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Russia slammed the United States for weaponisation of outer space and believes Indias test is a result of a degraded situation in the field of arms race. (Image: Representative /ANI)

Russia urges India to join multilateral mechanism to stop arms race in...

Russia said that for its part, it intends to continue to make all necessary efforts to prevent an arms race in outer...

29 March 2019 12:59 PM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo: AP)

UK lawmakers poised for pivotal vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal

In last-ditch bid to garner support of discontented Conservative colleagues, she dramatically promised Wed to resign if...

29 March 2019 11:06 AM IST

Brunei to impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery

The tiny sultanate will implement the harsh new penal code -- which also prescribes amputation of hand and foot for...

29 March 2019 9:28 AM IST

Trump urged to delay decision on ending preferential trade deal with India

Trump urged to delay decision on ending preferential trade deal with...

India was the largest beneficiary of the programme in 2017 with USD 5.7 billion in imports to the US given duty-free...

29 March 2019 8:48 AM IST

The 737 MAX planes were grounded worldwide following the Ethiopian Airlines disaster, which came five months after a Lion Air crash in Indonesia that killed 189 people. (Photo: AFP)

US lawsuit filed against Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash that...

Lawsuit was filed by family of Musoni, citizen of Rwanda, and alleges that Boeing had defectively designed automated...

29 March 2019 8:40 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)

After May's offer to resign, third Brexit deal vote today

Parliament is trying to find an alternative to Prime Minister Theresa May's twice-rejected EU divorce deal.

29 March 2019 2:32 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Theresa May listens as the declaration at her constituency is made for in the general election in Maidenhead, England, Friday, June 9, 2017. (Photo: AP)

'Will resign if Parliament passes Brexit deal,' says UK PM Theresa May

May agreed with EU last week to delay Brexit amid fears Britain was heading for a potentially catastrophic 'no deal'...

28 March 2019 1:48 PM IST

Shireen Mazari outraged at the snub to Pakistan PM Imran Khan from a foreign envoy in another country. (Photo: Shireen Mazari | Twitter)

'Little pygmy': Pakistan minister brands US envoy to Kabul in Twitter...

Furore underscores delicate balance of regional tensions as US steps up a push to find way out of Afghan, more than 17...

28 March 2019 1:40 PM IST

The incident unfolded in a northeastern Seattle neighbourhood when the suspect approached a motorist at an intersection and shot her before walking into the street and firing on the bus, police said in a statement. (Photo: AP)

Seattle shooting: 2 killed as gunman opens fire during rush hour

The bus driver was struck but managed to turn the bus around and head away from the assailant, police said.

28 March 2019 11:47 AM IST

It said that in consistent with its commitment to cooperate, Pakistan on Wednesday shared preliminary findings of its investigations with India along with a set of questions. (Photo: PTI)

Pulwama attack: No terror camps exist on 22 locations shared by India,...

'While 54 detained individuals are being investigated, no details linking them to Pulwama have been found so far,' it...

28 March 2019 11:47 AM IST

The parents were told that their baby would have severe damage to the brain as he was deprived of oxygen in the womb (Photo: AFP)

Bangladesh mother, 20, gives birth to twins one month after first...

20-yr-old Arifa Sultana gave birth to a baby boy last month through normal delivery, but doctors missed the presence of...

28 March 2019 10:07 AM IST

In his second annual State of the Union address, Trump said he has accelerated Americas negotiations to reach a political settlement in Afghanistan (Photo:Twitter)

Google CEO Sundar Pichai committed to US, not Chinese military: Trump

Earlier this month Trump complained that Google's business activities in China were 'helping China and their military.'

28 March 2019 9:53 AM IST