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This file picture shows Myanmars Aung San Suu Kyi delivering her Nobel speech during the Nobel ceremony in Oslo. (Photo: AFP)

Suu Kyi to skip UN meet, address nation on violence

The violence has incubated a humanitarian crisis on both sides of the border and piled global pressure on Suu Kyi.

14 Sept 2017 6:39 AM IST

Singapore gets first woman President sans poll

Many angry over other candidates' disqualification.

14 Sept 2017 2:38 AM IST

The United Nations Security Council in session (Photo: AP)

N Korea nuke yield estimated at 250 kilotons, 16 times more powerful...

UNSC unanimously imposed an 8th set of sanctions on the North Korea, banning it from trading in textiles and restricting...

13 Sept 2017 12:45 PM IST

Thousands of Rohingyas have fled a military operation in Rakhine state, in Myanmar.

Myanmar leader Suu Kyi won't go to UN General Assembly amid Rohingya...

At least 370,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims have fleed to nearby Bangladesh in less than three weeks.

13 Sept 2017 11:46 AM IST

Chinese and Indian soldiers at Nathu La border. (Photo: AFP/ Representational)

Nathu La might be reopened for Kailash pilgrims

The use of Nathu La in Sikkim for the Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra was suspended during the Doklam standoff.

13 Sept 2017 1:29 AM IST

Bangladeshi volunteers from the Chhagalnaiya village council distribute food packets to Rohingya Muslim refugees at Naikhongchhari in Chittagong. (Photo: AFP)

Bangladesh offers land to shelter swelling refugees

Aid agencies have been overwhelmed by the influx of Rohingya, many of whom are arriving hungry and traumatised.

12 Sept 2017 6:12 AM IST

Ousted Pak PM Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters during a rally in Muridke, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

NAB's references against Sharifs riddled with gaffes'

The judge of the accountability court has ordered the registrar office to scrutinise the references until September 14.

12 Sept 2017 6:02 AM IST

In this undated image distributed on Sunday by Pyongyang shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location. North Koreas state media said Kim inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new ICBM. (Photo: AP)

North Korea warns of harsh response if new sanctions imposed

The test came weeks after N Korea fired 2 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that appeared to bring much of...

11 Sept 2017 10:53 AM IST

A Rohingya refugee carries two children in buckets as they arrive at Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on Saturday. Nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmars Rakhine state into Bangladesh in the 15 days since new violence erupted, the United Nations said on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

Myanmar to provide aid' to Rohingyas inside country

Bangladesh has urged Myanmar to stem the exodus by providing for the displaced inside the country and provide safe...

10 Sept 2017 6:56 AM IST

Asif Ali Zardari (Photo: AP)

NAB challenges Asif Ali Zardari's acquittal in corruption case

The appeal said that NAB has a tremendous amount of documentary evidence relating to the properties and bank accounts...

10 Sept 2017 6:36 AM IST

Pictures of burning of musical items by clerics went viral in Pak forcing them to apologise

Clerics in Pakistan tribal region sing a sorry note

Maulana Ilyas Binori, Maulana Habi and Maulana Muhammad Ishaq Binori issued an apology for torching items at a seminary...

10 Sept 2017 6:32 AM IST

Washingtons UN ambassador Nikki Haley said North Koreas missile test is unacceptable. (Photo: PTI)

US will have to pay for Nikki Haley's tongue-lashing comment: N Korea

Haley had pressed for imposition of even stricter sanctions, in addition to estimated $1bn in sanctions imposed on the...

9 Sept 2017 1:52 PM IST