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The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had named a total of seven accused, five of whom had earlier filed bail pleas, in the case pertaining to delay in execution of the Nandipur Power Plant Project which caused a loss of Rs 27 billion to the national exchequer. (Photo: Twitter | @BabarAwanPK)

Pak court acquits PTI leader Babar Awan; rejects plea by PPP leader in...

Awan, who served as Minister of Law and Justice under then prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, joined Pakistan...

25 Jun 2019 5:03 PM IST

Emergency personnel help a student as she arrives at an evacuation center at Pasir Gudang district in Johor state, Malaysia, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Photo: AP)

Schools closed in Malaysia after toxic fumes lead to several falling...

Residents first noticed the fumes wafting across the industrial area late last week.

25 Jun 2019 4:59 PM IST

The United States and China have waged an 11-month trade war marked by tit-for-tat tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of each others goods, roiling financial markets, disrupting supply chains and crimping global economic growth prospects. (Photo: File)

China hoping Trump-Xi meeting will help bridge differences

Trump has already imposed 25% tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese imports and China has retaliated with tariffs on US...

25 Jun 2019 4:53 PM IST

He alleged his bosses forced him to come out at work and attached screenshots of group message chats appearing to show colleagues mocking him. (Photo: Facebook)

Myanmar gay man posts bullying note on Facebook before committing...

The 26-year-old librarian at MIU, his profile picture black with an insignia of death, detailed how he had been bullied...

25 Jun 2019 4:52 PM IST

Qatar is the fourth country to provide a bailout package to Pakistan, after China, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. (Photo: Twitter | @pid_gov)

Qatar to invest USD 3 bn in cash-strapped Pakistan

With this new investment package, the size of the Qatari-Pakistani economic partnership will amount to USD 9 billion.

25 Jun 2019 2:00 PM IST

The unfinished condominium doubled as housing for the workers who were building the seven-story structure. (Photo: File)

Cambodia charges 4 Chinese after building collapse killed 28

The project was in Sihanoukville, a thriving beach resort town that has several such Chinese-funded projects.

25 Jun 2019 10:48 AM IST

Shah Mehmood Qureshi

FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi briefs NATO on India-Pak tensions

After the meeting, Qureshi was quoted as saying that the talks were important for the Pakistan-NATO understanding and...

25 Jun 2019 8:59 AM IST

Doctors had believed they had beaten the disease but Bajandar fled a Dhaka clinic in May last year following a relapse. (Photo: AFP)

Bangladesh 'Tree Man' wants hands amputated to relieve pain

Abul Bajandar has had 25 operations since 2016 to remove growths from his hands and feet caused by a rare syndrome.

24 Jun 2019 8:27 PM IST

We want the government to condemn this police violence. We dont want Hong Kong to be ruled by fear, activist Lee Cheuk Yan was quoted as saying. (Photo: AP)

China to not allow Hong Kong protests to be brought up at G20

'Hong Kong affairs are Chinese domestic affairs, any foreign force has no right to interfere,' Minister of Foreign...

24 Jun 2019 7:36 PM IST

Inmate Nicholas Rotunda Allen, 39, received the phone from someone not incarcerated at the prison and used a caller ID spoofing app to make the call look like it is from Louisiana where the alleged victim lives. (Photo: ANI)

Vietnam jails US citizen for 'state overthrow' attempt

Vietnam has routinely jailed its critics since a new administration came to office in 2016 with nearly 130 prisoners.

24 Jun 2019 4:47 PM IST

PM Modi, Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the recently held Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit at Kirgiz capital Bishkek. (Photo: Twitter/ @PIB_India)

Xi, PM Modi, Putin to discuss protectionism amid US tariffs: China

They will also discuss plans for the successful holding this year's BRICS Summit in Brazil, Zhang said.

24 Jun 2019 4:39 PM IST

The monk, who heads the Asgiriya Chapter, one the largest and oldest Buddhist chapters in Sri Lanka, went on to call for a boycott of Muslim-owned restaurants, based on rumour that Muslim restaurants served their Buddhist customers food spiked with sterilisation medication. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lankan Buddhist monk calls for stoning on Muslims after Easter...

Monk Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thero says Muslims should be stoned amid unverified reports of Muslim doctor...

24 Jun 2019 3:36 PM IST