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Staff who fell ill after hearing strange sounds are being examined by doctors at a consulate in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, with several evacuated to the US and at least one diagnosed with brain trauma. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Fear of mystery weapon surfaces in China as US diplomats fall ill

Fears of rumored sonic weapon revived as US issued alert over mystery illness of diplomats in China which first arised...

9 Jun 2018 7:12 PM IST

The list of what it would take for the complete denuclearization of North Korea is long. (Photo: AP)

Shutting down North Korea's vast nuclear program poses challenges

There is lingering skepticism ahead of US-North Korea summit that Kim would fully give up nuclear weapons he has pushed...

9 Jun 2018 6:40 PM IST

Trump sent the city-state spinning when he announced that the summit would be held there last month, only to cancel it a week later. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Ahead of Trump-Kim summit, Singapore city has strongest sales

The Singapore City condominium in Dandong, the main gateway into N Korea in northeastern China, is celebrating strongest...

9 Jun 2018 3:32 PM IST

Antonio Guterres

UN chief Antonio Guterres describes India as 'very important...

He commended India for its leadership in development partnership fund with UN that is a vital example of deepening...

9 Jun 2018 1:54 PM IST

It is Modis second visit to China in little over five weeks. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

PM Modi arrives in Qingdao to attend SCO summit, India's focus on...

It is for first time the Indian PM will be attending the SCO summit after India along with Pak became full-fledged...

9 Jun 2018 1:52 PM IST

If marijuana is legalised, the whole mindset of parents who currently think it is wrong for their children to smoke will change over time and they will be more lenient if they find out their children are doing it.

Trump inclined to support legalisation easing US ban on Marijuana

Federal ban that puts pot on same level as LSD, heroin created conflict with more than 2 dozen states that have...

9 Jun 2018 1:20 PM IST

Hafiz Saeed who walked free on November 24 was back to his ranting on Kashmir Valley. (Photo: AFP)

Mumbai 26/11 mastermind Saeed's JuD to contest Pak general elections

The group decided to contest for over 200 seats on the platform of 'dormant' political entity Allaha-u-Akbar Tehreek...

9 Jun 2018 12:27 PM IST

The Taliban and ISIS fighters have regularly clashed since the latter gained a foothold in eastern Afghanistan in 2015, as the two vie for supremacy in the war-torn country. (Photo: AP)

Taliban agrees for Eid ceasefire with Afghan govt, foreign occupiers...

Taliban agreed to three-day ceasefire with Afghan forces but said that its fighters would 'strongly defend' themselves...

9 Jun 2018 11:48 AM IST

So far we have found the remains of 56 children who were sacrificed by the Chimu culture, archaeologist Gabriel Prieto said. (Photo: AFP)

Over 50 children were sacrificed in Peru for rituals, remains found

The site is located close to another where evidence of the biggest-ever sacrifice of children was found.

9 Jun 2018 10:28 AM IST

Last month a senior Iranian official said European powers had until the end of May to come up with an economic package to compensate Iran for the effects of the US withdrawal. (Photo: AP)

Iran 'cannot wait forever' for confirmation of 2015 nuclear accord

The remaining signatories to the pact have been scrambling to find ways to preserve the accord since Trump's...

9 Jun 2018 10:08 AM IST

The US Navy said the Indian, Japanese and US maritime forces look forward to working together and advance their working relationship. (Representational image)

China govt hackers steal massive cache of US Navy data: report

A Washington Post report says some 614 gigabytes of material were taken in the breaches that occurred in January and...

9 Jun 2018 9:31 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)

Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin draw closer as 'rift' with US deepens

Xi placed the large golden medal around Putin's neck at the grandiose Great Hall of the People in front of dignitaries...

9 Jun 2018 6:26 AM IST