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Sri Lankas former president and new prime minister Mahinda Rajapakse arrives at a temple after having been sworn in as prime minister in Colombo on October 26, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Sri Lanka crisis deepens as PM Wickremesinghe resists sacking

Parliamentary Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has said he will decide Saturday whether to recognise Rajapakse or not, after...

27 Oct 2018 12:45 PM IST

Asma Jahangir (Photo: File)

Asma Jahangir to get get UN Rights Prize posthumously

Jahangir was a staunch activist of democracy, she also received several accolades for her work on human rights .

27 Oct 2018 6:12 AM IST

Mahinda Rajapaksa was on Friday sworn in as the new Prime Minister by President Maithripala Sirisena. (Photo: Twitter | @PresRajapaksa)

Ex-Lankan prez Rajapaksa becomes new PM amid political drama

The development came after Sirisena's UPFA announced quitting current unity govt with PM Ranil Wickremesinghe's UNP.

26 Oct 2018 9:14 PM IST

The USD 50 billion corridor that connects Kashgar in western China with Gwadar port in Pakistan, spanning 3,000 kilometres, passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

China has not asked for military access to Gwadar port: Pak

Last year, Pentagon singled out Pak as possible location for future Chinese military base, though China has said that is...

26 Oct 2018 3:08 PM IST

Yasuda, who arrived home in Japan on Thursday from more than three years of what he called physical and psychological hell, told the Asahi Shimbun daily that his captors accused him of being a spy. (Photo: AFP)

No breathing through nose, moving while I slept: Japanese scribe's...

Confined for 8 months to space just 1.5 mtrs high and 1 mte wide, Yasuda wasn't allowed to bathe, wash clothes, or make...

26 Oct 2018 12:16 PM IST

The argument turned into a scuffle. Momin took out a knife and attacked Labbai. (Representational Image)

Woman attacks kindergarten kids with knife in China, 14 injured

The 39-year-old, identified only by her surname Liu, launched the attack as children returned from morning exercises.

26 Oct 2018 11:26 AM IST

India and China fought a war in 1962 and the unresolved dispute over stretches of their 3,500 km (2,200 miles) border has clouded relations ever since. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Beijing, New Delhi aim to hold Army drills in China by end of year

The two countries would meet in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu next month to discuss the arrangements, Wu Qian...

25 Oct 2018 4:49 PM IST

Chinas military ties with the United States are important and sensitive, Wei said, adding that Taiwan was a core interest of Chinas and Beijing opposed displays of strength by outside forces in the South China Sea. (Photo: AP | File)

China will never give up an inch of territory: Defence Minister

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe made the remarks at the opening of the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing.

25 Oct 2018 4:34 PM IST

China warned on Tuesday it would never accept any form of blackmail after US president Donald Trump said his decision to withdraw from a nuclear pact with Russia was also linked to Beijings arsenal.(Photo: Representational | AFP)

Trump's decision to withdraw from US-Russia nuclear treaty blackmail':...

'This approach of shifting the blame on others is utterly unjustifiable and unreasonable,' said Chinese foreign ministry...

24 Oct 2018 8:30 AM IST

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.

China remains defiant on Masood Azhar despite pact assuring...

Agreement was inked during first India-China high-level meeting on bilateral security cooperation which was co-chaired...

23 Oct 2018 4:38 PM IST

United States President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this year in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China-US ties sinking amid acrimony over trade, politics

Major speech by US Vice President on Oct. 4 was clearest, highest-level sign that US strategy was turning from...

23 Oct 2018 1:54 PM IST

Al-Jubeir says Saudi Arabia is committed to ensuring that the investigation is thorough and complete and that the truth is revealed and that those responsible will be held to account. (Photo: AP | File)

Saudi foreign minister promises truth from Khashoggi probe

Minister pledged that mechanisms will be put in place so that 'something like this can never happen again.'

23 Oct 2018 12:17 PM IST