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Let me be very clear. Im 100 per cent confident that no one on the vice presidents staff was involved in this anonymous editorial. I know my people, Pence said. (Photo: AFP)

Confident no one on my staff wrote New York Times column: US Vice...

More than two dozen high-ranking administration officials have denied writing the column. Pence said his staff has...

10 Sept 2018 2:13 PM IST

In this picture released by Press Information Department, visiting Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, left, meets with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

China, Pak pledge to complete CPEC as Chinese Foreign Minister meets...

Wang, who arrived on a three-day visit on Friday, met Khan in Islamabad with a high-level delegation.

10 Sept 2018 2:06 PM IST

Several years have sometimes passed without the lab adding a name. But no one is giving up. (Photo: AFP)

17 years later, over 1100 victims of 9/11 attacks yet to be identified

So far, only 1,642 of the 2,753 people who died in the attacks in New York have been formally identified.

10 Sept 2018 1:55 PM IST

The 9/11 attacks claimed nearly 3,000 lives in the United States and led to the launch of deadly, long-running wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- countries that remain plagued by violence and instability to this day. (Photo: AFP)

17 years after it was buried by 9/11, New York subway station opens...

People cheered, clapped and held their phones up to record the event as a train rolled to a stop, video footage from...

10 Sept 2018 1:49 PM IST

The air strikes targeted the village of Hajin, the last major stronghold of Islamic State in Syria, and resulted in fires, but there was no information about casualties, the Russian military said. (Photo: AFP)

Russia says US dropped phosphorus bombs over Syria, Pentagon denies

Human rights groups have said US-led coalition against Islamic State has used white phosphorous munitions over the...

10 Sept 2018 1:42 PM IST

Alibaba founder, Jack Ma

Alibaba's Jack Ma to step down in 2019, letter to staff on his...

Ma will complete his current term as member of Alibaba Group's board of directors until its annual general meeting of...

10 Sept 2018 9:53 AM IST

'If we don't step up, things can get worse,' Barack Obama tells voters

Obama didn't mention Trump by name in the key Southern California battleground of Orange County but the allusions were...

10 Sept 2018 9:43 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Ban cheese imports? Pak discusses outside-the-box ideas to avoid IMF...

The EAC held its first session last week, chaired by Finance Minister Asad Umar, who took office last month.

10 Sept 2018 8:45 AM IST

Guests from the Premier Inn Bankside Hotel are evacuated and kept in a group with police on Upper Thames Street following an incident in central London, Saturday. Terrorism struck at the heart of London, police said Sunday, after a vehicle veered off the road and mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge and gunshots rang out amid reports of knife attacks at nearby Borough Market. (Photo: AP)

UK tourists among 7 injured in Paris knife attack, say police

A source close to the inquiry said the suspect, believed to be an Afghan national, has been arrested.

10 Sept 2018 8:20 AM IST

Amazingly none of them were seriously hurt, but as a precaution they were taken to hospital for check-ups, said a statement from the British Transport Police. (Photo: File)

Family of 3 escape unhurt after London Underground train passes over...

They narrowly avoided being hit by a train by hiding in a pit beneath the rails.

9 Sept 2018 7:20 PM IST

No private airline flies to the city. Shortly after this government took over, a buffalo walked into the Surat airport and an airplane crashed into it, damaging its jet engine. (Representational image)

21 dead as overloaded plane crashes into lake in South Sudan

The 19-seater commercial Baby air plane had been travelling from South Sudan capital, Juba.

9 Sept 2018 5:35 PM IST

Kim Jong Un showed off his friendship with China, raising the hand of President Xi Jinpings envoy as they saluted the crowd together afterwards (Photo: AFP)

North Korea holds 70th anniversary parade, without ICBMs

Democratic People's Republic of Korea was proclaimed on Sept 9, 1948, 3 yrs after Moscow and US divided peninsula.

9 Sept 2018 3:28 PM IST