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Keating, who has returned to New Zealand, has been charged with attempting to make an intimate visual recording. (Photo: Representational)

Top New Zealand navy officer accused of hiding camera in embassy...

Alfred Keating was a Navy commodore and the embassy's senior defence attach© at the time of the incident last July.

4 May 2018 12:06 PM IST

Theveril was declared the winner of the 7 million dirhams (USD 1.9 million or over Rs 12 crore) prize in the Big Ticket millionaire draw held at Abu Dhabi International Airport. (Photo: Representational)

Indian hits jackpot, wins USD 1.9 million in Abu Dhabi lottery

Anil Varghese Theveril, 50, who works in Kuwait, said he hit the jackpot on the ticket number that matches with his...

4 May 2018 11:56 AM IST

CPI(M) leader was shot dead by seven motorcycles-borne miscreants, who pumped bullets at Salauddin Halder. (Representational Image)

California attack: 80-yr-old gunman shoots dead 1, wounds 1, then...

A woman died and a man remained hospitalised in intensive care after the shooting in Mill Valley, about 23 kms north of...

4 May 2018 11:44 AM IST

The Puu Oo crater floor began to collapse Monday, triggering a series of earthquakes and pushing the lava into new underground chambers. (Photo: AP)

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spews lava into residential area after...

Hawaii County said steam and lava poured out of a crack in Leilani Estates, which is near the town of Pahoa on the Big...

4 May 2018 11:34 AM IST

Vietnam has begun dredging work on a disputed reef in the South China Sea, satellite imagery shows. (Photo: AP/File)

White House warns China on growing militarization in South China Sea

The South China Sea which sits between Vietnam, Philippines, China and other nations is subject to a myriad of competing...

4 May 2018 11:27 AM IST

India and Pakistan flag. (Representational Image)

Indus Water Treaty: Pak asked to forcefully pursue violations with...

The last round of talks between India and Pakistan over the issue was facilitated by the World Bank in Washington in...

3 May 2018 5:57 PM IST

E-tezkera will help security in the country, Ghani said at a ceremony at which he received the first card to be issued. (Photo: PTI)

Afghan president launches new ID cards amid row over ethnicity

The much delayed 'e-tezkera' system, named after the local term for identity cards, is intended to reduce fraud and much...

3 May 2018 5:14 PM IST

The infamous statue by a West Coast anarchist collective is one of a series depicting the 45th president in the nude, but without testicles. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump's naked statue to go under hammer for USD 28,000

Julien's Auctions announced Wednesday it sold the artwork -- believed to be the last of the controversial statues -- for...

3 May 2018 4:00 PM IST

India and Pakistan flag. (Representational Image)

India objects to Pak raising Kashmir issue at UN's Committee on...

India strongly rejected Anwar's reference to Kashmir, saying his remarks are irrelevant to the work of the Committee.

3 May 2018 3:35 PM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Nawaz owned London flats while holding public office, IO tells court

Imran Dogar, the Investigation Officer, said that Sharif was the actual owner of the Avenfield properties since 1993.

3 May 2018 3:19 PM IST

President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Friday, April 13, 2018, in Washington, about the United States military response to Syrias chemical weapon attack on April 7. (Photo: AP)

Trump hints at imminent release of 3 Americans detained in N Korea

The development comes before Trump-Kim Jong Un meet following months of tense saber-rattling over the North's nuclear...

3 May 2018 2:56 PM IST

China claims most of the resource-rich South China Sea through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. (Photo: Representational Image)

China installs missile systems on South China Sea outposts: report

The move, if confirmed, would mark first Chinese missile deployments in Spratly Islands, where several Asian countries...

3 May 2018 2:20 PM IST