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Police arrested a 21-year-old man for swearing and laughing at their inability to find drugs (Photo: AFP)

Japanese professor shows students how to produce cocaine, meth

A Japanese professor could face up to 10 years in jail after getting his students to produce ecstasy, in an echo of TV...

19 April 2019 8:26 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan will not be 'pressured' by anyone on Masood Azhar: Foreign...

India says Pakistan-based Azhar's Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror group was behind the deadly February 14 attack.

18 April 2019 9:05 PM IST

Gravity signals may play a crucial role in early identification of the occurrence of earthquakes. (Photo: PTI/ File)

Strong quake hits east Taiwan, rattles buildings in capital

Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau says a strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake has struck the east.

18 April 2019 11:18 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AFP)

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees test of new weapon with 'powerful...

The test marks a ratcheting up of tensions weeks after a summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump collapsed...

18 April 2019 9:54 AM IST

Issue to blacklist Masood Azhar is moving towards settlement: China

China dismissed reports that US, UK and France have served it an ultimatum until April 23 to lift its 'technical hold'.

17 April 2019 3:31 PM IST

More than 10,000 people have volunteered to crowd-source election results posted at polling stations in a real-time bid to thwart attempts at fraud. (Photo: AP)

World's biggest one-day election: Voting underway in Indonesia to...

Polling stations opened at 7 am (2200 GMT on Tuesday) in the east and will close at 1 pm (0600 GMT) in the west.

17 April 2019 10:21 AM IST

Police arrested a 21-year-old man for swearing and laughing at their inability to find drugs (Photo: AFP)

How to make drugs?: Japanese professor educates students to produce...

The Japanese university professor could face up to 10 years in jail.

17 April 2019 10:16 AM IST

The ex-prime minister and his cronies are accused of stealing billions of dollars from 1MDB. (Photo:AP)

Malaysia ex-PM Najib Razak's 1MDB graft trial resumes

Toppled Malaysian leader Najib Razak returned to court for the second day of his high-profile corruption trial on...

15 April 2019 6:14 PM IST

The court decision came on Friday. (Photo:AP)

Japan Supreme Court turns down Carlos Ghosn's appeal to end detention

He's been charged with falsifying financial documents in under-reporting his compensation and with breach of trust in...

15 April 2019 12:39 PM IST

The investigations, revolving around two Gangnam clubs, Burning Sun and Arena, began late last year when 29-year-old film art director Kim Sang-kyo says he tried to stop an incident of sexual harassment and was attacked by Burning Sun staff, and then abused by police who instead arrested him. (Photo: Club Burning Sun | Facebook)

'Gangnam style' sex crime: K-pop scandals uncover dark side of Seoul

More than 500 people have been investigated for drug use and sexual assault and more than 200 arrested in nationwide...

15 April 2019 9:01 AM IST

A Pakistan villager stands at the site of plane crash as investigation is in progress in Gug near Havelian, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (Photo: AP/File)

3 killed in Nepal plane crash

At least three people were killed when a small plane veered off the runway while taking off.

14 April 2019 12:42 PM IST

Trump said that the Hanoi summit ended without any deal due to disagreements over the scope of North Koreas denuclearisation and sanctions relief from the US. (Photo: ANI)

Open to another summit with Trump: Kim Jong Un

Kim's speech came during a session of the North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament.

13 April 2019 9:33 AM IST