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U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, left, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. (Photo: AP)

US bombers fly near South China Sea

China says it respects navigation freedom; Japan spots Chinese spy ship

13 Nov 2015 11:20 PM IST

Lebanese women weep at the scene of Thursdays twin suicide bombings in Burj al-Barajneh, southern Beirut. (Photo: AP)

Beirut mourns 44 killed in bomb attacks

Lebanon on Friday mourned 44 people killed in south Beirut in a twin bombing claimed by the ISIS group, the bloodiest...

13 Nov 2015 11:17 PM IST

Kurdish peshmerga fighters celebrate retaking the town of Sinjar, northern Iraq. (Photo: AP)

Obama says US has ‘contained’ ISIS militants

Iraq Kurd chief Massud Barzani announces ‘liberation’ of Sinjar from ISIS

13 Nov 2015 11:13 PM IST

2 Israelis, 1 Palestinian shot near Hebron

2 Israelis, 1 Palestinian shot near Hebron

Two Israelis and a Palestinian were shot dead Friday in separate incidents in and around the West Bank city of Hebron,...

13 Nov 2015 11:11 PM IST

US strike in Syria targets Jihadi John

US strike in Syria targets Jihadi John

A US strike on Syria that targeted British militant “Jihadi John” was “an act of self-defence”,...

13 Nov 2015 11:08 PM IST

Grim relief, mixed feelings in UK on Jihadi John strike

Grim relief, mixed feelings in UK on Jihadi John strike

News that the ISIS militant known as “Jihadi John” may have died in a US airstrike brought relief mingled...

13 Nov 2015 11:06 PM IST

Austria to build fence on border

Austria to build fence on border

In a new blow to the EU’s cherished open-border Schengen accord, Austria announced on Friday it would erect a...

13 Nov 2015 11:04 PM IST

Bodies of seven babies found in German flat

Bodies of seven babies found in German flat

The German police said on Friday that it had found the bodies of “probably seven” babies in an apartment in...

13 Nov 2015 10:57 PM IST

Egypt to send Russian plane recording abroad for analysis

Last seven minutes of recording will be sent to country that manufactures airplanes

13 Nov 2015 3:25 PM IST

In this photo, a Bangladeshi protester holds a banner during a protest in Dhaka (Photo: AP)

Bangladesh bloggers fear deadly backlash won't end soon

Blogger attacks have created the fear of the rise of religious radicalism

13 Nov 2015 3:19 PM IST

Three held over Japanese farmer's murder in Bangladesh

66-year-old Hoshi Kunio was gunned down in a rickshaw last month

13 Nov 2015 2:34 PM IST

Islamic State committing genocide against Yazidis in Iraq: report

Tens of thousands scrambled up Mount Sinjar in a panic and remained stranded

13 Nov 2015 1:19 PM IST