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In 2016, China was in third place behind the US and France and a year later it had climbed to second place. There was no report in 2018. (Photo: File)

China overtakes US in number of diplomatic missions: Study

China has 169 embassies, 96 consulates, eight permanent missions and three other missions.

27 Nov 2019 8:35 PM IST

Rehman said that the Oppositions Rehbar Committee made a straightforward demand that they wanted Prime Minister Imran Khans resignation or something at par with the resignation. (Photo: File)

Influential Pak cleric calls for re-elections in next 3 months

Rehman, the patriarch of the 'Azadi March', has further called an all-party conference (APC) in Islamabad on Tuesday.

25 Nov 2019 8:01 PM IST

The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there to prevent escapes. (Photo: AP)

'Forced ideological re-education': Secret documents reveal how China's...

The papers also show how Beijing is pioneering a new form of social control using data and artificial intelligence.

25 Nov 2019 3:20 PM IST

The accident took place near village Samroli in Udhampur district around 2 AM when the driver of the truck lost control over the vehicle while moving from Srinagar to Jammu with a Bhakerwal family, a police official said. (Photo: Representational)

8 killed in DR Congo's Beni, residents burn town hall

An army spokesman confirmed the latest casualties.

25 Nov 2019 2:49 PM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers Dialogue in Beijing with his Afghanistan and Pakistan counterparts Salahuddin Rabbani and Khawaja Muhammad Asif respectively. (Photo: AFP)

Hong Kong part of China no matter what happens' in elections, says its...

'Hong Kong is a part of China and a special administrative region of China,' Wang said.

25 Nov 2019 1:56 PM IST

The poll to choose 452 councillors across 18 districts is the closest voters in Hong Kong get to direct representation -- but turnout is usually unremarkable. (Photo: AP)

After weeks of violence, Hong Kong votes for district elections

Nearly 400,000 new voters have registered, however, which is widely interpreted as a positive sign for the pro-democracy...

24 Nov 2019 4:46 PM IST

Pope Francis in in a new policy published Thursday said, that it is always inadmissible because it attacks the inherent dignity of all humans. (Photo: File)

At Nagasaki, Pope Francis condemns 'unspeakable horror' of nuclear...

At least 74,000 people died from the atomic bomb unleashed on the city in western Japan.

24 Nov 2019 4:26 PM IST

The USD 50 billion corridor that connects Kashgar in western China with Gwadar port in Pakistan, spanning 3,000 kilometres, passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)

CPEC wont be a burden: Pakistan hits back at US

Wells had deemed CPEC a form of financing ensuring guaranteed profits for Chinese state-owned enterprises.

24 Nov 2019 10:06 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Nawaz Sharif looks totally fine in uk, says Imran Khan

Imran said that he looked at the medical report of Nawaz Sharif which stated he has around 15 different diseases.

23 Nov 2019 2:05 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)

China wants US trade deal but 'will fight back' when necessary: Xi...

The world's two biggest economies have been locked in a bruising trade conflict for more than a year.

22 Nov 2019 3:21 PM IST

Sri Lankas President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (right) greets his brother Mahinda after appointing him as Prime Minister at the presidential secretariat in Colombo on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Rajapaksas' raj: Mahinda takes charge as PM

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, former President Maithripala Sirisena and other political leaders were...

22 Nov 2019 1:46 AM IST

Careful care of a babys skin right from birth could prevent eczema and other allergic diseases. (Photo: ANI)

India-UK experts begin largest study on babies with brain injury in...

According to experts, brain injury during labour or childbirth is one of the leading causes of epilepsy in babies.

21 Nov 2019 4:48 PM IST