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Saudi Aramco, a key exporter to China, is due to list next year, with a potential $100 billion equity sale that is expected to be the worlds largest to date.

China coercing its neighbours to reorder Indo-Pacific region: Pentagon

The objective of defence strategy is to set military relationship between US and China on a path of transparency and...

13 Feb 2018 11:13 AM IST

In an interview with Reuters in January, Trump accused Russia of helping North Korea evade international sanctions meant to punish Pyongyang for its pursuit of a nuclear-armed missile capable of reaching the United States. (Photo; AFP)

More steps need to be taken to scrap N Korea nuclear programme: Trump...

Trump and Putin spoke after US Vice President Mike Pence, in an interview, raised the prospect of talks with North...

13 Feb 2018 10:40 AM IST

Trump has exchanged insults and threats with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and officials say he and his advisers have discussed a preventative strike against North Korea. (Photo: AP)

Out of USD 4 tn annual budget, US proposes USD 336 mn aid to Pakistan

The budgetary proposal says that the military aid depends on Pakistan taking action against terrorist safe havens.

13 Feb 2018 8:39 AM IST

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and supporters protest in Dhaka on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Thousands protest conviction of Zia for graft in Bangladesh

Thousands of BNP activists in cities across Bangladesh joined hands in a march calling for Zia's immediate release from...

13 Feb 2018 6:48 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman. (Photo: PTI)

India, Oman call for isolating sponsors of terror

Both sides underlined the importance of coordinated efforts to disrupt terrorist networks, their financing and movement.

13 Feb 2018 6:38 AM IST

The main entrance of the Ritz Carlton hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh following its reopening for business, three months after it became a holding place for princes and ministers detained in the biggest anti-graft purge of the kingdoms elite in its modern history. (Photo: AFP)

A night at the Ritz: Riyadh 5-star prison' is now back in business

It was impossible to know whether a detainee had stayed there or the room had been refurbished.

13 Feb 2018 5:00 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Zero tolerance' on Oxfam sex scandal: UK Prime Minister's Office

The Department for International Development have taken action to enforce a zero tolerance approach.

12 Feb 2018 8:38 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: File/AP)

Following Modi's invitation, Hassan Rouhani to visit India this week

Hassan Rouhani was invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017.

12 Feb 2018 8:21 PM IST

Duterte who came into power after vouching to kill all of the countrys drug users and peddlers has been doing just that. (Photo: File)

Shoot them in their vagina: What Prez Duteres wants to do to female...

This is not the first time that Duterte has come under the limelight for being openly misogynistic and tried to brush it...

12 Feb 2018 7:24 PM IST

Though Rohingya have always been persecuted in the country, it got much worse after 2012, when violence in Rakhine killed hundreds and drove about 140,000 people, most of them Rohingya, from their homes to camps. (Photo: File)

In Yangon, Rohingya fear rising persecution, hatred

Bloody military operations that followed Rohingya militant attacks in August have driven nearly 700,000 Rohingya into...

12 Feb 2018 6:38 PM IST

One more down: Vijay Mallya to pay USD 90 mn after losing another...

The latest ruling comes weeks before India's extradition case against Mallya is set to come up for one of its final...

12 Feb 2018 6:18 PM IST

Asma Jahangir faced death threats, beatings and imprisonment to win landmark human rights cases while standing up to dictators. (Photo: File)

As Pak's human rights giant' Asma Jahangir passes away, UN chief pays...

She was a tireless advocate for inalienable rights of all people and for equality.'

12 Feb 2018 3:59 PM IST