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Myanmars President Htin Kyaw and state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speak during a photo session after the second anniversary of the signing of nationwide ceasefire agreementat the Myanmar International Convention Centre on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

14,000 lone children among Rohingya refugees: Official

The UN says 536,000 mainly Rohingya refugees have arrived from Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine state since August 25, the...

16 Oct 2017 7:00 AM IST

Chief Justice of Bangladesh to face graft probe

The SC issued a statement as Sinha overnight left for Australia, saying he was embarrassed over the controversy...

16 Oct 2017 6:55 AM IST

Major General Asif Ghafoor

No martial law threat in Pakistan, clarifies Army

The spokesperson was asked about Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal criticisism on his (General Asif's) comments on the state...

16 Oct 2017 6:39 AM IST

Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed (Photo: AP)

Hafiz Saeed close to freedom as Pak drops all terror charges

In March, India had asked Pakistan to re-investigate the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and also put Saeed on trial.

16 Oct 2017 1:29 AM IST

Bdeshs first Hindu Chief Justice to face graft investigation

B'desh's first Hindu Chief Justice to face graft investigation

The Supreme Court issued a statement as Sinha overnight left for Australia.

15 Oct 2017 7:27 PM IST

The army previously set a target of Sunday to end the fighting in Marawi, which it said has killed more than 1,000 people. (Photo: AP)

Philippine Army: Battle for Marawi city to end soon, over 800...

Large parts of Marawi have been left resembling devastated cities in war-torn Syria and Iraq.

15 Oct 2017 6:15 PM IST

This still image made from a 2013 video released by the Coleman family shows Caitlan Coleman and her husband, Canadian Joshua Boyle in a militant video given to the family. (Photo: AP)

Taliban rejects Canadian man's allegation of rape, murder, calls it...

Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid rejected the accusation as propaganda by the Western governments that helped...

15 Oct 2017 3:54 PM IST

Three paramilitary soldiers were killed and as many injured today in multiple landmine blasts at a check-post in north-western Pakistan. (Representational | Photo: AP)

Landmine blasts in Pakistan: 3 troops killed

The three simultaneous blasts hit the Kharlachi check- post in Kurram agency near Pak-Afghan border.

15 Oct 2017 12:22 PM IST

An official of the Home Department of Punjab government told a three-member federal judicial review board headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan of the Supreme Court that the government did not require the extension of Saeed and his four accomplices detention any more. (Photo: File)

Pak withdraws request for extending detention of Hafiz Saeed under...

On Jan 31, Saeed and his 4 aides were detained by Punjab govt for 90 days under preventative detention under the...

15 Oct 2017 10:18 AM 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)

Suu Kyi sets out aid plan to end Rohingya crisis

Representatives of Suu Kyi in Myanmar could not be reached to confirm the adviser's comments.

15 Oct 2017 5:07 AM IST

Ahmadis can't preach Islam: Pakistani minister

Rana Sanaullah also demanded of the Ulema (clerics) to keep an eye on those using religion for their political motives.

15 Oct 2017 4:39 AM IST

The charges include money laundering, financial irregularities, corruption, moral degradation and other specific serious allegations (Photo: AFP)

First Hindu Cheif Justice of Bangladesh accused of corruption, departs...

Sinha, who insisted he would return to Bangladesh once his leave ends on November 10, rejected claims by the country's...

14 Oct 2017 6:47 PM IST