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The future of China is not rosy, but perhaps the most surprising aspect is that Muslim nations around the world are keeping mum about the fate of the Uyghurs; nobody has so far dared to question China about its Muslim policy.

Trade war, spy claims cast cloud over China airshow

The biennial Airshow China, to be held in Zhuhai during Nov 6-11, is traditionally an event for Beijing to parade its...

4 Nov 2018 2:20 PM IST

The pile-up occurred on Saturday after a heavy truck lost control and crashed into a line of vehicles waiting at a toll station on the Lanzhou-Haikou Expressway. (Photo: AP)

China: 15 killed after truck loses control, crashes into vehicles at...

Officials said another 44 people were injured in the pile-up at the toll station which is close to Lanzhou, capital of...

4 Nov 2018 10:46 AM IST

Since the Winter Olympics in the South, Pyongyang and Washington have agreed to the unprecedented Singapore meeting. A woman walks by a huge screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (Photo | AP)

N Korea threatens to resume nuke development over sanctions

Foreign Ministry statement came amid sense of unease between US and Seoul over use of sanctions to get North to...

3 Nov 2018 3:18 PM IST

Rescuers conduct search operation in the waters of Ujung Karawang, West Java, Indonesia after a Lion Air plane crashed into the sea. (Photo: AP)

Indonesian diver killed while recovering bodies from Lion Air crash

Syachrul Anto, 48, who died on Friday, was part of the team searching for body parts and debris from the jet in the Java...

3 Nov 2018 1:53 PM IST

Maulana Samiul Haq, 82, was the head of the Islamic religious seminary Darul Uloom Haqqania in Khyber Pakhtunkhwas Akora Khattak town and also the chief of the hardline political party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Sami (JUI-S). (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Maulana Samiul Haq, 'godfather of Taliban', killed in gun attack in...

Maulana Samiul Haq was killed by unidentified attackers in a house where he was staying.

2 Nov 2018 8:57 PM IST

Khashoggi had written a series of columns for the Washington Post that were critical of Saudi Arabias assertive Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has led a widely publicized drive to reform the Sunni monarchy but has also presided over the arrests of activists and businessmen. (Photo: AFP)

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi's body was dissolved after murder: Turkish...

'We now see that it wasn't just cut up, they got rid of the body by dissolving it,' Yasin Aktay, an advisor to Turkish...

2 Nov 2018 5:41 PM IST

The father raped his 15-year-old daughter in 2015.

Sex abuse by officials part of women's daily routine in North Korea:...

'Those we spoke to told us that unwanted sexual contact is so common that it has come to be accepted as part of ordinary...

2 Nov 2018 4:34 PM IST

Rescuers conduct search operation in the waters of Ujung Karawang, West Java, Indonesia after a Lion Air plane crashed into the sea. (Photo: AP)

Pilot of crashed Lion Air plane made distress call from same jet on...

After the call, pilot updated control tower to say that the plane was flying normally and he would not return to the...

1 Nov 2018 7:27 PM IST

Lu Kang said the situation in the sea has been cooling down, thanks to efforts by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (Photo: AFP/File)

Bus service through PoK doesn't change our stand on Kashmir: China

China maintains that the Kashmir issue should be resolved bilaterally between India and Pakistan through dialogue and...

1 Nov 2018 3:51 PM IST

Indonesian police and SAR personel identify personal items of passengers of the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT 610 at the Jakarta port. (Photo: AFP)

Lion Air crash search finds debris, belongings on seafloor

The location of the airplane's 'black box' flight data recorder has been identified, but strong currents prevented it...

1 Nov 2018 3:40 PM IST

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (FIle Photo)

Russia slaps sanctions on Ukraine politicians, businesses

On the list are Yulia Tymoshenko, a ex-PM who is among favourites for president in polls next year, and Interior...

1 Nov 2018 3:22 PM IST

South Korean president Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hold documents after signing at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea, on September 19, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Kim Jong-Un to visit Seoul soon, says South Korea President

In September, the leaders of the two Koreas agreed Kim would visit Seoul 'in the near future' without giving a specific...

1 Nov 2018 3:06 PM IST