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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

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Pakistan to receive USD 2.1 billion loan from China by Monday:...

Islamabad is also in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout package.

22 March 2019 4:37 PM IST

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that it takes very little to worsen a situation and he was a promoter of peace. (Photo: AFP)

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Pak weighing options after acquittal of all accused in Samjhauta blast...

The train service was launched in July 1976 after the signing of the historic Shimla Agreement between the two...

22 March 2019 3:28 PM IST

The chemical plant was reduced to rubble after the explosion. (Image: ANI)

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Death toll rises to 47 in China chemical plant blast

According to the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management, around 90 people were injured in the incident.

22 March 2019 2:21 PM IST

The fire fighter brigade of Jiangsu has mobilised 176 fire trucks with 928 personnel to join the rescue mission, the Ministry of Emergency Management said. (Photo: Representational/ File)

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Death toll in China chemical plant explosion rises to 47

Forty Seven people have been killed and a further 90 seriously injured, reported state-run China Daily.

22 March 2019 1:41 PM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern led an estimated 5,000 people standing quietly at Hagley Park in front of the Al Noor mosque, where most of the victims died. (Photo:AP)

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We are one, says PM Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand mourns with prayers,...

Residents of Christchurch are still recovering from a devastating earthquake that hit in 2011, killing 185 and injured...

22 March 2019 1:36 PM IST

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PM Imran Khan says no room for 'jihadi outfits, culture' in Pakistan

Khan said that India's NDA government wants to win the general election based on its politics of hatred against...

22 March 2019 1:30 PM IST

Newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

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Moon Jae-in uses 'good afternoon' instead of 'good night', sparks row

The Korea Times assailed the 'incompetence' of the presidential protocol team on Friday.

22 March 2019 1:26 PM IST

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19 kids among 94 dead as Iraq ferry sinks in Tigris River

Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi decreed three days of national mourning as he visited the site of the tragedy.

22 March 2019 11:41 AM IST

$The movie considers laws for robots first imagined by Isaac Asimov in his 1942 short story \Runaround,\ which states that machines must not harm humans. (Representational image/ Photo: Pixabay)$ World

Robot watchman' to monitor illegal activities in China residential hub

Robot Meibao not only monitors illegal activities but also provides useful information to residents at the Meiyuan...

22 March 2019 11:33 AM IST

Harris, who plays for Carlton in the Australian Football League Womens (AFLW) competition, was pictured with her leg fully extended as she kicked a goal in a photograph posted online by a broadcaster on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter)

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Australia PM slams online trolls for abusing athlete; calls cowardly...

The Prime Minister said that while social media attacks were nothing new, they did appear to be disproportionately aimed...

22 March 2019 11:01 AM IST

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Designer Tom Ford denies calling Melania Trump glorified escort'

As per reports, the statement was shared through an anonymous Twitter account, having garnered more than 3,000 retweets...

22 March 2019 10:49 AM IST

The US is trying to cut off all oil imports from Iran following President Donald Trumps decision in May to pull out of the 2015 multilateral deal. (Photo: File | AP)

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India-US relationship flourished under PM Modi says Trump's...

The senior official also said the first ever India-US two-plus-two dialogue, held in New Delhi last year, took the...

22 March 2019 10:04 AM IST