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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves the premises of the JIT with son Hussain Nawaz in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

Sharifs face four graft cases

Pak anti-corruption watchdog files cases on the basis of probe by SC-appointed JET.

9 Sept 2017 3:07 AM IST

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

Signatures on stripping Aung San Suu Kyi of Nobel pile up

Norwegian Nobel committee rules out any such move saying a Nobel prize can't be taken back.

8 Sept 2017 6:52 AM IST

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

Image hit, but Aung San Suu Kyi still a star'

One comment in defence of The Lady, shared 22,000 times on Facebook, hailed Suu Kyi's stance noting we are proud of her...

8 Sept 2017 1:17 AM IST

North Koreas official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows fireworks displaying while Pyongyang residents and military people holding a celebration rally on the test of a hydrogen bomb for ICBM at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. (Photo: AFP)

N Korea celebrates nuclear test, says 'No-one can stop us on our road...

North Korea in July carried out its first two successful tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

7 Sept 2017 5:38 PM IST

Modi visited the Mazar of the emperor in Yangon and paid floral tributes. (Photo: PTI)

Yangon: PM visits Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar's grave, pays...

Bahadur Shah Zafar died at the age of 87 in then Rangoon, where he was exiled to by the British after the revolt of...

7 Sept 2017 2:50 PM IST

Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif admission came two days after the BRICS grouping that includes China, for the first time named terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) among the internationally banned outfits operating from within Pakistan. (Photo: PTI)

Need to bring our house in order to avoid embarrassment: Pak on terror...

Foreign minister Khawaja Asif acknowledged existence of LeT and JeM among the internationally banned outfits operating...

7 Sept 2017 11:24 AM IST

Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks to journalists after a Memorandum of Understanding ceremony at the President House in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Wednesday, Sept 6, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Note ban: not afraid of taking tough steps in country's interest, says...

Addressing the Indian diaspora at Yangon in Myanmar, Modi said his government considers the country above politics.

7 Sept 2017 10:43 AM IST

Afghan children, who were released from being held by kidnapping gangs, are brought to the police headquarters in Ghazni province. (Photo: AFP)

Poverty drives child soldiers into Afghanistan's endless war

Afghan forces freed almost 40 children during multiple raids near the Pakistani border.

7 Sept 2017 6:45 AM IST

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Photo: AFP)

North Korea nuclear test 10 times more powerful than Hiroshima: Japan

US President Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday that he would allow Japan, S Korea to buy more 'highly sophisticated' US...

6 Sept 2017 10:57 AM IST

Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, left, offers a toast to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a dinner in honour of Modi at the Presidential palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar visit: Modi meets Suu Kyi, may discuss Rohingya refugee crisis

Modi is expected to raise the issue of the exodus of the ethnic Rohingyas into neighbouring countries.

6 Sept 2017 10:54 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 US of more gift packages' after 6th nuke test

Nikki Haley on Monday accused North Korean leader Kim Jong Un of begging for war with a series of nuclear bomb and...

6 Sept 2017 10:42 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed on his arrival at Nay Pyi Taw International Airport in Myanmar. (Photo: PTI )

PM Modi calls for coordinated action to fight terrorism

Mr Modi also assured India's partnership with fellow developing countries, while pursuing its own aspirations for...

6 Sept 2017 2:12 AM IST