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Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in were engaged in a metaphorical and literal diplomatic dance on Friday when they met at the frontier. (Photo: AFP)

'A new history starts now' writes Kim as two Koreas' leaders meet

The two leaders shook hands at the military demarcation line, making Kim the first leader to set foot in the South since...

27 April 2018 8:37 AM IST

The two studies reached their conclusions by looking at data from seismic monitoring stations. (Photo: AP)

North Korea nuclear test site part-collapsed, unusable: Chinese...

Two studies involving Chinese experts have found that the first quake caused the collapse of rock inside the mountain.

26 April 2018 2:31 PM IST

East Aceh is dotted with numerous small-scale oil drilling operations, which are often run illegally by local villagers. (Photo: AP)

Indonesia oil well explosion death toll climbs to 21

An oil spill sparked a huge fire that shot up some 70 metres in the air, above homes and palm trees in a residential...

26 April 2018 12:57 PM IST

Imran Khan with his pet dog

Imran's pet Sheru expels' his third wife from house

Imran Khan's supporters had more sympathy with Sheru than his new wife, a spiritual guide of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf...

26 April 2018 6:30 AM IST

The BRI, a multi-billion-dollar initiative launched by Xi Jinping when he came to power in 2013, has become a major sticking point in the bilateral ties. (Photo: File)

China considers law to punish those who glorify 'wars of invasion'

China unveiled the law to protect heroes and martyrs in Dec, and it is likely to be passed by the largely rubber-stamp...

25 April 2018 6:32 PM IST

Police in the eastern city of Gujarat launched an investigation earlier this week into the death of Sana Cheema -- of Pakistani origin and believed to have been in her mid-twenties -- after allegations she had been murdered went viral online. (Photo: AFP)

After reports of honour killing, Pak Police digs out Italian...

'After news of her death spread on social media, police found the family and started an investigation,' said police...

25 April 2018 5:46 PM IST

It comes at a time when Beijing is tightening its grip on semi-autonomous Hong Kong. Opposition figures said the new plan was another way to mainlandise the city. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

Plans to make 'Hong Kong' town in China's mainland triggers backlash

The proposal of making a commuter town for people of Hong Kong to solve housing crisis was turned down.

25 April 2018 5:27 PM IST

Sushma Swaraj also shared in her speech that she will attend a birth centenary of a 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche who happened to be Indias ambassador to Mongolia. (Photo: ANI)

Not only India's strategic partner, also spiritual neighbour: Sushma...

At the 6th Joint Committee for Cooperation, Swaraj said, 'Mongolia is well known in India for valour of her kings, her...

25 April 2018 4:59 PM IST

There have been more than 670 murders in Chicago from January to mid-November, according to police -- a 56 per cent jump in just one year. (Representational image)

Afghan media safety in question as gunmen shoot journo dead on way to...

Abdul Manan Arghand, who worked for Kabul News TV, was shot by gunmen as he was driving his car, police spokesman Zia...

25 April 2018 4:38 PM IST

Syrian citizens and civil defense workers gathering next of burning car at the explosion scene, in Azaz town, north Syria. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

Russia hints at providing advanced air defence systems to Syria

Col Gen Sergei Rudskoi said in a statement on Wednesday that Russia will supply Syria with 'new missile defence systems...

25 April 2018 4:22 PM IST

Inuka, a 27-year-old animal who grappled with challenges ranging from arthritis to dental problems and ear infections, carried until his last days a green tinge in his fur blamed on algae growth. (Photo: AP)

Singapore: First polar bear born in tropics Inuka dies at 27 in zoo

Animal rights groups urge zoos to not keep polar bears, who suffer on being denied the huge ranges of their natural...

25 April 2018 4:01 PM IST

The Shukan Bunshun weekly magazine on Wednesday reported that Education Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi visited a yoga studio in the hip Ebisu district in Tokyo using a state car, and took private lessons there. (Photo: AFP)

Japan Education Min Yoshimasa Hayashi apologises after 'Sexy Private...

'I apologise for creating confusion amid a tense parliamentary situation,' Hayashi said.

25 April 2018 3:14 PM IST