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Bahraini women shout slogans during clashes with the riot police in the village of Daih. — AFP

Saudi-Iran crisis: Kuwait recalls envoy

UNSC condemns attack on Saudi mission

6 Jan 2016 5:48 AM IST

Pakistani Taliban claim killing ‘hundreds’ in first report

Pakistani Taliban claim killing ‘hundreds’ in first report

The Pakistani Taliban has released its first annual report, claiming it killed hundreds of people in 2015, with analysts...

6 Jan 2016 5:46 AM IST

Japan to send plutonium cache under US N-deal

Japan to send plutonium cache under US N-deal

Japan will send a huge cache of plutonium — enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs — to the United States as...

6 Jan 2016 5:44 AM IST

Don’t ask unnecessary questions, Xi tells CPC

Don’t ask unnecessary questions, Xi tells CPC

In a stiff warning to ruling Chinese Communist Party members, President Xi Jinping has told them not to ask unnecessary...

6 Jan 2016 5:43 AM IST

Missing Hong Kong bookseller is a British citizen: UK

Missing Hong Kong bookseller is a British citizen: UK

Britain confirmed Tuesday that one of five missing Hong Kong booksellers feared detained by Chinese authorities is a UK...

6 Jan 2016 5:42 AM IST

Pakistan Navy special force to protect China experts

Pakistan Navy special force to protect China experts

Pakistan Navy has raised a special marine battalion to provide security to Chinese engineers and workers at the...

6 Jan 2016 5:40 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with his wife Kalsoom and Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. — AFP

Pakistan to sell 8 fighter jets to Sri Lanka

Pakistan on Tuesday sealed a landmark deal to sell JF-17 Thunder fighter jets to Sri Lanka as the two countries signed...

6 Jan 2016 5:39 AM IST

South China Sea tensions rise over China plane

South China Sea tensions rise over China plane

US says landing of plane threatens regional stability; Vietnam launches a formal protest

6 Jan 2016 5:36 AM IST

An anti-Taliban armed Afghan fighter holds a rocket-propelled grenade as he sits on the back of a motorcycle. (Photo: AFP)

Freed village in Afghanistan reveals key to Taliban...

Flanked by shaggy-haired gunmen, commander Ghulam Farooq peered out from a hilltop at the biggest military prize of his...

6 Jan 2016 3:00 AM IST

US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia arrive at Andrews Air Force Base.- AP

Each of Obama’s gun control options have legal pitfalls

Mr Obama, who has expressed deep frustration about US gun control regulations after a series of mass shootings...

6 Jan 2016 2:56 AM IST

An anti-seismic building in Santiago. (Photo: AFP)

Architecture in Chile stands test of earthquakes

Some people run into the street during an earthquake, but Rene Lagos would rather be indoors — preferably on the...

6 Jan 2016 2:52 AM IST

Iran President Hassan Rouhani and other Iranian officials condemned the attacks (Photo: AFP0

'Cutting off heads' no response to criticism: Iran President

Protesters angered over Nimr's execution attacked Saudi embassy in Tehran.

5 Jan 2016 6:13 PM IST