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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

PML-N to elect interim head to replace Nawaz Sharif

PML-N sources said senior Vice-President of the party Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasir was likely to be given the responsibility...

26 Feb 2018 6:44 AM IST

She also raised speculations over Imran Khans political ambitions claiming that he was very clear that becoming prime minister an end in itself for him. (Photo: @RehamKhan1)

Imran Khan's 2nd wife flees Pak after receiving threats of being blown...

Anyone who talks about Imran now is going to be blown up.'

25 Feb 2018 6:47 PM IST

Nearing the end of his first term, Xi Jinping will be formally elected to a second at the annual meeting of Chinas largely rubber-stamp parliament opening on March 5. (Photo: File)

President forever: Communist Party looks at scraping Xi's service...

Xi, 64, is currently required by the country's constitution to step down as president after two five-year terms.

25 Feb 2018 4:43 PM IST

Human rights groups such as Amnesty International say the blasphemy law is increasingly exploited by religious extremists. (Photo: AFP)

Rome's Colosseum turns red in protest against Pak's blasphemy laws for...

The aim of the blasphemy laws is crush people who believe differently.'

25 Feb 2018 4:17 PM IST

After the council vote Saturday, Syrian warplanes backed by Russian air power launched new raids on a town in Eastern Ghouta, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (Photo: AFP)

Hell on Earth: 500 deaths later, UN calls for ceasefire amid E Ghouta...

A young woman amputated from the knee breastfed a 40-day-old infant who had lost his entire family in the bombings.

25 Feb 2018 2:29 PM IST

The police confirmed that the defendants were mainly not white but came from a diverse range of backgrounds including Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Indian, Iranian, Iraqi, Kurdish, Turkish, Albanian and Eastern European. (Representational Image)

Indian-origin men among gangs using drugs, alcohol to sexually abuse...

A police operation called Sanctuary published a review based on which a report was drawn.

24 Feb 2018 6:12 PM IST

Heavily armed jihadists stormed the boarding school in the remote town, forcing terrified students to flee into the surrounding bush. (Representational Image)

More than 100 girls are missing, possibly abducted, after Boko Haram...

Parents in Dapchi, in Yobe state, said had they set up a support group after Monday's raid.

24 Feb 2018 5:27 PM IST

The Rohingya believe the government is intentionally eviscerating the remnants of their culture to make it nearly impossible for them to return. (Representational Image)

Nothing left: Govt bulldozes Rohingya villages, genocide evidence...

When you see the pictures, it's clear that whatever was left -- the mosques, the cemeteries, the homes -- they're gone.'

24 Feb 2018 4:25 PM IST

Since mid-January, terrorists have stormed a luxury hotel, bombed a crowded street and raided a military compound. (Representational Image)

At least 23 killed in multiple suicide bombings, attacks in Kabul

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest attack in Kabul.

24 Feb 2018 3:17 PM IST

Streets surrounding the White House were cordoned off, snarling local traffic. Police block 17th Street near the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Woman holding gun crashes van into White House security barrier, held

The White House was put on a temporary partial lockdown following the crash.

24 Feb 2018 1:41 PM IST

Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

Trump recites anti-immigrant Snake' song during speech

The Snake,' is a ballad by Al Wilson about a reptile who repays a tender woman' that nurses it back to health with a...

24 Feb 2018 12:17 PM IST

At a hearing to confirm nominees for top State Department roles, senators said they had been told by members of President Donald Trumps national security team that no such idea was even on the table. (Photo: File)

Plan B sanctions on N Korea very unfortunate for world, warns Trump

Trump announced imposing sanctions against 27 entities, 28 vessels, and one individual, the heaviest imposed on a...

24 Feb 2018 9:40 AM IST