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KCNA have accused Mike Pompeo of derailing discussions. (Photo:AP)

North Korea want no further involvement from Mike Pompeo in nuclear...

North Korea demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang and...

18 April 2019 1:24 PM IST

14 passengers shot dead after being offloaded from bus in Pakistan

Unidentified gunmen shot dead at least 14 passengers after forcing them to disembark from a bus on a highway in...

18 April 2019 11:25 AM IST

Gravity signals may play a crucial role in early identification of the occurrence of earthquakes. (Photo: PTI/ File)

Strong quake hits east Taiwan, rattles buildings in capital

Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau says a strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake has struck the east.

18 April 2019 11:18 AM IST

The details of the 400-page report - which could come out with heavy redactions - could determine whether Democrats in Congress pursue impeachment of the president. (Photo:AP)

Americans, Democrats await bombshell Muellar report

Nearly four weeks after President Donald Trump declared himself completely exonerated, Americans will get a chance to...

18 April 2019 11:13 AM IST

The squid are processed or shipped directly to other European nations. (Photo:AP)

How will Brexit threaten Spanish fishermen?

Fully 94 per cent of the catch, mostly squid, exported from the contested South Atlantic archipelago, is sent to Spain.

18 April 2019 10:51 AM IST

Bashir, 75, swept to power in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989, and headed a brutal regime for three decades. (Photo:AP)

One week after Bashir ouster, Sudan 'revolution' still unfinished

Sudan on Thursday marks one week since the army ousted president Omar al-Bashir after protests against his 30-year rule.

18 April 2019 10:34 AM IST

Drone footage of the aftermath of the accident showed the badly mangled wreckage of the bus resting precariously on its side. (Photo:AP)

29 casualties reported after tourist bus crashes in Portugal

Twenty-nine German tourists were killed when their bus spun off the road and tumbled down a slope before crashing on...

18 April 2019 10:23 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AFP)

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees test of new weapon with 'powerful...

The test marks a ratcheting up of tensions weeks after a summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump collapsed...

18 April 2019 9:54 AM IST

A skilled orator elected president twice, first as a firebrand leftist and then as a champion of foreign investment and free trade, Garcia had been dogged by allegations of corruption in recent years that he denied. (Photo: AFP)

To avoid arrest, Peru's former president Alan Garcia dies after...

Garcia governed as a nationalist from 1985 to 1990 before remaking himself as a free-market proponent and winning...

18 April 2019 9:44 AM IST

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli President formally asks Netanyahu to form next government

Benjamin Netanyahu now has 28 days to form a government, with a possible extension of a further two weeks.

18 April 2019 9:00 AM IST

Issue to blacklist Masood Azhar is moving towards settlement: China

China dismissed reports that US, UK and France have served it an ultimatum until April 23 to lift its 'technical hold'.

17 April 2019 3:31 PM IST

Liu, through his lawyers, maintained his innocence throughout the law enforcement investigation, which ended in December. (Photo: File)

Minnesota student sues China's JD.com CEO Liu with allegation of rape

The lawsuit filed in Hennepin County court seeks undisclosed damages and names Richard Liu and JD.com as defendants.

17 April 2019 10:45 AM IST