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Such flyovers are common when animosity rises on the Korean Peninsula, official said. (Photo: AFP)World
US flies powerful warplanes Korean peninsula amid standoff with North...

The US warplanes were the first flights since the North conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on September...

18 Sept 2017 1:57 PM IST

This satellite image obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Irma at 1145 UTC on September 6, 2017 (Photo: AP)World
New storm Maria a growing threat to Irma-slammed Caribbean

Officials in the Dominican Republic urged people to leave areas prone to flooding and said fishermen should remain in...

18 Sept 2017 12:41 PM IST

Donald Trump Jr. (Photo: AP/File)World
Donald Trump's eldest son Trump Jr will testify publicly on Russia:...

Donald Jr's testimony has not yet been scheduled by the Judiciary Committee, which is controlled by Republicans.

18 Sept 2017 12:16 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)World
Donald Trump retweets mocking video of golf ball seen hitting Clinton

The White House issued no immediate comment, and Trump aides have said in the past that his tweets 'speak for...

18 Sept 2017 11:02 AM IST

India has identified Masood Azhar, the chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed, as the mastermind of the Pathankot terror attack on January 2, 2016. (Photo: AP)World
Centre to not sit idle until Masood Azhar brought to justice:...

China has repeatedly blocked India's attempt at the UN to designate Azhar as a global terrorist.

17 Sept 2017 6:00 PM IST

The government has finalised the details of a task force on Indus Water Treaty, which will be formed within one week. (Photo: PTI/File)World
Indus Water Treaty talks between India-Pakistan fail to break...

The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in 1960 after nine years of negotiations between India and Pakistan with the help of...

16 Sept 2017 4:41 PM IST

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP)World
US should do more than issuing threats to North Korea: Chinese envoy...

China fought alongside North Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War, in which Chinese leader Mao Zedong lost his eldest...

16 Sept 2017 3:16 PM IST

US President Donald Trump signed into law a new batch of sanctions on Beijing, Tehran, and Moscow. (Photo: AP)World
US envoy to UN says Trump to 'slap' foes, embrace friends in first UN...

Trump has complained that the United States funds 22 percent of the UN budget and nearly 30 percent of UN peacekeeping...

16 Sept 2017 12:53 PM IST

People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. (Photo: AP)World
Trump signs resolution condemning white supremacists and other hate...

The overwhelming passage of the text meant that Trump would have likely had any attempted presidential veto overturned.

15 Sept 2017 4:02 PM IST

A Rohingya refugee carries two children in buckets as they arrive at Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Saturday. Nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmars Rakhine state into Bangladesh in the 15 days since new violence erupted, the United Nations said on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)World
US lawmaker defends Suu Kyi, says she's working to get aid for...

Last week US senators including John McCain introduced a resolution condemning the violence and calling on Suu Kyi to...

15 Sept 2017 1:08 PM IST

In this undated image distributed on Sunday by Pyongyang shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location. North Koreas state media said Kim inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new ICBM. (Photo: AP)World
US nuclear commander 'assumes' North Koreans tested H-bomb: report

The reported acknowledgement is the nearest the US has come to confirming it was an H-bomb.

15 Sept 2017 11:37 AM IST

The government has finalised the details of a task force on Indus Water Treaty, which will be formed within one week. (Photo: PTI/File)World
Indus Water Treaty: India, Pakistan begin high-level talks to resolve...

Pakistan opposes the construction of the Kishanganga (330 MW) and Ratle (850 MW) hydroelectric power plants being built...

15 Sept 2017 10:56 AM IST

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