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Indonesian police and SAR personel identify personal items of passengers of the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT 610 at the Jakarta port. (Photo: AFP)World
Lion Air crash search finds debris, belongings on seafloor

The location of the airplane's 'black box' flight data recorder has been identified, but strong currents prevented it...

1 Nov 2018 3:40 PM IST

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (FIle Photo)World
Russia slaps sanctions on Ukraine politicians, businesses

On the list are Yulia Tymoshenko, a ex-PM who is among favourites for president in polls next year, and Interior...

1 Nov 2018 3:22 PM IST

South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hold documents after signing at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea, on September 19, 2018. (Photo: AP)World
Kim Jong-Un to visit Seoul soon, says South Korea President

In September, the leaders of the two Koreas agreed Kim would visit Seoul 'in the near future' without giving a specific...

1 Nov 2018 3:06 PM IST

Trump said that he was working with Congress to find USD 6 billion in new funding for 2018 and 2019 to fight the opioid crisis. The plan will also seek to cut opioid. (Photo: File)World
China having hard time, says Donald Trump over trade war

The two nations had already imposed tariffs on USD 50 billion of each other's goods before the September sanctions.

1 Nov 2018 2:58 PM IST

Trump announced in July that he would prohibit transgender people from serving in the military, reversing former President Barack Obamas policy of accepting them. (Photo: File)World
50 Indian items face heat as US revokes duty-free privileges on import...

The federal register issued a notification, listing out 90 products which were so far subject to duty-free provisions...

1 Nov 2018 2:20 PM IST

Imran Khan declared his victory on Thursday and dismissed the allegations of fraud calling it the most transparent election in Pakistans history. (Photo: AP)World
Don't confront State: Pak PM warns people protesting Bibi verdict

Prime minister Khan addressed the nation through a video message and his address was solely focused on the Asia Bibi...

1 Nov 2018 2:04 PM IST

Congressman Mike Pompeo. (Photo: AP)World
US trying to convince China 'to behave like normal nation': Pompeo

Pompeo called China's behaviour in stealing intellectual property 'inappropriate' and 'not consistent with being a...

1 Nov 2018 1:48 PM IST

Bad deal, should have never been thought of. Somebody really messed up. And they had the worst cover-up ever, Trump said. (Photo: File)World
Trump plans to bypass Constitution to end US' 'citizenship by birth'...

Donald Trump said his first preference would be to make the changes through the Congress, which would be a permanent...

1 Nov 2018 12:08 PM IST

Rajapaksa assumed the duties in the prime ministers secretariat which was not used by the ousted prime minister Wickremesinghe, officials from his Sri Lanka Peoples Party (SLPP) said. (Photo: PTI)World
Sirisena to reconvene Parl on Nov 5: Sri Lanka's new PM Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka's president Sirisena named Mahinda Rajapaksa as PM on Friday after abruptly dismissing the government of Ranil...

1 Nov 2018 12:01 PM IST

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)World
India worried as Sri Lanka's 'Lord of the rings', pro-China, is back...

Rajapaksa has been accused by diplomats of serious human rights abuses in the war against rebels from the Tamil...

1 Nov 2018 11:42 AM IST

A member of Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) inspects debris believed to be from Lion Air passenger jet that crashed off Java Island at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. (Photo: AP)World
Black box of crashed Lion Air plane found by Indonesia divers: reports

The black box was orange in colour and intact, without specifying if the item was the flight data recorder or the...

1 Nov 2018 10:17 AM IST

John Bolton led negotiations for America to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so that the Bush administration could proceed with a national missile-defence programme. (Photo: AP)World
Don't want to harm friends, allies with Iran sanctions, says US

Three of Iran's five largest buyers of crude - China, India and Turkey - have resisted calls by US to end their oil...

1 Nov 2018 9:09 AM IST

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