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The steps of the temple have been painted in a kaleidoscope of bright colours ahead of a Hindu ritual that is conducted in temples every 12 years, which will take place Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Malaysian Hindu temple gets paint job; originality disturbed, says...

The Batu Caves complex, a series of caverns on outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, is popular with devotees from Malaysia's...

30 Aug 2018 8:45 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump shake hands after a document signing at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island on Tuesday in Singapore. (Photo: AP)

No reason for drills with S Korea: Trump hails 'warm' relationship...

The statement also said that US trade dispute with China and other differences 'will be resolved in time' by Trump and...

30 Aug 2018 3:22 PM IST

US President Donald Trump will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month, opening up a distinct possibility of a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)

2-plus-2 dialogue with India will deepen strategic partnership: US

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Defense Secretary Jim Mattis are set to fly to New Delhi for the talks next...

30 Aug 2018 9:14 AM IST

The Pentagon has said that New Delhi has offered the United States with aviation maintenance and developmental aid. (Photo:AP)

India might face sanctions if buying Russian arms, warns Pentagon...

Washington is alarmed at the prospect of India buying new systems from Russia, including S-400 long-range,...

30 Aug 2018 9:02 AM IST

Pierce said she hopes her son, Jame Myles, death will raise awareness about the devastating effects of bullying. (Photo: Twitter screengrab | @EleanorxNeale)

9-yr-old US boy kills self after he was bullied in school for being...

Leia Pierce said that her son, Jamel Myles, killed himself at their home last Thursday after enduring several days of...

29 Aug 2018 9:19 PM IST

Stormy Daniels provided little new evidence of her alleged 2006 affair with Trump but said she faced intimidation tactics aimed at ensuring her silence in 2011. (Photo: AFP)

Citing free speech, Trump wants Stormy Daniels defamation case...

Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, called the motion 'baseless and desperate.'

29 Aug 2018 2:19 PM IST

It is clear that conditions are not yet met for the safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees to their places of origin or choice, Guterres added. (Photo: AP)

Conditions still not suitable for safe return of Rohingya: UN chief

Guterres, recounting his experience of visiting camps this past July, said that he heard stories of horrendous...

29 Aug 2018 1:46 PM IST

Police closed down a street in southern Brussels in a major security operation involving specialist armed units on Thursday after a report of a possible murder. (Representational Image)

Hong Kong professor held after body found in suitcase in his office

The associate professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering had reported his wife missing on August 20.

29 Aug 2018 1:35 PM IST

Suborna, who is survived by her nine-year-old daughter, was awaiting divorce from her husband, the report said. (Photo: Facebook)

Bangladesh woman journalist hacked to death at her residence

Subarna Nodi, 32, was a correspondent of private news channel Ananda TV and also worked for the Daily Jagroto Bangla...

29 Aug 2018 1:32 PM IST

Pakistans cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (Photo: File photograph)

Imran Khan to skip UN General Assembly session to focus on Pak economy

'No, the prime minister is not going. I will lead Pakistani delegation,' foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said.

29 Aug 2018 1:24 PM IST

At least 19 people were killed in Afghanistans Jalalabad as a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of Sikhs, which was on its way, to meet President Ashraf Ghani. (Photo: AP)

Bomb, hidden under motorcycle, kills 2, wounds 37 in Philippines

The explosion occurred in front of a clothing stall along a highway in Isulan in Sultan Kudarat province, where a...

29 Aug 2018 1:15 PM IST

No one was injured in the incident but the building was severely damaged. Police in Edinburgh are investigating the suspected arson attack as a hate crime. (Photo: Facebook/@GuruNanakGurdwaraEdinburgh)

Gurdwara in UK burnt in arson attack, police suspect hate crime

Guru Nanak Gurdwara Sahib in Leith city, Scotland, was set on fire in what was believed to be a 'deliberate' act.

29 Aug 2018 11:06 AM IST