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Imran Khan declared his victory on Thursday and dismissed the allegations of fraud calling it the most transparent election in Pakistans history. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan reconsiders Chinese 'Silk Road' projects, fears debt trap

Rail megaproject linking Karachi to Peshawar is China's biggest BRI project in Pakistan, but Islamabad has balked at...

30 Sept 2018 12:18 PM IST

People survey outside the shopping mall which was damaged following earthquakes and a tsunami in Palu. (Photo: AP)

At least 420 killed in strong quake, tsunami in Indonesia

At least 540 people had been badly injured, an agency spokesman said, as hospitals struggled to cope with the influx of...

30 Sept 2018 10:49 AM IST

Pakistans Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

India cancelled dialogue on 'flimsy grounds', says Pak at UN

Qureshi said Pak is ready to engage with India for meaningful confidence building, risk reduction and avoidance of arms...

30 Sept 2018 10:31 AM IST

Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology industry leaders at Trump Tower in New York. (Photo: AP)

Elon Musk out as Tesla chairman, to pay USD 20 mn to settle govt...

SEC announced the settlement on Saturday, just two days after filing a case seeking to oust Musk as CEO.

30 Sept 2018 8:29 AM IST

On asking if the proposed USD 8.5 billion defence deal with Russia was on hold, Lavrov said, I havent heard anything about the timing, postponement, or about putting anything on hold. (Photo: AFP)

No talks of putting India deal on hold, says Russia amid threat of US...

India will need exemptions from US sanctions on Russia to buy the S-400 Triumf missile defence system as well as...

29 Sept 2018 5:53 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)

Domestic political, electoral compulsions behind India's reluctance to...

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Qureshi were slated to meet on the sidelines of ongoing UN General Assembly...

29 Sept 2018 3:21 PM IST

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his wife Ashley Estes Kavanaugh depart after testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 27, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Brett Kavanaugh hearing: Can you be 'very, very certain' -- and wrong?

Brett and Ford, woman who says he sexually assaulted her decades ago, both say they are convinced their recollections of...

29 Sept 2018 3:06 PM IST

Masood Azhar is accused of several deadly terrorist attacks in India, including one on the Uri military base in Jammu and Kashmir in 2016, in which 17 security personnel were killed. (Photo: AP)

China defends move to block India's bid at UN to list Masood Azhar...

China, while defending terrorist, argued that the issue lacks 'consensus' among members of UNSC as well as India and...

29 Sept 2018 1:36 PM IST

Some 600 people evacuated to shelters in Okinawa, electricity was cut to more than 121,000 homes and at least 386 flights were cancelled, mainly in western Japan. (Photo: AFP)

Five injured as powerful typhoon hits Okinawa, nears Japan mainland

Typhoon Trami with maximum gusts of 216 kilometres per hour near its centre is forecast to hit mainland on Sunday,...

29 Sept 2018 12:38 PM IST

Steven May (right) walks with his dog, Winnie, beside his attorney, David Pisarra, with his dog, Dudley in Santa Monica, California. (Photo: AP)

In California divorce cases, judge can now decide who gets custody of...

Judge can decide who gets to keep pets and will have discretion on factors such as who feeds them, who takes them to vet...

29 Sept 2018 12:20 PM IST

At a midterms campaign rally in Las Vegas late on Thursday, Trump told the crowd that he fully backs Kavanaugh. (Photo: AFP)

'Look at me:' Women confront Flake on Kavanaugh support

Two women cornered Flake as he got on an elevator Friday, pleading for him to reconsider his support for Kavanaugh.

29 Sept 2018 12:01 PM IST

After a decades-long impasse over who presides over the now roughly 12 million-strong Catholic faithful, Saturdays pact saw Pope Francis recognise seven clergy ordained by Beijing. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

Vatican, China in hush negotiations on 'underground' bishops: sources

A Vatican source and a Chinese priest said Holy See could win concessions by year end, though details of any agreement...

29 Sept 2018 11:56 AM IST