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The experts cut a large hole through the shell to burn off explosive materials inside before a crane lifted the earth-covered bomb off the site on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

WWII bomb defused in Hong Kong after thousands evacuated

It was the second time within a week that an American bomb dropped during WWII had been discovered.

1 Feb 2018 5:16 PM IST

Trumps address blended self-congratulation and calls for optimism amid a growing economy with ominous warnings about deadly gangs, the scourge of violent immigrants living in the United States illegally. (Photo: AP)

FBI, White House in loggerheads over secret Russia case memo

This president wants everything out so the American people can make up their own minds.'

1 Feb 2018 3:10 PM IST

Trump laid out a four-pillar immigration plan, one of the major debates that loomed over his first year in office, and sought the backing of the Congress for a merit-based immigration system. (Photo: AP)

Trump's State of The Union address insufficient: Indian-American...

Trump warned that rivals' like China and Russia were challenging America's interests, economy and values.

1 Feb 2018 1:02 PM IST

Nobel laureate Suu Kyi has been decried overseas for failing to condemn the generals, with whom she is in a delicate power-sharing arrangement. (Photo: AP/File)

Petrol bomb thrown at Myanmar's democracy heroine' Suu Kyi's home

It was a petrol bomb,' spokesman Zaw Htay confirmed

1 Feb 2018 11:59 AM IST

US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley speaks during a Security Council meeting in New York. (Photo: AFP)

UN list of firms linked to Israeli settlements 'waste of time': Nikki...

'The US will continue to aggressively push back against anti-Israel bias, and advance badly needed reforms of the...

1 Feb 2018 11:18 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump and Indian-American Nikki Haley, the Governor of South Carolina. (Photo: AP)

Sky is limit for India-US relationship, says Nikki Haley

Haley said PM Modi was aggressively pursuing reforms and changes in India.

1 Feb 2018 10:56 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Kabul hands Pakistan proof of its links to terror groups

Afghan interior minister, intelligence chief visit Islamabad to share info on Kabul hotel attack.

1 Feb 2018 7:22 AM IST

While the visa category used by numerous IT professionals from India among others was discontinued in 2010, the applicants are eligible to apply for permanent residency in Britain if they meet the necessary requirements. (Photo: File/Representational)

Skilled Indian professionals protest UK's unfair, inhuman' visa norms

The protest Wednesday focused on the issue of indefinite leave to remain applications being delayed or turned down by...

31 Jan 2018 6:42 PM IST

All female stewardesses must wear a jilbab (headscarf) Muslim fashion in accordance with the rules of sharia, the authorities said in the letter. (Photo: File/Representational)

Orthodox Indonesian province makes hijab mandatory for flight...

Aceh is the only province in the predominantly Muslim country to implement Islamic law.

31 Jan 2018 6:28 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he delivers his speech at the opening day the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. (Photo: AFP)

India's risk-taking ability on the rise under 'Modi Doctrine': China

The development of overall relations between India and China has maintained 'steady momentum' since Modi took office.

31 Jan 2018 4:39 PM IST

Trump delivered his primetime address in the hallowed House of Representatives chamber, where immigrants from Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and South Korea joined US lawmakers. (Photo: AFP)

Trump's state of the union speech: Dreamer' immigrants get front-row...

Several Dreamers wore yellow butterfly stickers, a nod to the insect's cross-border migratory patterns.

31 Jan 2018 3:30 PM 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)

In his State of Union speech Trump calls N Korea's leadership...

Trump offered no new prescription or specifics on how he intended to rein in North Korea.

31 Jan 2018 2:19 PM IST