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Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif. (Photo: AFP)

Test our resolve: Pakistan's challenge to India on nuclear attack

Pak Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif issues nuclear threat in response to Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat's statement.

14 Jan 2018 11:44 AM IST

Bajwa said that entire Pakistani nation felt betrayed over US recent statements despite decades of cooperation. (Photo: AP)

We feel betrayed by criticism on terror, aid cut: Pak army chief to US...

US general Joseph Votel told General Qamar Bajwa during a telephone call that US was not contemplating any unilateral...

13 Jan 2018 1:58 PM IST

Troops of India and China were locked in a 73-day standoff in Doklam since June 16 after the Indian side prohibited the construction of a road in the disputed area by the Chinese Army. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

PLA sets up drills in plateau region post-Doklam: media

The 'plateau region' refers to the Tibetan plateau which covered a long Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and...

12 Jan 2018 3:52 PM IST

Shinzo Abe, wife Akie while boarding the PMs official plane, one of which has lost a wing panel (Photo: AFP)

In embarrassing mishap, wing panel of Japan PM's official jet falls...

ASDF spokesperson said, 'The air force would conduct an investigation to determine why the panel had fallen off Abe's...

12 Jan 2018 12:58 PM IST

A Pakistani court ordered the release of Hafiz Saeed on Wednesday, who was put under house arrest in January after years of living freely in Pakistan, one of the sore points in its fraying relationship with the United States. (Photo: AP | File)

Hafiz Saeed criticises Pak government for not ushering Islamic rule in...

The 26/11 mastermind also criticised both the US and Israel for the political chaos in the country.

12 Jan 2018 12:38 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

Putin calls Kim competent, mature leader': N Korea interested in...

In Putin's view, Kim Jong-Un has shown interest in calming down the tensions over its nuclear and long-range missile...

12 Jan 2018 12:00 PM IST

South Korea unification minister Cho Myung-Gyun (L) shakes hands with North Korean chief delegate Ri Son-Gwon (R) during their meeting at the border truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. (Photo: AFP)

Signs of thaw on the Korean peninsula?

In this rapid unfolding of events both the US and China seem to have had only a marginal supportive role.

12 Jan 2018 1:00 AM IST

China claims most of the resource-rich South China Sea through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. (Photo: Representational Image)

China objects Vietnam's invitation to India to invest in South China...

China has been opposing India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation exploring oil in wells claimed by Vietnam in the South...

11 Jan 2018 8:02 PM IST

Belt and Road, announced by Xi in 2013, is a loosely defined umbrella for Chinese-built or -financed projects across 65 countries from the South Pacific through Asia to Africa and Europe. (Photo: AP)

China's One Belt One Road' project hits political, financial hurdles

From Pak to Tanzania to Hungary, projects under Xi Jinping's 'Belt and Road Initiative' are being cancelled,...

11 Jan 2018 2:43 PM IST

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Pak erupts over minor's rape, murder

Enraged people took to the streets against the brutal murder of the seven-year-old girl after rape and demanded to hang...

11 Jan 2018 2:20 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AP)

Deal on Olympics will do little to disarm North Korea

The meeting came after months of confrontation over North Korea's nuclear and missile tests, with both parties seeking...

11 Jan 2018 1:50 AM IST

Pakistani demonstrators shout anti-US slogans at a protest in Quetta. (Photo: AFP)

As America freezes aid, Pakistan dismisses economic fears for now

Pakistan's economy is currently stable and growing, says senior World Bank economist Muhammad Waheed.

11 Jan 2018 1:50 AM IST