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US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

US want to cut money for Palestinian refugees

Trump hasn't made a final decision, but appears more likely to send only USD 60 mn of the planned USD 125 mn to UN...

15 Jan 2018 2:00 PM IST

Francis is coming to a country where around 60 percent of Chileans declare themselves to be Roman Catholics, but where the church has lost the influence and moral authority it. (Photo: AP)

Pope seeks to turn tide of Chilean church bruised by scandal

In Chile, Pope plans sessions with migrants, members of Chile's Mapuche indigenous group and victims of the 1973-1990...

15 Jan 2018 1:37 PM IST

Jakarta police said they were seeking more information on the incident. (Photo: AFP)

Jakarta: Floor of Indonesia Stock Exchange collapses, 75 injured

Images circulating on social media showed a mangled metal structure that had collapsed around Starbucks cafe near the...

15 Jan 2018 12:52 PM IST

An AFP photographer at the site of the bombing said many ambulances had gathered and security forces had been deployed in large numbers. (Photo: AFP)

Baghdad: Double suicide bombing kills 38, injures over 105

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but most such attacks in Iraq are the work of the Islamic State jihadist...

15 Jan 2018 12:41 PM IST

The volcano, a near-perfect cone, sits around 330 kilometres southwest of Manila. (Photo: AFP)

Volcano eruption alert in Philippines, 12,000 ordered to evacuate

Volcanic earthquakes and rockfalls have shaken the summit of Mayon over the last 24 hours, after a number of...

15 Jan 2018 12:40 PM IST

China's absence looms over Vancouver meet on how to pressure N Korea

The Vancouver meeting, co-hosted by Canada and the US, comes amid signs that tensions on the peninsula have eased, at...

15 Jan 2018 12:37 PM IST

The meeting was called in the wake of Trumps December 6 declaration on Jerusalem that deeply angered the Palestinians. (Photo: AP)

Palestinian president denounces Trump's peace efforts as slap of the...

'We said no' to Trump, we will not accept your project',' Abbas said in a meeting of Palestinian leaders on how to face...

15 Jan 2018 11:08 AM IST

Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka's president reimposes ban on women buying liquor

'The idea was to restore gender neutrality,' ministry spokesman Ali Hassen said of the decision to roll back the ban.

15 Jan 2018 10:51 AM IST

US President Donald Trump signed into law a new batch of sanctions on Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow. (Photo: AP)

I am the least racist person: Trump defends self for derogatory remark

Trump has been accused of using the word 'shithole' to describe African countries during an Oval Office meeting on last...

15 Jan 2018 10:33 AM IST

Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!, Trump said on Twitter. (photo: AP)

America first: Trump pushes for merit-based immigration system

Trump reiterated his support for the merit-based immigration system saying that it will take America to the 'next...

15 Jan 2018 9:19 AM IST

Trump on Friday tweeted a convoluted denial about the comments, which were reported by The Washington Post and The New York Times. (photo: AP)

Sh**hole' projected on Trump International hotel after controversial...

Trump is said to have made the remarks which he has denied but which a US Senator who was present confirmed at a meeting...

14 Jan 2018 8:47 PM IST

Passenger plane skidded off runway just metres away from sea as it landed at an airport in northern Turkey. (Photo: AFP)

Passenger plane skids off runway in northern Turkey, gets stuck on...

Pegasus Airlines confirmed there were no injuries among 162 passengers as well as two pilots and four cabin crew...

14 Jan 2018 5:30 PM IST