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Pakistan has nothing to do with 9/11. says Imran Khan (Photo: File)

Pak PM Imran Khan warns PoK residents against crossing LoC

Pakistan has downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi and expelled the Indian High Commissioner.

5 Oct 2019 3:44 PM IST

Protesters have used face masks to avoid identification and respirators to protect themselves from tear gas. (Photo: AFP)

Face mask ban in Hong Kong sparks violent clashes, rail shutdown

The ban came after the worst violence of the year, when China celebrated 70 years of Communist Party rule on Tuesday.

5 Oct 2019 2:26 PM IST

Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi outlined Pakistans strong position while speaking at the UNHRC session in Geneva against the backdrop of tensions with India over the revocation of Jammu and Kashmirs special status on August 5. (Photo: AP)

Pak minister loses cool when asked to name 58 countries supporting...

On whose agenda are you working?' Qureshi snapped at talk show host Javed Chaudhry.

4 Oct 2019 8:26 PM IST

$Now, after Putins statements, shes changed it to \A kind but poorly informed teenager\. (Photo: Screengrab)$ World

Greta Thunberg changes her Twitter bio to mock Putin after he...

Putin said that Greta may have had good intentions but was poorly informed and has little or no idea about conditions in...

4 Oct 2019 1:27 PM IST

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attended the Friday For Future rally in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

Go explain to developing countries': Putin criticises Greta Thunberg's...

Putin said: 'I may disappoint you but I don't share the common excitement about the speech by Greta Thunberg.'

3 Oct 2019 12:23 PM IST

Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at a cybersecurity conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 6, 2018. Putin said its important to develop common cybersecurity standards that take into account interests of all nations. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool Photo via AP)

'We absolutely will': Vladimir Putin jokes about meddling in US...

'I see nothing compromising in the conversation between Trump and (Ukrainian leader Volodymyr) Zelensky,' Putin said.

3 Oct 2019 8:32 AM IST

Mahatma Gandhi believed in the efficacy of pitching the soul force called satyagraha against the brute force of the oppressor and in effect converting the oppressor to the right and moral point.

Chinese govt cancels Gandhi Jayanti celebrations at public park at...

No reasons were provided for the abrupt revoking of the permission.

2 Oct 2019 8:01 PM IST

In the video, the road gave way and tumbled down onto at least three fishing boats as a petrol tanker that was crossing also plunged into the water early on Tuesday morning. (Photo: AFP)

Hopes fade for six workers feared trapped after Taiwan bridge collapse

Dramatic CCTV footage captured the moment the 140-metre (460-foot) long single-arch bridge came crashing down in...

2 Oct 2019 10:50 AM IST

One of the projectiles fell into waters within Japans exclusive economic zone. (Photo: AFP)

Ahead of nuclear talks, North Korea launches missiles

The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles were fired from Wonsan into the East Sea (Sea of Japan).

2 Oct 2019 8:53 AM IST

It was the first such injury from a live round in nearly four months of increasingly violent protests and threatened to strip the spotlight from Chinas carefully-choreographed birthday party, designed to underscore its status as a global superpower. (Photo: AFP)

Watch: Protester critical after being shot by Hong Kong police as...

The wounded protester received initial first aid from officers before paramedics arrived and took him to hospital.

1 Oct 2019 5:22 PM IST

On Sunday evening, the victim alleged that Mahara raped her in her rented flat in Tinkune, Kathmandu when her husband was not at home. (Photo: ANI)

Nepal's Lower House speaker Mahara resigns over rape accusations

Secretariat of Nepal Communist Party had suggested he should step down from his post and from Member of Parliament.

1 Oct 2019 3:54 PM IST

The week-long festival, which began last Friday, marks the Cham calendars de facto new year, at the onset of a new harvest. (Photo: Social Media)

In Vietnam, men parade but women rule at a festival called 'Kate'

The Cham are descendents of a powerful ancient kingdom that once spanned large parts of central and southern Vietnam a...

1 Oct 2019 3:48 PM IST