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On the perception that Maldives was closer to China, Ahmed Mohamed said India should reach out to Maldives, and Male and New Delhi should have close ties given that the two countries are neighbours. (Photo: Twitter/@ahmedMDV)

India was first stop for special envoy's visit but declined: Maldives

Maldives has send special envoys to China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to brief them about the deepening political crisis...

9 Feb 2018 7:57 AM IST

Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal (Photo: AP)

10,000 troops to protect Chinese in Pakistan

China, he said, was ramping up investment as part of a $ 54 billion project known as the China-Pakistan Economic...

9 Feb 2018 2:35 AM IST

Islamabad High Court. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan orders media not to cover V-Day

Order in accordance with court ruling that bans Feb. 14 celebration.

9 Feb 2018 2:35 AM IST

Security personnel use teargas to disperse former Prime Minister Khaleda Zias supporters protesting against the court verdict in Dhaka on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Khaleda Zia gets 5-year jail for graft

Ex-PM may be disqualified from polls; fugitive son sentenced too.

9 Feb 2018 2:32 AM IST

Olympic officials have been expecting more than 80,000 foreign tourists and 75,000 athletes, reporters and other Olympic officials to visit South Korea for the Games. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Border is crumbling: Olympics brings more tourists along North, S...

Olympic officials have been expecting more than 80,000 foreign tourists and 75,000 athletes.

8 Feb 2018 2:40 PM IST

Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom addressing the nation in Male, Maldives. (Photo: AP)

Maldives sends envoys to friendly nations' amid crisis, India not on...

The envoys will visit China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and provide updates on the current political situation of...

8 Feb 2018 8:35 AM IST

Mashal Khan, a student of Bacha Khan University, was lynched in April, 2017.

Court sentences Pak student's killer to death

Announcing the verdict in Mashal Khan Lynching case, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Haripur sentenced accused Imran...

8 Feb 2018 2:15 AM IST

Saying -- resolve things internally -- is akin to asking us to escalate the revolt, which can lead to chaos. Maldivians see Indias role positively: in 88 they came, resolved the crisis, and left. They were not occupiers but liberators. This is why Maldivians look to India now, Nasheed tweeted on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

In a rebuke to China, ex-Maldives president urges India to act as...

Nasheed, whose Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) functions from Colombo, had appealed for India's help on Tuesday.

7 Feb 2018 9:46 PM IST

The worst-hit Marshal Hotel partly crumpled into the ground, leaving it slanting on its side, as rescuers on cranes attempted to free people from its upper floors. (Photo: ANI)

Two dead, over 200 injured in 6.4-magnitude quake in Taiwan

A hotel and an apartment block were the worst hit by the quake in the port city of Hualien, according to the national...

7 Feb 2018 8:24 AM IST

The Supreme Court decision is s seen by opposition activists as a blow to their attempts at toppling President Abdulla Yameen - accused of plunging the tiny Indian Ocean nation into political turmoil.. (Photo: AFP)

Maldives crisis: Top court revokes order to free political prisoners

The court's original decision had quashed a terrorism conviction against ex-president and opposition leader Mohamed...

7 Feb 2018 7:58 AM IST

MQMP in an earlier meeting at the partys Bahadur Abad office decided to award tickets for the upcoming Senate elections to Farogh Naseem, Nasreen Jalil, Aminul Haque and Shabbir Qaimkhani. (Photo: AP)

MQMP faces split over awarding Senate tickets

MQMP convener Dr Farooq Sattar suggested the name of deputy convener Kamran Tessori for the ticket.

7 Feb 2018 2:43 AM IST

Nurdin fled the scene but was caught by authorities after being shot in the leg. He now faces life imprisonment. (Photo: File/Representational)

Indonesian man kills neighbour for asking about 'marriage plans'...

Nurdin visited Aisyah, 32 in her home and strangled her to death even as she expected to give birth.

6 Feb 2018 6:42 PM IST