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After N Korea's 6th nuclear test, tunnel collapse at site may have...

About 100 workers at Punggye-ri nuclear site were harmed by initial collapse, which took place around Sept 10, a...

31 Oct 2017 5:38 PM IST

The victims were brutally murdered with a sharp-edged weapon. (Representational Image)

Tokyo police apprehends man, recovers 9 bodies, 2 severed heads in...

Police confirmed they had arrested 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi, who lives in the apartment in Zama, south of Tokyo.

31 Oct 2017 2:09 PM IST

Rohingya refugee children watching the Bangladeshi theatre group Drama Therapy at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia.. (Photo: AFP)

Clowns cheer up Rohingya refugee children

Theatre groups use drama therapy' to heal trauma-hit children.

31 Oct 2017 1:13 AM IST

Shehbaz Sharif set to become PML-N chief

During the meeting, the leaders also discussed current political scenario and future strategy for the PML-N, party...

31 Oct 2017 1:04 AM IST

Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford hosted his South Korean and Japanese counterparts at the US Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

US, S Korea, Japan urge N Korea to cease walk away from reckless path'

Together they called upon North Korea to refrain from irresponsible provocations.

30 Oct 2017 4:11 PM IST

Participants attend a ceremony supporting the countrys military and government servants in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

Thousands march in Yangon to support Myanmar military

More than 2,000 Army supporters, including Buddhist nationalists and monks, took part in the march.

30 Oct 2017 7:07 AM IST

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi. (Photo: AP)

Chinese foreign minister to visit Delhi for Dec summit

Wang's visit is regarded significant as it would set the tone for Mr Xi's policy approach to India in his second term.

30 Oct 2017 5:45 AM IST

Under intense global pressure, Myanmar has agreed to repatriate scrutinised refugees who can prove their residence in Rakhine, but details of the plan remain thin. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar govt's to harvest abandoned farmlands, Rohingyas' return looks...

The border region has been emptied of most of its Muslim residents since late August.

29 Oct 2017 11:32 AM IST

Maryam Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

Maryam says Nawaz Sharif to remain party head

Maryam took to Twitter and elucidated that Nawaz was and will be leading the PML-N.

29 Oct 2017 7:09 AM IST

A 30-year-old man has been stabbed to death by some unidentified assailants in southeast Delhis Ambedkar Nagar area. (Representational image)

PIO businessman kills woman in Singapore

The police believe that the woman was the wife of Krishnan who owns a transport company, the report said.

29 Oct 2017 2:00 AM IST

The child is in a stable condition (Photo: Pixabay)

Singapore: Indian-origin man stabs wife to death, surrenders

Krishnan Raju has been charged in the State Court with causing the death; if convicted, he faces the death penalty.

28 Oct 2017 7:17 PM IST

No group, including the Taliban, has so far claimed responsibility for the blast. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

14 policemen, 6 insurgents killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

Afghan forces have struggled to combat Taliban since US and NATO forces formally concluded their combat mission in 2014.

28 Oct 2017 6:04 PM IST