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In a statement, the air force said H-6K bombers and Su-30 and Su-35 fighters, among other aircraft, carried out combat patrols over the South China Sea and exercises in the Western Pacific. (Photo: AFP/ Representational)

For future wars : China on conducting drills in S China Sea again

China is in the midst of an ambitious military modernisation programme overseen by President Xi Jinping.

25 March 2018 1:36 PM IST

A US Air Force EA-18G Growler fighter jet prepares to land at the Osan US Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

Indian-origin man crashes minivan into US air base, dies

Hafiz Kazi, 51, originally from India, was living in the US since 1993 and was a legal resident, FBI Special Agent said.

25 March 2018 12:07 PM IST

He was arrested in November 2015 after the undercover cop arrived in a Houston apartment where he found Turleys daughter unresponsive and lying naked under a blanket. (Representational Image)

Father who tried to sell 4-yr-old for sex on Craigslist gets 60 yrs in...

He told the client he charged USD 1000 for two hours and assured him that he would slip his daughter medication before...

25 March 2018 11:54 AM IST

China is like a long-lost cousin that we have found, a long-lost cousin who is willing to help us, he said on Thursday after Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen lifted a state of emergency in the troubled South Asian nation after 45 days. (Photo: File)

India a cousin but China a long-lost brother found: Maldives envoy

The Maldives will further embrace Chinese investment but is aware it risks getting caught between China and India.

24 March 2018 7:18 PM IST

Trump had multiple chances to craft a DACA fix with Congress. But one never materialized, despite overwhelming public support for letting Dreamers stay. (Photo: File)

Dreamers in limbo: Anti-deportation measures left out of federal...

Trump's claim that he had Dreamers' best interests at heart provoked an uproar among immigrants and Democratic...

24 March 2018 7:06 PM IST

Their mother, Sabrina Kouider, 35, and her 40-year-old partner Ouissem Medouni, also French, are standing trial at Englands Old Bailey central criminal court for the murder of Lionnet. (Photo: AFP)

UK couple tortured, filmed French nanny then attempted to burn body

The pair accused the victim of collaborating with Kouider's former partner Mark Walton, an original member of the band...

24 March 2018 4:18 PM IST

A 6-year-old girl has claimed that she was sexually assaulted by a boy at her school in Linconshire. (Representational Image)

Scarred for life: 6-yr-old sexually abused in Lincolnshire school

The girl gave details of the assault to a medic and claimed that she was attacked while she was distracted by her...

24 March 2018 3:45 PM IST

John Bolton led negotiations for America to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so that the Bush administration could proceed with a national missile-defence programme. (Photo: AP)

Trump replaces NSA McMaster with former UN ambassador Bolton

The NSC is one of the most powerful wing of the White House that drives the administration's national security agenda.

24 March 2018 1:56 PM IST

A state of emergency put in place just after the 2015 Paris attacks was lifted last October when Macrons centrist government passed a new law boosting the powers of security forces. (Photo: AP)

Died for his country: Brave cop swapped self for hostage in France...

Beltrane offered to take the place of a woman the gunman had taken hostage and was shot and badly wounded.

24 March 2018 1:00 PM IST

Trump announced in July that he would prohibit transgender people from serving in the military, reversing former President Barack Obamas policy of accepting them. (Photo: File)

Trump's shocking ban blocks Transgender individuals from US army

A number of federal judges have issued rulings blocking Trump's ban.

24 March 2018 11:25 AM IST

The Democracy Forum, a prominent London-based think tank, hosted a seminar titled Economic & Political Power of the Military: Its Impact on Democracy, at the St James Court Hotel, London on Monday. (Photo: ANI)

Expert panel looks at how military pushed Pak into being failed state'

Military-dominated economy prohibited poor or middle class people from accessing more resources, building a recipe for...

23 March 2018 7:39 PM IST

French gendarmes block the access to Trebes, a small town in southern France, where a man took hostages at a supermarket on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Police kill suspected jihadist in France shooting spree

A witness reported he shouted Allahu Akbar' before going into the premises.

23 March 2018 7:21 PM IST