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Places of religious importance in Sri Lanka are under strict security check. Churches have been ordered to stay closed until further notice. (Photo: AP)

Catholic schools safe to re-open; says Sri Lankan Army

Dozens of private Catholic schools are to start reopening Tuesday after Easter holidays were extended because of the...

21 May 2019 1:06 PM IST

Dozens of surrendering Tamils, including senior Tiger political leaders and their families, had been shot dead by soldiers. (Photo;AP)

An anecdote of two genocides: Rwanda and Sri Lanka

The Rwandan genocide offers important lessons for Sri Lanka.

21 May 2019 12:44 PM IST

While announcing, Qureshi said that elections in India are over and he hopes that there can be renewed hopes of engagement with India. (Photo:Twitter)

Moin-ul-Haque appointed by Pakistan as High Commissioner to India

Haque, 56, presently serves as Pakistan's ambassador to France, additionally handling UNESCO and Monaco since 2017.

21 May 2019 9:35 AM IST

An election supervisory agency earlier on Monday dismissed claims of systematic cheating because of a lack of evidence. (Photo:AP)

Amid claims of cheating, Joko Widodo wins Presidential re-election in...

Widodo won with over 85 million of the total 154 million votes cast in the world's third-largest democracy.

21 May 2019 9:10 AM IST

A Tajik special forces colonel who defected to Islamic State in 2015 and, according to the ministry, has since been killed in Syria. (Representational Image)

32 including 3 guards killed in Tajikistan prison riot

Security forces have killed 24 militants and restored order in the prison which has 1,500 inmates, the ministry added.

20 May 2019 11:57 AM IST

In November last year, Modi had visited the Maldives. (Photo:ANI)

Ex-Maldives President congratulates PM Modi after exit poll forecasts

Nasheed's congratulatory message comes even as the counting of votes in the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections will begin...

20 May 2019 10:24 AM IST

But the farmers say life is tough on the fields where they toil during the annual harvesting season from January to June. (Photo:AP)

Painful misery: Vietnam salt farmers battered by climate change,...

The work is punishing and the incomes unstable, subject to seesawing demand swayed by foreign imports, and unpredictable...

19 May 2019 12:21 PM IST

Wang told Zarif during the meeting that China hopes the Iran nuclear deal can be fully implemented. (Photo:AP)

Amid US pressure; China-Iran foreign ministers meet to discuss...

Iran wishes to cooperate with China 'bilaterally and multilaterally, in order to preserve the interests of our two...

18 May 2019 1:27 PM IST

This makes Taiwan the first place in Asia with a comprehensive law both allowing and laying out the terms of same-sex marriage. (Photo:AP)

Mass weddings planned, after Taiwan says Yes to gay union

'It's a breakthrough, I have to say so,' said Shiau Hong-chi, professor of gender studies at Shih-Hsin University in...

18 May 2019 1:03 PM IST

Drones are used to assist in end number of functions, such as disaster relief, surveillance and spying, mineral exploration, geological surveying, agriculture, archaeology. (Photo: ANI))

Japan bans drones over Olympic, military sites

Current law already bans the flying of drones over key facilities such as the Prime Minister's Office and the Imperial...

17 May 2019 2:55 PM IST

Lawmakers from the majority Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) backed the bill, which passed 66 to 27, though the measure could complicate President Tsai Ing-wens bid to win a second term in presidential elections next year. (Photo: AP)

In a first for Asia, Taiwan parliament endorses same-sex marriage

Bill which offers same-sex couples similar legal protections for marriage as heterosexuals, will take effect after Tsai...

17 May 2019 12:24 PM IST

Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, (Photo: File)

'No possibility' of talks with US: Iran Foreign Minister after meeting...

Washington withdrew a year ago from a nuclear deal with Tehran and re-imposed sanctions, prompting a deterioration in...

17 May 2019 12:02 PM IST