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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)World
Tamil prisoners may be released to tilt scales in favour of Lanka PM...

Tamils say some of the prisoners have been held over a long time under an anti-terrorism law without even being formally...

4 Nov 2018 1:00 PM IST

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US midterm elections: Trump faces pushback from Obama on final...

Trump says Republicans are in good position ahead of midterm polls, particularly with new employment figures out showing...

4 Nov 2018 12:28 PM IST

People line up at a polling station in Noumea, New Caledonia, as they prepare to cast their votes as part of an independence referendum, on Sunday, November 4, 2018. (Photo: AP)World
New Caledonia votes on independence from France

New Caledonia is home to a quarter of the world's known supplies of nickel, and is a strategic foothold for France in...

4 Nov 2018 12:22 PM IST

The pile-up occurred on Saturday after a heavy truck lost control and crashed into a line of vehicles waiting at a toll station on the Lanzhou-Haikou Expressway. (Photo: AP)World
China: 15 killed after truck loses control, crashes into vehicles at...

Officials said another 44 people were injured in the pile-up at the toll station which is close to Lanzhou, capital of...

4 Nov 2018 10:46 AM IST

Im not a drinker and I can honestly say I never had a beer in my life -- its one of my only good traits, Trump joked at a long, rambling press conference. (Photo: AP)World
Sanctions will hit Iran in a big way from Nov 5: Donald Trump

President Trump said Iran was not the same country which it was when he started almost two years ago.

3 Nov 2018 8:37 PM IST

A couple has been arrested from west Delhi for allegedly impersonating executives of an authorised car dealer in the city and stealing vehicles on the pretext of car servicing. (Photo: PTI | Representational)World
Indian-American arrested in California over H-1B visa fraud

Kishore Kumar Kavuru was arrested Friday morning and produced before the US Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen.

3 Nov 2018 6:51 PM IST

Palvinder and Pritpal Binning, both in their mid-50s, were arrested by the UKs Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) earlier this week after a raid on their home in Chilworth, near Southampton on southern coast of England. (Photo: Pritpal Binning | LinkedIn)World
Indian-origin professor, husband kept man in shed for 4 years,...

The man told officers that he had been sleeping on plastic sun-lounger deck chair in shed and was given out of date food...

3 Nov 2018 6:17 PM IST

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for an independent investigation into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops, while Security Council members urged restraint on both sides. (Photo: File)World
UN chief urges Lankan prez to allow vote in Parl 'as soon as possible'

The political turmoil began after Sirisena sacked PM Ranil Wickremesinghe and installed former strongman Mahinda...

3 Nov 2018 3:27 PM IST

Since the Winter Olympics in the South, Pyongyang and Washington have agreed to the unprecedented Singapore meeting. A woman walks by a huge screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (Photo | AP)World
N Korea threatens to resume nuke development over sanctions

Foreign Ministry statement came amid sense of unease between US and Seoul over use of sanctions to get North to...

3 Nov 2018 3:18 PM IST

SANCTIONS ARE COMING, reads the mock movie poster Trump tweeted. Each O is crossed by vertical lines, just like in the Game of Thrones logo and the words are superimposed on a picture of the president striding out of a foggy background or possibly the smoking ruins of a diplomatic battlefield. (Photo: Twitter | @realDonaldTrump)World
Sanctions are coming: Trump tweets 'Game of Thrones' style message for...

'We were not aware of this messaging and would prefer our trademark not be misappropriated for political purposes,' HBO...

3 Nov 2018 2:05 PM IST

Rescuers conduct search operation in the waters of Ujung Karawang, West Java, Indonesia after a Lion Air plane crashed into the sea. (Photo: AP)World
Indonesian diver killed while recovering bodies from Lion Air crash

Syachrul Anto, 48, who died on Friday, was part of the team searching for body parts and debris from the jet in the Java...

3 Nov 2018 1:53 PM IST

More than 50 speakers shared their suggestions, perspectives and concerns over reform of the 15-nation UNSC during a General Assembly session here last week.World
'Terrorism most serious violation of human rights': India at UN

'International community must take resolute action against terrorism to stop abuse of human rights of innocent people,'...

3 Nov 2018 12:15 PM IST

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