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Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar (Photo: AFP)

China hints at blocking move to list Azhar as global terrorist in UNSC

Proposal to designate Azhar under 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UNSC was moved by France, UK and US on Feb...

13 March 2019 2:00 PM IST

A tea stall somewhere in the country has put up a banner with an image of Wing Commander Varthaman, sipping tea, and the text on the banner in Urdu reads: Aisi Chai Ki Dushman Ko Bhi Dost Banaye. (Photo: ANI)

Tea stall in Pakistan depicts IAF pilot Abhinandan as harbinger of...

The image of Wing Commander Varthaman visibly shows him as calm, confident and determined.

12 March 2019 5:49 PM IST

It comes as airlines around the world remove the model from their schedules. (Photo:AP)

Singapore bans use of Boeing 737 MAX in its airspace

Singapore's aviation regulator banned the use of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in the country's airspace after a deadly...

12 March 2019 10:41 AM IST

New biography says Omar was in fact living just three miles from a major US Forward Operating Base. (Photo:Youtube)

Taliban leader Omar lived next to US Afghan base: Biography

Taliban founder Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan for years.

11 March 2019 11:19 AM IST

Leader Kim Jong Uns ruling Workers Party has an iron grip on the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. (File Photo)

There could only be one winner, as North Korea holds elections

With portraits of the leader's father Kim Jong Il and grandfather Kim Il Sung looking down on every ballot box.

10 March 2019 2:13 PM IST

From humpback whales, to an adventurous leapord cub, rare hawks and migratory birds, here are animals who were in news. (Photos: AP, PTI)

As many as 87 injured in Japan after ferry collides with 'marine...

Five people were seriously injured in the accident, which occurred just before the hydrofoil was due to arrive on Sado...

10 March 2019 9:31 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. (Photo: AP)

Lahore HC to hear plea on Imran Khan's disqualification on March 11

Tyrian White is the daughter of Ana-Luisa (Sita) White, the daughter of the late Lord Gordon White.

9 March 2019 5:20 PM IST

Vice President Naidu, who became the first Indian on Friday to receive an honorary doctorate by the University of Peace founded by the United Nations. (Photo:PTI)

VP Naidu holds positive bilateral trade, investment talks on his visit...

Venkaiah Naidu has met President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada and held fruitful discussions on a range of...

9 March 2019 1:24 PM IST

Indias High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria, who was accompanied by his wife, was prevented from visiting Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Pakistans Hasan Abdal on Saturday. (Facebook Screengrab/ Ajay Bisaria)

Ajay Bisaria reaches Islamabad to articulate Indo-Pak expectations,...

Bisaria who had been recalled to New Delhi last month returned to Islamabad upon the completion of consultations in...

9 March 2019 12:26 PM IST

Tanakas family and the mayor were present to celebrate. (Photo:AP)

Guinness honors oldest Japanese woman at 116

Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello is being honoured as the world's oldest living person.

9 March 2019 11:35 AM IST

The oil ministry held a meeting with refiners on Thursday, urging them to scout for alternatives to Iranian oil, the sources said.

With new trade tensions with US looming, India looks to extend Iran...

India wants to keep buying Iranian oil at its current level of about 300,000 barrels per day.

8 March 2019 1:06 PM IST

Leader of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan speaks at the National Assembly in Islamabad on Friday, moments before his elction as new Pakistan Prime Minister. AP Aug. 17, 2018. Pakistani lawmakers on Friday elected former cricket star and longtime politician Khan as the countrys next prime minister in a step toward third straight transfer of power from one civilian government to another one. (Photo; AP)

121 detained in crackdown on banned groups, 182 madrasas: Pak

The ministry said it is not a response to Indian anger over claims of Pak's failure to rein militant groups operating in...

7 March 2019 3:24 PM IST