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According to reports there are estimated 50 terrorist training camps still operating in the region. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Just a matter of time: Singapore braces for terror attack with mobile...

Singapore authorities say they have been a target of Islamic extremism since the 1990s.

4 Feb 2018 3:30 PM IST

The DPRK is already flouting the most recent resolutions by exploiting global oil supply chains, complicit foreign nationals, offshore company registries and the international banking system, the UN monitors wrote in the 213-page report.(Photo: File)

N Korea circled UN sanctions, earned USD 200 mn, supplies missiles to...

The investigation has shown further evidence of arms embargo and other violations.'

4 Feb 2018 2:56 PM IST

The company makes 400 custom dolls per month, up from 10 in 2009. It began research into sexbots in mid-2016 and now employs 120 people. (Photo: AFP)

Love in the time of sexbots: Dolls turn on dishwasher, ask to be...

If every nerd buys a sex doll for himself ... that would free a lot of women from these kind of men.'

4 Feb 2018 1:41 PM IST

The arrested fishermen were handed over to the Docks police for further proceedings and investigation. (Photo: AFP)

47 Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan for violating territorial...

The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency arrested 47 Indian fishermen and seized nine launches for illegally fishing in...

4 Feb 2018 12:44 PM IST

President Donald Trumps plan for a merit-based immigration system will - among other things - end chain migration and diversity lottery visa. (Photo: File)

Indian-Americans rally to support Trump's merit-based immigration plan

This was one of the rare pro-Trump immigration rallies at the White House.

4 Feb 2018 11:39 AM IST

Pakistan Army (Photo: AP)

11 soldiers dead, 13 hurt in suicide attack in Pak; Taliban claims...

The Pakistan Army's PR wing said in a statement that the 'suicide attack' in the Swat Valley took place at 'army unit...

4 Feb 2018 10:05 AM IST

A Russian pilot who ejected from his fighter jet after it was shot down in northwestern Syria on Saturday was killed by militants after he landed alive on the ground and resisted capture by an al-Qaida-linked group, Syrian monitors and a Syrian militant said. (Photo: AP)

Syrian rebels shoot down Russian warplane; pilot killed

The Russian plane was shot down, close to a major highway where the Syrian army and Iranian-backed militias are trying...

4 Feb 2018 9:41 AM IST

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

Trump rolls out new policy to modernise nuclear arsenal

The strategy, President Donald Trump said, is tailored and flexible to address the wide array of threats in the 21st...

4 Feb 2018 2:22 AM IST

Kaskar, according to the official, confirmed that his brother, Dawood Ibrahim wanted in several cases including the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, is in Pakistan. (Photo: File | PTI)

1993 Mumbai blast mastermind Dawood linked to British properties:...

Ibrahim, who has an Interpol red notice against him, has been on the UK Treasury sanctions list for years with 3...

3 Feb 2018 9:21 PM IST

The face-off between armies of the two countries at the India-Bhutan-China tri-junction in Dokalam figured in the border personnel meeting. (Photo: PTI)

We value our sovereign rights over ties with India: China foreign...

Wang Yi said Beijing handled Doklam standoff with 'restraint', showing 'emphasis' it places on ties with New Delhi.

3 Feb 2018 7:32 PM IST

The 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind further said the Pakistan government should not ignore the atrocities in Kashmir and play its role to help the Kashmiri people secure freedom. (Photo: File)

Pakistan government, not India, behind my house Arrest: Hafiz Saeed

He had earlier blamed India and the US for his detention saying the Pakistani government had put him under house arrest...

3 Feb 2018 5:09 PM IST

The US will hold accountable any state or non-state actor that supports terrorist efforts to obtain or employ a nuclear weapon, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Tom Shannon, told reporters at a Pentagon news conference. (Photo: AP)

US warns countries warned against helping terrorists acquire nuke...

US officials have expressed concern over the possibility of nuclear weapons of Pakistan landing into the hands terrorist...

3 Feb 2018 4:24 PM IST