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Migrant caravan at US-Mexico border prepares for mass crossing

The timing of the migrants arrival could compromise a flurry of talks this week to renegotiate the North American Free...

26 April 2018 11:46 AM IST

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

Man sets woman on fire in Peruvian bus, injures 10 others

Witnesses to the incident said the man approached the woman aboard the bus, spoke to her briefly, doused her with fuel...

26 April 2018 11:32 AM IST

Invoking the fifth will allow Cohen to avoid revealing sensitive information in the wider probe into him. (Photo: AP)

Trump lawyer Cohen will invoke 5th Amendment rights in Stormy Daniels...

Cohen is asking to delay proceedings for 90 days, arguing that any statement could affect criminal investigation into...

26 April 2018 11:16 AM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a televised speech after he won the election, in Tehran, Iran. (Photo: AP)

Iran rejects any new nuclear deal proposed by US, France

Trump called the existing accord 'insane' and 'ridiculous', despite European pleas for him not to walk away.

26 April 2018 10:55 AM IST

Imran Khan with his pet dog

Imran's pet Sheru expels' his third wife from house

Imran Khan's supporters had more sympathy with Sheru than his new wife, a spiritual guide of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf...

26 April 2018 6:30 AM IST

The BRI, a multi-billion-dollar initiative launched by Xi Jinping when he came to power in 2013, has become a major sticking point in the bilateral ties. (Photo: File)

China considers law to punish those who glorify 'wars of invasion'

China unveiled the law to protect heroes and martyrs in Dec, and it is likely to be passed by the largely rubber-stamp...

25 April 2018 6:32 PM IST

Police in the eastern city of Gujarat launched an investigation earlier this week into the death of Sana Cheema -- of Pakistani origin and believed to have been in her mid-twenties -- after allegations she had been murdered went viral online. (Photo: AFP)

After reports of honour killing, Pak Police digs out Italian...

'After news of her death spread on social media, police found the family and started an investigation,' said police...

25 April 2018 5:46 PM IST

It comes at a time when Beijing is tightening its grip on semi-autonomous Hong Kong. Opposition figures said the new plan was another way to mainlandise the city. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

Plans to make 'Hong Kong' town in China's mainland triggers backlash

The proposal of making a commuter town for people of Hong Kong to solve housing crisis was turned down.

25 April 2018 5:27 PM IST

Sushma Swaraj also shared in her speech that she will attend a birth centenary of a 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche who happened to be Indias ambassador to Mongolia. (Photo: ANI)

Not only India's strategic partner, also spiritual neighbour: Sushma...

At the 6th Joint Committee for Cooperation, Swaraj said, 'Mongolia is well known in India for valour of her kings, her...

25 April 2018 4:59 PM IST

There have been more than 670 murders in Chicago from January to mid-November, according to police -- a 56 per cent jump in just one year. (Representational image)

Afghan media safety in question as gunmen shoot journo dead on way to...

Abdul Manan Arghand, who worked for Kabul News TV, was shot by gunmen as he was driving his car, police spokesman Zia...

25 April 2018 4:38 PM IST

Syrian citizens and civil defense workers gathering next of burning car at the explosion scene, in Azaz town, north Syria. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

Russia hints at providing advanced air defence systems to Syria

Col Gen Sergei Rudskoi said in a statement on Wednesday that Russia will supply Syria with 'new missile defence systems...

25 April 2018 4:22 PM IST

Inuka, a 27-year-old animal who grappled with challenges ranging from arthritis to dental problems and ear infections, carried until his last days a green tinge in his fur blamed on algae growth. (Photo: AP)

Singapore: First polar bear born in tropics Inuka dies at 27 in zoo

Animal rights groups urge zoos to not keep polar bears, who suffer on being denied the huge ranges of their natural...

25 April 2018 4:01 PM IST