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United States President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this year in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China-US ties sinking amid acrimony over trade, politics

Major speech by US Vice President on Oct. 4 was clearest, highest-level sign that US strategy was turning from...

23 Oct 2018 1:54 PM IST

The treaty specifies that the waters of three eastern rivers namely Ravi, Beas and Sutlej, had been reserved for India while that of western rivers, namely Indus, Chenab and Jhelum, are for Pakistan. (Representational Image | PTI)

Pak to launch aggressive campaign against India over Indus Water...

Pak alleged that Indian side did not honour its revised schedule as well, saying Panchayat polls were being held in the...

23 Oct 2018 12:54 PM IST

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)

After killing, Saudi Arabia's formidable PR machine shows cracks

Lawmakers have proposed once-unthinkable actions such as suspending arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the largest buyer of US...

23 Oct 2018 12:48 PM IST

Al-Jubeir says Saudi Arabia is committed to ensuring that the investigation is thorough and complete and that the truth is revealed and that those responsible will be held to account. (Photo: AP | File)

Saudi foreign minister promises truth from Khashoggi probe

Minister pledged that mechanisms will be put in place so that 'something like this can never happen again.'

23 Oct 2018 12:17 PM IST

Donald Trump did not expand on his charge against The Times to have hampered Baghdadis capture. (Photo: AFP)

Think thrice before acting: China on Trump's missile treaty pullout

'If Russia is developing missiles and China is doing it and we're adhering to the agreement, that's unacceptable,' Trump...

23 Oct 2018 12:09 PM IST

This GOES East satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Willa in the eastern Pacific, on a path toward Mexicos Pacific coast. (Photo: AP)

Category 4 Hurricane Willa closes in on Mexico coast

Farther south, meanwhile, Mexican officials reported that there had been 12 deaths related to heavy rains from Tropical...

23 Oct 2018 11:54 AM IST

Ramadan, accused of raping the women in 2009 and 2012, has been in custody since February 2. (Photo: AFP)

Was consensual sex: Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan in French rape case

Ramadan, a well-known TV commentator, has strongly denied accusations that he raped women in hotel rooms.

23 Oct 2018 11:47 AM IST

Sufyan was selected to speak to AFP by the Kurdish authorities, who detained him a year ago. (Photo; AFP)

'I am not jihadi John': German ISIS 'shoemaker' pleads to come home

Berlin is not known to have repatriated anyone, but Sufyan hopes he, his Syrian wife and their son can start afresh in...

23 Oct 2018 11:29 AM IST

Seva of the poor and needy is regarded as the greatest virtue of an ideal Sikh.

Sikh council nominee racially targeted in Australia

Sunny Singh, a Port Augusta City Council nominee, said social media video targeting his race is first time he has...

23 Oct 2018 11:22 AM IST

The 55-kilometer crossing, which includes a snaking road bridge and underwater tunnel, links Hong Kongs Lantau island to Zhuhai and the gambling enclave of Macau, across the waters of the Pearl River Estuary. (Photo: AFP)

China launches world's longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong,...

Xi announced the bridge officially open at a ceremony attended by Hong Kong's and Macau's city leaders at a new port...

23 Oct 2018 11:10 AM IST

Mueller could also be looking into the possible existence of a lurid videotape in Russian hands involving Trump and prostitutes dating back to the Miss Universe. (Photo: File)

Jamal Khashoggi's death was 'a plot gone awry', says Trump

Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post, was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2.

23 Oct 2018 10:55 AM IST

Maas told the Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain that Germany would fight with all diplomatic means to keep alive the 1987 pact, which rid Europe of land-based nuclear missiles, noting it touched on existential European interests. (Photo: AP)

'Don't throw baby out with bath water': Germany to US on INF treaty

Trump said on Saturday that Washington would withdraw from INF Treaty because Russia was violating it, an accusation...

23 Oct 2018 10:46 AM IST