4-nation Taliban talks

Pakistan to host 4-nation Taliban talks

A four-nation conference on Afghan reconciliation process will be held in Islamabad on Monday to explore ways to create...

10 Jan 2016 4:49 AM IST

Hirunika Premachandra

Sri Lanka female MP held over man’s abduction

The Sri Lankan police on Saturday arrested a woman legislator of the ruling United National Party over the abduction of...

10 Jan 2016 4:47 AM IST

‘Sharif has business interests in India’

‘Sharif has business interests in India’

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had business interests in...

10 Jan 2016 4:45 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj delivering a speech at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. (Photo; PTI)

Nepal: Madhesis will launch 10-day protest

Nepal’s agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front on Saturday said it would launch a fresh protest campaign from...

10 Jan 2016 4:42 AM IST

Pakistan traces mobile numbers India gave, faces US pressure

Pakistan traces mobile numbers India gave, faces US pressure

Washington nudges Islamabad to walk the talk

10 Jan 2016 4:40 AM IST

Subhas Chandra Bose

‘Bose, dying, said tell country I fought to the last...’

A British website, set up to catalogue the last days of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, has released what it claims are...

10 Jan 2016 4:17 AM IST

Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted into a helicopter at Mexico City’s airport . (Photo: AFP)

Mexico returns ‘El Chapo’ to infamous jail he fled

Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was back on Saturday in the prison he escaped from six months...

10 Jan 2016 2:40 AM IST

Syria ready to join Geneva peace talks

Syria ready to join Geneva peace talks

Syria’s government told a UN envoy on Saturday it was ready to participate in Geneva peace talks later in January...

10 Jan 2016 2:31 AM IST

‘ISIS backer’ ambushes policeman in Philadelphia

‘ISIS backer’ ambushes policeman in Philadelphia

A man claiming allegiance to the ISIS group shot and seriously wounded a policeman in Philadelphia, opening fire...

10 Jan 2016 2:30 AM IST

Iran goes to UN against Saudi Arabia ‘provocations’

Iran goes to UN against Saudi Arabia ‘provocations’

Iran’s foreign minister has complained to the United Nations about Saudi Arabia’s “provocations”...

10 Jan 2016 2:28 AM IST