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Two brothers led a decisive campaign that helped end island nations three decade long civil war against LTTE. (Photo: AP)World
Brothers to run Lanka: Prez Rajapaksa names elder brother Mahinda as...

Mahinda, the current main opposition leader, will assume duties soon after incumbent Wickremesinghe steps down formally...

20 Nov 2019 7:38 PM IST

Israel has repeatedly bombed Iranian targets in neighbouring Syria, but an expansion of the campaign to Iraq -- where the Jewish state struck the Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981 -- would risk damaging Washingtons relations with Baghdad. (Photo: AP)World
'Wide-scale' Israeli strikes kill 11 fighters in Syria: monitor

The Israeli army said they had targeted around a dozen military sites, including warehouses and military command...

20 Nov 2019 4:44 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a seven-member committee in connection with the status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)World
'Imran Khan-led govt's days are numbered,' warns Pak cleric Fazlur...

alleging that the 'selected' government has offered National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to Khan's sister.

20 Nov 2019 2:46 PM IST

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)World
Trump spokeswoman says Obama aides left mean notes during 2017...

Numerous Obama aides denounced the accusation as fiction.

20 Nov 2019 2:34 PM IST

The missiles fired by the North last week were described as a new type of tactical guided short-range weapon. (Photo: AFP)World
Pentagon says Iran developed largest missile force in Middle East...

A US intelligence official said on condition of anonymity that the assessment included Israel.

20 Nov 2019 2:00 PM IST

Vindman, a Soviet Jewish immigrant, felt it necessary to state his allegiance as he batted away Republican questions about the offers he got to work for Ukraines government. (Photo: AP)World
I am an American,' Vindman reminds Trump allies in impeachment hearing

The exchange highlighted the extent to which identity politics are playing a role in the impeachment investigation...

20 Nov 2019 1:50 PM IST

The news coming from Sudan these days evoke pain and concern. Lets pray for this people, so that the violence stops and the dialogue helps find the common well-being, the Pope was quoted saying. (Photo: ANI)World
When music met tech: Japan uses song co-created by AI to welcome Pope...

Written by Inoue, song, 'Protect all Life - Signs of the Times', is based on theme of Pope's Japan visit and was partly...

20 Nov 2019 1:42 PM IST

The grand jury indictment provides a damning glimpse of safety lapses inside a high-security unit at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York, where Epstein had been awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. (Photo: AP)World
2 guards responsible for monitoring Epstein charged with falsifying...

Epstein's death was a major embarrassment for the US Bureau of Prisons.

20 Nov 2019 1:30 PM IST

\Potus wanted nothing less than President Zelensky to go to the microphone and say investigations, Biden and Clinton,\ Kent testified. (Photo: File)World
Ukraine getting tired' of Donald Trump scandal, says Volodymyr...

'We have our country, we have our independence, we have our own problems,' Zelensky said.

20 Nov 2019 1:17 PM IST

Bei Bei will travel on a specially equipped direct flight from Washington to Chengdu inside a steel and plexiglass crate, accompanied by his keeper. (Skip Brown/Smithsonians National Zoo)World
Bye Bye, Bei Bei: Last Panda cub in US leaves for China

The four year-old cub, whose name means 'precious, treasure' in Mandarin, was destined to head to China under Beijing's...

20 Nov 2019 11:09 AM IST

The bill - if it becomes law - will demand greater scrutiny of the citys special status, which among other things prohibit the commercial export of certain munitions to the Communist party-controlled Hong Kong Police Force, would provide sanctions against officials responsible for human rights violations in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP)World
US Senate unanimously passes Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act

The bill sends a message of bipartisan support from US Congress for the democratic aspirations of the majority of Hong...

20 Nov 2019 10:48 AM IST

Ill faith actors that manipulate elections and government officials are constantly watching users around the globe. (Representational Image)World
Iraq women deal with revenge porn, leaked selfies as 'sextortion'...

The young Iraqi woman received a wave of similar messages after hackers infiltrated her FB, Snapchat and Insta and stole...

20 Nov 2019 10:24 AM IST

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