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Nepal will, however, seek help from India and China for getting crucial data for the exercise, Nepals Survey Departments Director General Ganesh Bhatta said. (Photo: File/Representational)

Don't need India: Nepal declines offer to jointly re-measure Mt...

India is being requested to provide the levelling data while China has been asked to provide the gravity data.

27 Dec 2017 5:10 PM IST

Before her meeting with husband Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan, Chetankuls (left) shoes were kept for inspection, while all other belongings were returned. (Photo: AP)

Metallic object in shoes of Jadhav's wife: Pak probes if it was camera...

The Pak Foreign Office had earlier made no mention of metallic substance' and said there was something' in the shoes.

27 Dec 2017 5:00 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Wednesday his country had achieved full nuclear statehood after the latest missile test fire. (Photo; AFP)

Russia wants to mediate: US sanctions N Korea's prominent missile...

The move followed new United Nations sanctions announced last Friday in response to North Korea's ICBM test.

27 Dec 2017 4:41 PM IST

The cause of the blaze has still not been determined. The justice and labour departments and Davaos fire-fighting bureau have ordered separate investigations.

Death toll rises to 38 in Philippines mall fire

President Duterte, who hails from Davao City, has vowed to get to the truth of the blaze.

27 Dec 2017 3:26 PM IST

Other Gulf countries are expected to implement their own VAT scheme in the coming years. (Representational)

Tax-free promiseland disappearing: UAE, Saudi to impose VAT from 2018

Along with higher education in UAE, VAT will apply to food, clothes, electronics, gasoline, phone, water, electricity...

27 Dec 2017 3:23 PM IST

The former prime minister also questioned the courts saying, Will we see any court hold Musharraf accountable for his crimes he asked and responded to his own question, saying: I am hopeful one day this will happen. (Photo: ANI)

Nawaz, the victim: Treason case against Musharraf reason for my ouster

On July 28, the Pakistan Supreme Court had disqualified Sharif from holding the office of prime minister.

27 Dec 2017 2:56 PM IST

In an unprecedented move, the Parliament this week passed a bill that seeks to decriminalise suicide attempt by mentally ill people.

Japan: Mentally ill girl, confined to tiny room by parents for yrs,...

They fed their daughter only once a day and kept her in a 3-square-metre room for some 15 years.

27 Dec 2017 1:53 PM IST

It was the largest mass execution carried out in the North African country since six convicted jihadists were hanged in 2015. (Representational image)

Fear among Islamists rise as Egypt executes 15 for terrorism

Egyptian courts have sentenced hundreds to death over unrest since the military ousted divisive Islamist president...

27 Dec 2017 12:03 PM IST

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

UN's 2018 budget cut historically' by USD 286mn; US claims credit

The General Assembly on Sunday approved the regular budget of USD 5.397 billion for 2018-2019, the UN said in a...

27 Dec 2017 10:56 AM IST

The announcement made Guatemala the first country to follow the United States in saying it was moving its embassy. (Photo: AFP)

Moving embassy to Jerusalem a sovereign decision: Guatemala

Guatemala moved its Embassy despite a UN vote condemning US President Trump's decision to view Jerusalem as Israel's...

27 Dec 2017 10:05 AM IST

The stalemated war has killed more than 10,000 civilians and pushed the Arab worlds poorest country to the brink of famine. (Photo: AP)

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition airstrike kills 25, including children

The attack, which wounded at least 30 others, is part of an air campaign against Iran-backed rebels, known as Houthis.

27 Dec 2017 10:03 AM IST

The UN General Assembly voted 128-9 with 35 abstentions in favour of a non-binding resolution declaring President Donald Trumps recognition of Jerusalem as Israels capital null and void, a smaller margin than the Palestinians hoped for but also a rebuke to the US, which is threatening to cut funding for those who voted yes. (Photo: AP )

Return of Israeli-Arab hostilities can only flare up regressive...

The fledgling peace process in the region could implode with the furies over the expected outrage from such a move in...

27 Dec 2017 1:12 AM IST