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The face-off between armies of the two countries at the India-Bhutan-China tri-junction in Dokalam figured in the border personnel meeting. (Photo: PTI)

We value our sovereign rights over ties with India: China foreign...

Wang Yi said Beijing handled Doklam standoff with 'restraint', showing 'emphasis' it places on ties with New Delhi.

3 Feb 2018 7:32 PM IST

Hafiz Saeed has been under house arrest in Lahore since January 30. (Photo: File)

Not Modi govt but Pakistan behind my house arrest, says JuD chief...

Hafiz Saeed said he was detained by the Pakistan government to stop him from raising the Kashmir issue.

2 Feb 2018 9:19 PM IST

The experts cut a large hole through the shell to burn off explosive materials inside before a crane lifted the earth-covered bomb off the site on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

WWII bomb defused in Hong Kong after thousands evacuated

It was the second time within a week that an American bomb dropped during WWII had been discovered.

1 Feb 2018 5:16 PM IST

Nobel laureate Suu Kyi has been decried overseas for failing to condemn the generals, with whom she is in a delicate power-sharing arrangement. (Photo: AP/File)

Petrol bomb thrown at Myanmar's democracy heroine' Suu Kyi's home

It was a petrol bomb,' spokesman Zaw Htay confirmed

1 Feb 2018 11:59 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Kabul hands Pakistan proof of its links to terror groups

Afghan interior minister, intelligence chief visit Islamabad to share info on Kabul hotel attack.

1 Feb 2018 7:22 AM IST

All female stewardesses must wear a jilbab (headscarf) Muslim fashion in accordance with the rules of sharia, the authorities said in the letter. (Photo: File/Representational)

Orthodox Indonesian province makes hijab mandatory for flight...

Aceh is the only province in the predominantly Muslim country to implement Islamic law.

31 Jan 2018 6:28 PM IST

Following the birth of Love and Prince, the doctors decided to wait for at least six months before conducting a surgery to separate them (Photo: AFP)

Woman sues Japanese government over forced sterilisation as a teen

Under Japan's eugenics protection law, in force from 1948 to 1996, about 25,000 people were sterilised due to mental or...

30 Jan 2018 3:45 PM IST

A second agreement was signed between Gwadar and HATA Trade City.

Pak, China sign five agreements in Gwadar

The agreements declared Pakistan's Gwadar and China's Tianjin as sister ports, and Gwadar and Piung as sister cities.

30 Jan 2018 6:28 AM IST

In recent years, authorities have clamped down on visitors posting revealing images of themselves at the nearby temple sites and in 2016, management said it would bar tourists wearing skimpy clothes. (Photo: AP)

Cambodia arrests 10 foreigners for dancing pornographically'

Officials said dozens of tourists were let go after being informed of their inappropriate actions.

29 Jan 2018 2:15 PM IST

A senior Saudi official said Prince Alwaleed was freed after he reached a financial settlement with the attorney general. (Photo: AFP)

Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal released after reaching financial...

Prince Alwaleed, who is in his early 60s, had described his confinement as a 'misunderstanding'.

28 Jan 2018 9:48 AM IST

PIO girl who tried to join ISIS sentenced

The teenager was arrested by the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit (WMCTU) in June last year.

28 Jan 2018 3:37 AM IST

China is developing a spy plane that will be able to detect F-35 and F-22 stealth jet fighters.(AFP / Representative photo)

China making spy plane to operate from aircraft carrier and detect...

Beijing-based military expert Li Jie said the new surveillance plane could also become a command centre in the air.

27 Jan 2018 8:28 PM IST