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Sri Lankas former wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa took an early lead Sunday in a fiercely fought presidential election conducted under high security seven months after deadly Islamist attacks. (Photo: File)World
Premadasa concedes Sri Lanka presidential poll to Rajapaksa

The election is the first popularity test of the UNP-led government since the April 21 suicide bomb attacks that killed...

17 Nov 2019 10:20 AM IST

An air traffic controller from Pakistans Civil Aviation Authority saved a plane flying from Jaipur to Muscat, the capital city of Oman, after its pilot sounded alert due to bad weather. (Representational Image)World
Jaipur-Muscat flight pilot sounds 'Mayday' alarm, Pakistani air...

Sources in the aviation authority said that the plane encountered abnormal weather conditions near the Chor area of...

16 Nov 2019 2:19 PM IST

Britains Prince Andrew has said he does not remember meeting Virginia Roberts, one of disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epsteins alleged victims, who says she was forced to have sex with the royal. (Photo: AFP)World
Britain's Prince Andrew has no recollection' of sex accuser in Jeffrey...

Andrew admits in interview with the BBC that his decision to remain friends with Epstein after he was convicted of...

16 Nov 2019 1:29 PM IST

Water from the overflowing Vishwamitri river entered several localities in the city, bringing with it many crocodiles. (Photo: Representational)World
Australian man escapes from cunning' Crocodile by sticking thumb into...

The 54-year-old said he wrestled with the croc on the remote beach as it tried to drag him into the water.

16 Nov 2019 1:04 PM IST

Pakistan has nothing to do with 9/11. says Imran Khan (Photo: File)World
Imran says 'no grudge' against former PM Nawaz Sharif

Khan, however, regretted that the Sharif family was 'playing politics' on the 69-year-old politician's health.

16 Nov 2019 11:14 AM IST

California detectives struggled Friday to attribute a motive to a school shooting carried out by a boy scout with no obvious alarm bells in his background for the carnage he would unleash. (Photo: AP)World
Deliberate attack' by sociable' teen: Cops baffled over US school...

The students slain by Berhow were identified as Gracie Anne Muehlberger, 15, and a 14-year-old boy.

16 Nov 2019 10:23 AM IST

US President Donald Trump has said that he is considering signing the first phase of the long-awaited trade deal with China in Iowa. (Photo: File)World
I have the right to speak,' says Donald Trump amid impeachment...

The US President said he watched the second-day public hearing on impeachment against him by the Congressional...

16 Nov 2019 9:56 AM IST

Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka on Saturday hours before polling in presidential elections got under way, police said. (Representational Image)World
Gunmen fire on buses carrying Sri Lanka voters hours before polling,...

There were no immediate reports of casualties, but a police official said the attackers had burnt tyres on the road.

16 Nov 2019 8:31 AM IST

The transcript of a July 25 call Trump made with the Ukrainian president in which he asked him to investigate the son of his political rival Joe Biden has become the subject of a Democratic-led impeachment inquiry into the president. (Photo: File)World
'I have one problem': Trump says impeachment probe has been hard on...

Trump acknowledged for the first time a personal toll from the impeachment process that stands to cloud his legacy.

15 Nov 2019 6:41 PM IST

US President Donald Trump heads for the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two Koreas on Sunday and a possible impromptu summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in what would be a remarkable diplomatic spectacle. (Photo: AFP)World
North Korea rejects US offer of December talks

North Korea has been seeking a lifting of punishing sanctions, but US has insisted Kim Jong Un must dismantle his...

15 Nov 2019 5:14 PM IST

Among those celebrating was President Donald Trump, who tweeted \Wow! Was just told that my sons book, Triggered, is Number One on The New York Times Bestseller List. Congratulations Don!\ (Photo: Twitter)World
Trump Jr's book is a No 1 bestseller, but with an edge

According to BookScan, 'Triggered' sold 71,000 copies last week, second only to Jeff Kinney's latest 'Diary of a Wimpy...

15 Nov 2019 1:35 PM IST

Voters can choose up to three candidates in their preferential order. The candidate who polls 50 per cent plus one vote as the first preference will be declared the winner. (Representational Image)World
In 1st polls since Easter attacks, Sri Lankans up for tomorrow's...

Nearly 16 million people are eligible to vote for the president from among a record 35 candidates.

15 Nov 2019 1:07 PM IST

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