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President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Trump accuses Google of 'bias' search result, prompting WH...

Google said that its search engine is 'not used to set a political agenda and we don't bias our results towards any...

29 Aug 2018 8:21 AM IST

After driving ban ends, Saudi women taste thrill of speed

At least 12 leading human rights activists, including eight women, have been arrested in Saudi Arabia since May,...

29 Aug 2018 12:09 AM IST

The Volkswagen I.D.R race car utilises 43kWh capacity lithium-ion battery pack and is based on the MEB platform. (Source: VW Motorsport)

Saudi women now head to race tracks after driving ban ends

For Saudi women, such adrenaline rushes were unimaginable just weeks ago.

28 Aug 2018 1:58 PM IST

It was the third such Israeli strike into Syria recently, according to the Syrian government. (Photo: Representational Image)

Jihadist leader killed in Mali French airstrike: Army

It is led by Adnan Abu Walid Sahrawi who was formerly a member of the Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) group.

28 Aug 2018 12:46 PM IST

The AAP had alle-ged that the Delhi police has leaked details of its chargesheet in the chief secretary assault case even as an application was filed in a city court for restraining it from making it public.

Malaysia Islamic court postpones caning of women for lesbian sex

The women, aged 22 and 32, were arrested in April by Islamic enforcement officers after they were found in a car in a...

28 Aug 2018 12:36 PM IST

Nevertheless, Tokyo insisted today: There is no change in our basic recognition concerning the threat of North Koreas nuclear weapons and missiles. (Photo: AP)

North Korea still 'serious, imminent threat': Japan on Korean...

Japan's 2018 defence white paper said Beijing was sparking 'security concerns in region and international community,...

28 Aug 2018 12:26 PM IST

Geeta Aulakh, 28, was brutally attacked with a machete during the attack in Greenford, west London, in November 2009. (Photo: Sunrise Radio)

After 8 yrs in UK jail, NRI murder convict will serve 20 in India

Harpreet Aulakh was sentenced to minimum of 28 yrs in London in Dec 2010 for plotting the murder of his wife after she...

28 Aug 2018 11:27 AM IST

Pope Francis. (Photo: AP)

Vatican rolls back on remarks of Pope Francis on psychiatric help for...

Pope Francis added that ignoring a child who showed homosexual tendencies was an 'error of fatherhood or motherhood'.

28 Aug 2018 11:19 AM IST

The statement was prepared and given to Donald Trump for approval, but according to the report, the President told aides he preferred to tweet instead, and it was ultimately not released. (Photo: AFP)

Trump rejected statement written by aides praising late McCain: report

Trump issued single, terse tweet on Saturday that sent his 'deepest sympathies and respect' to family, without any words...

28 Aug 2018 11:11 AM IST

Damascus skies erupt with service to air missile fire as the U.S. launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, early Saturday, April 14, 2018. Syrias capital has been rocked by loud explosions that lit up the sky with heavy smoke as U.S. President Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the countrys alleged use of chemical weapons. (Photo: AP)

US might be preparing for possible strike on Syria: Russia

Moscow says it has noticed Washington was building up its military forces in the Middle East.

28 Aug 2018 11:05 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping awards Russian President Vladimir Putin with the Friendship medal during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Putin, Xi Jinping to hold talks next month in Russia: Kremlin

Russia is expecting some Asian leaders and companies to attend to the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok from...

28 Aug 2018 10:59 AM IST

Belt and Road initiative is not a debt trap, says China

The Belt and Road initiative, first mentioned in a speech Chinese President Xi Jinping gave in Kazakhstan in 2013.

28 Aug 2018 10:53 AM IST