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US President Donald Trump, addresses a plenary session during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos. (Photo: AP)

America First does not mean America alone: Trump at WEF

Trump said, 'We support free trade but it needs to be fair and it needs to be reciprocal.'

26 Jan 2018 7:01 PM IST

China said it would encourage enterprises to build infrastructure and conduct commercial trial voyages, paving the way for Arctic shipping routes that would form a Polar Silk Road. (Photo: AP)

China plans Polar Silk Road' across Arctic, India opposes route...

China despite being non-Arctic state, is increasingly active in polar region and became an observer member of the Arctic...

26 Jan 2018 6:56 PM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

Important to not change status quo' at border: India envoy

Post-Dokalam, India and China should hold candid talks to resolve contentious issues, including the USD 50 billion CPEC.

26 Jan 2018 5:27 PM IST

$Lord Nazir Ahmed (centre), who was born in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, raised in South Yorkshire and has regularly made common cause with \Kashmiri Pakistanis\, is leading the campaign that will involve five billboard vans traversing the streets of London. (Photo: Facebook)$ World

UK lawmaker launches campaign against India, claims minorities not...

'It will be a peaceful demonstration by small gathering because we cannot have very large numbers outside the High...

26 Jan 2018 3:27 PM IST

Volcanologists said there were seven more episodes of intense but sporadic lava fountaining at the crater lasting several minutes during a 21-hour period from Thursday morning. (Photo: AP)

Philippines prepares for 3-month emergency around Mt Mayon

Mount Mayon remained at alert level 4, a notch below highest level, as it continued to spew out lava, ash and other...

26 Jan 2018 3:07 PM IST

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

After cutting Pak aid, US slaps sanctions on 4 Taliban, 2 Haqqani...

Trump's South Asia Strategy by disrupting terrorist organisations and publicly exposing individuals who facilitate their...

26 Jan 2018 2:11 PM IST

The bill also proposes to enables F 1 student visa holders to seek permanent resident status while a student or during Optional Practical Training (OPT). (Photo ;PTI | Representational)

Bill introduced in US Senate seeks to increase annual H-1B visa

Under the escalator, up to 1,10,000 additional H-1B visas may be granted in a fiscal year if certain requirements are...

26 Jan 2018 1:55 PM IST

Fridays accident is South Koreas worst fire disaster since 2003, when an arson attack on a subway station in the southeastern city of Daegu killed 192 people. (Photo: AP)

41 dead, over 80 injured in fire at hospital in South Korea

South Korean President Moon Jae-In called an emergency meeting with advisers, and demanded an immediate probe into the...

26 Jan 2018 12:54 PM IST

Survivors were brought out wrapped in blankets, and firefighters picked their way through the blackened shell of the building after the blaze was extinguished. (Photo: AP)

33 killed, over 70 injured in South Korean hospital fire

Around 200 people were in the Sejong Hospital building when the fire broke out, police said.

26 Jan 2018 9:27 AM IST

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that the attack bore all the hallmarks of an attack by the Syrian regime. (Photo: AP)

Boris Johnson is descendant' of mummified Basel woman

A breakthrough came last year when newly discovered archives revealed the body had been previously uncovered in 1843.

26 Jan 2018 6:31 AM IST

Malala said the Taliban knew women will get empowered by education and therefore they were against girls going to school as they did not want women to be equal to men. (Photo: AP)

Need to teach boys to be men: Malala Yousafzai at WEF

Malala, said she realised education was not just about reading books but about the empowerment of women too.

25 Jan 2018 9:26 PM IST

The head of the Protestant Federation of France, Francois Clavairoly, said the change had been made in the spirit of obsessive radical secularism. (Photo: AP)

French lawmakers banned from wearing religious symbols in parliament

However, lawmakers will be allowed to deviate from the new dress rules if they can justify their appearance as...

25 Jan 2018 8:25 PM IST