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Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Nawaz Sharif shifted to hospital from jail

Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is serving a seven-year imprisonment in a Lahore jail, was rushed to...

22 Jan 2019 4:06 PM IST

The fate of the abducted in Kunduz province in an area that has recently fallen under Taliban control was not immediately known and there was no statement from the insurgents. (Representational | AP)

At least 65 killed in Taliban attack on Afghan intel base

At least 65 people were killed in a Taliban-claimed attack on an Afghan intelligence base.

22 Jan 2019 2:23 PM IST

A hotel employee arrested after a window she was cleaning fell onto a busy Hong Kong street and killed a tourist. (Photo:Instagram)

Falling window from 16th floor of hotel kills Hong Kong tourist

Police said a 24-year-old female tourist from the Chinese mainland was struck by the window which fell from the 16th...

22 Jan 2019 12:22 PM IST

A minor explosion took place near Indian embassy camp office at Biratnagar in Kathmandu on Tuesday. (Representational Image)

Pak: Three killed in gas explosion at coal mine in Balochistan

Three workers were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in Dikki district.

22 Jan 2019 11:01 AM IST

Three persons were killed in a collision between a truck and tractor-trolley. (Representational Image)

Pak: 26 killed in deadly truck-bus collision in Balochistan

At least 26 people were killed and over a dozen others injured after a collision between a fuel-laden truck and a...

22 Jan 2019 10:53 AM IST

The duo were each jailed for five months and ordered to receive three strokes of the cane. (Photo: File/Representational)

Singapore: Indian-origin man jailed for bomb hoax

An Indian-origin man was jailed for four months for a 2004 bomb hoax at the house of Singapore's first prime minister.

22 Jan 2019 10:45 AM IST

Rescuers use heavy machine to search for survivors under the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)

Strong 6.1-magnitude quake hits off Indonesia

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian coast early Tuesday.

22 Jan 2019 10:34 AM IST

Paswans supporters alleged that a local resident Chunni Lal was behind the killing and set Lals house on fire. (Photo: ANI)

Ships with Indian, Turkish crews catch fire in Kerch Strait, 11 dead

The fire broke out on Monday off Russia's territorial waters.

22 Jan 2019 10:24 AM IST

Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur

Pakistan shares Kartarpur pact draft with India

Khan had inaugurated the ground-breaking ceremony of the corridor on Nove-mber 28, 2018

22 Jan 2019 1:29 AM IST

The fate of the abducted in Kunduz province in an area that has recently fallen under Taliban control was not immediately known and there was no statement from the insurgents. (Representational | AP)

Taliban target military base, police center, killing 12

A coordinated Taliban group assaulted a military base and police training center in eastern Afghanistan.

21 Jan 2019 4:04 PM IST

Rodrigo Duterte, who took office in 2016 and has boasted of killings he claims to have committed personally, has sidelined many of his top domestic critics. (Photo: File)

Filipino Muslims vote on autonomy after long peace effort

Muslims in the southern Philippines voted on Monday in a referendum on a new autonomous region.

21 Jan 2019 3:51 PM IST

China population rises 15.23 million in 2018, but rate slows

Numbers released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday put the population at 1.395 billion in 2018.

21 Jan 2019 3:41 PM IST