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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)

Imran khan not to call foreign leaders to oath-taking

Imran also directed a simple oath-taking ceremony and ordered not to invite foreign personalities.

3 Aug 2018 6:15 AM IST

Beijings suggestions are part of efforts to expand its influence in the South China Sea, which it claims almost entirely. (Representational image/AFP)

China seeks military drills with ASEAN nations in disputed waters

China insists on outside countries being excluded, as per a draft document, in what analysts said was a bid to diminish...

2 Aug 2018 7:13 PM IST

Pope Francis in in a new policy published Thursday said, that it is always inadmissible because it attacks the inherent dignity of all humans. (Photo: File)

Pope changes Church teaching on death penalty, makes it 'inadmissible'

Capital punishment was earlier allowed 'if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against...

2 Aug 2018 7:03 PM IST

Police patrol outside the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission offices in Harare. (Photo: AP)

Zimbabwe: Army clears streets, election panel begs 'patience' to...

Soldiers were on guard outside the headquarters of the ruling ZANU-PF party.

2 Aug 2018 6:04 PM IST

Canada: Pregnant woman asks for latte in McDonald's, served cleaning...

Upon lodging a complaint the woman learnt from staff members that two cleaning lines were linked to the coffee machine.

2 Aug 2018 4:19 PM IST

Kurdish mathematician, Caucher Birkar (R), receives the Fields Medal Award, maths most prestigious prize, during the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM 2018) in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: AFP)

'Nobel of Mathematics' stolen from winner soon after receiving it

Caucher Birkar, a Kurdish refugee teaching at Cambridge University, won the Fields Medal, often called the 'Nobel Prize...

2 Aug 2018 3:52 PM IST

Imran Khan wants simple swearing-in, no foreign leaders to attend

'It has been decided no foreign personalities will be invited, it will be a completely national event,

2 Aug 2018 2:17 PM IST

This abduction could be an expression of Islamabads frustration with this emerging arrangement. But New Delhi must remain steadfast in standing by the people of Afghanistan. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Indian among 3 foreigners abducted, killed in Kabul: Police

Abducted near Pul-e-Charkhi in eastern outskirts of Kabul, their bodies were found in a car parked in Mussahi district...

2 Aug 2018 2:13 PM IST

Google paid just 6.7 million euros in corporate taxes in 2015 in France by booking revenues for its online empire at its European subsidiary in low-tax Ireland. (photo: AFP)

Google reportedly making censored search engine for China, criticised

The search project, which works like a filter will reportedly blacklist terms about human rights, democracy, religion...

2 Aug 2018 1:19 PM IST

This is significantly below the historic level of more than USD 1 billion per year. (Photo: File/AFP)

US Congress passes bill greatly reducing Pakistan's defence aid

The NDAA-19 capped aid at to USD 150 million but removed certain conditions like action against Haqqani Network or...

2 Aug 2018 12:41 PM IST

The CAATSA waiver that the Congress has made available to India in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act should provide ample flexibility for New Delhi to proceed with the purchase of the Russian S-400 system. (Photo: PIB)

US Cong passes bill to waive sanctions against India for buying...

Under CAATSA, sanctions will kick off on countries that purchase significant military equipment from Russia.

2 Aug 2018 12:04 PM IST

Crotty took a swipe at the governments decision to separate some children from their parents at the Mexican border and then transport the children to New York, saying he did not believe this is accidental or random. (Photo: Representational/AP)

NY judge calls 'zero tolerance' immigration policy 'cruel'

The judge had ordered Pablo Villavicencio, an Ecuadorean immigrant, freed last week from a detention center in New...

2 Aug 2018 11:28 AM IST