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Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi prior to a meeting in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Peace on border a must for ties, India tells China

Mr Wang, 64, succeeds his senior colleague Yang Jiechi who has now become a politburo member of the Communist Party of...

23 April 2018 1:22 AM IST

Rescuers patrol to look for missing people after two boats capsized in Guilin in southern China.(Photo: AFP)

17 killed as 2 dragon boats capsize in southern China

The boats were practising Saturday for a race in the Taohua River in the city of Guilin when the accident happened.

22 April 2018 3:29 PM IST

Afghan police stand outside a voter registration centre which was attacked by a suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan.(Photo:AP )

Suicide attack on Kabul voter registration centre kills 31

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast, the group's Amaq news agency said.

22 April 2018 1:56 PM IST

Pak Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal claimed that Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif in a letter to his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj had urged for calm and respect for the 2003 ceasefire agreement. (Photo: AFP)

Indian HC officials stopped from meeting Sikh pilgrims

Foreign ministry officials here said the Indians High Commission representatives could not meet the Sikhs as they did...

22 April 2018 2:39 AM IST

In Picture: An earlier North Korean launch of an intermediate-range strategic ballistic rocket at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang in late August. (Photo: AFP)

South Koreans sceptical of N Korea's nuclear promises, want proof

Many ordinary people expressed scepticism about the sincerity of the announcement and stressed the need for caution.

21 April 2018 5:21 PM 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 welcomes North Korea's move to suspend nuclear tests

N Korea is set for summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in next week and with US President Donald Trump in late...

21 April 2018 2:41 PM IST

Kim Jong Un also has said North Korea is close to an ICBM test-launch. (Photo: AP)

Ahead of summit with South, US, North Korea suspends nuclear, missile...

After the announcement on Saturday about testing, Trump tweeted, 'This is very good news for North Korea and the World'...

21 April 2018 9:35 AM IST

South China Sea has seen a lot of naval activity in recent times with the Chinese Navys growing assertiveness in the region. (Photo: Representational Image)

China says had 'encounter' with Australian navy in South China Sea

Australian Defence Dept confirmed about three ships but declined to comment on 'operational details related to...

20 April 2018 5:58 PM IST

Moon (L) and Kim (R) are due to meet on Friday on the southern side of the DMZ, in what will be only the third inter-Korean summit since the 1950-53 Korean War. (Photo: AP)

North, South Korea open hotline between leaders

The line links the presidential Blue House in Seoul with the Pyongyang office of the nuclear-armed North's State Affairs...

20 April 2018 5:16 PM IST

Chinas 2.3 million-strong military is the worlds largest, and Pakistan has emerged as the biggest consumer of the China-produced military hardware. (Photo: Representational)

China defends Pakistan against Modi's 'terror export factory' remark

'Terrorism is enemy faced by all. The international community should work together to fight against it,' foreign...

20 April 2018 4:17 PM IST

Police closed down a street in southern Brussels in a major security operation involving specialist armed units on Thursday after a report of a possible murder. (Representational Image)

Cambodian man kills ex-wife then commits suicide live on Facebook

Ra Chhay Rath, 21, killed his ex-wife at school on Thursday then went to the nearby Tsubasa bridge and jumped into the...

20 April 2018 3:39 PM IST

People use their mobile phones to take pictures as a Sharia law official whips a woman who is convicted of prostitution during a public caning outside a mosque in Banda Aceh. (Photo: AP)

Couples caned in front of crowd for showing affection in public in...

Sharia police wanted to convict them of adultery, which would've resulted in a greater number of lashes, but lacked...

20 April 2018 2:07 PM IST