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Massive jungle areas in Sumatra and Borneo island are ablaze as thousands of personnel battle to quell the fires, frequently started to clear land for crop plantations. (AFP)

Hundreds of schools shut as forest-fire haze blankets SE Asia

Air quality has dropped to 'unhealthy' levels in and around Kuala Lumpur.

10 Sept 2019 2:59 PM IST

Donald Trump. (Photo: ANI)

After Trump says talks are 'dead', Taliban vows to fight on

The announcement followed Trump's dramatic cancellation of a top-secret plan to fly Taliban leaders in for direct talks.

10 Sept 2019 2:10 PM IST

Foreign agents, defined as involved in politics and receiving money from abroad, must register with the justice ministry, label publications with the tag and submit detailed paperwork or face fines. (Photo: File)

Putin 'personally' ordered meddling in 2016 US election: CIA informant

The informant's information was so delicate that then CIA directorhad kept it out of then-President Obama's daily...

10 Sept 2019 1:01 PM IST

Hong Kongs Chief Executive Carrie Lam earlier on Thursday (local time) said that the decision to withdraw the extradition bill was taken by the Hong Kong government and not Beijing, South China Morning Post reported. (Photo: File)

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam renews appeal for dialogue with protesters

Beijing has slammed the protests as effort by criminals to split the territory from China, backed by what it said were...

10 Sept 2019 12:31 PM IST

The latest missile test comes after North Koreas first vice foreign minister Choe Son-hui said that her country is willing to resume working-level denuclearisation negotiations with the US in late September. (Photo: ANI)

After offering to resume talks with US, N Korea fires unidentified...

Denuclearisation talks between North Korea and the US reached a stalemate since the Hanoi summit in February.

10 Sept 2019 11:18 AM IST

Around 17,000 passengers were stranded overnight at Tokyos Narita Airport, an official said Tuesday, after it took a direct hit from a powerful typhoon that caused transport chaos throughout the capital. (Photo: AP)

Typhoon left 17,000 people stranded at Tokyo airport

The airport said it delivered 2,000 bottles of water, 19,000 bags of crackers and 18,000 bed rolls to stranded...

10 Sept 2019 9:45 AM IST

The two sides exchanged views on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistani side briefed the Chinese side on the situation, including its concerns, position, and urgent humanitarian issues. (Photo: File)

China-Pak meet: Beijing paying attention to situation in J&K', opposes...

The remarks were made in a joint statement at the conclusion of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's two-day visit to...

9 Sept 2019 3:47 PM IST

Her comments came after ISRO lost contact with Vikram lander in a last-minute snag barely 2.1 km away from its designated landing spot on the Moons South Pole early on Saturday. (Photo: Twitter | @namirasalim)

Giant leap': Pakistan's first woman astronaut lauds ISRO's...

The mission is indeed giant leap for South Asia which not only makes the region but entire global space industry proud,'...

9 Sept 2019 3:03 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)

Suspected woman suicide bomber killed in Philippines explosion: army

The incident would be the fourth suicide bombing in the restive southern Philippines in 14 months.

9 Sept 2019 2:08 PM IST

The viral video comes even as Pakistans economic situation continues to be in doldrums. (Photo ;Screengrab | Twitter: @GulBukhari)

'Naya Pakistan' way: Twitter reacts to belly dancers performing at...

Another Twitter user by the name of Omar Baloch said, 'Pakistanis have nothing else to show to promote investment,...

9 Sept 2019 11:59 AM IST

During the Plenary session, the minister recalled that India and Singapore came together in a very contemporary phase, at a time when the world was changing, including India. (Photo: ANI)

Singapore has become fulcrum for India's economic policies: Jaishankar

Jaishankar is currently in Singapore on a three-day visit.

9 Sept 2019 11:41 AM IST

India had signed a USD 5.43-billion deal with Russia for the purchase of five S-400 systems during the 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Summit in New Delhi on October 5 last year for long-term security needs. (Photo: AFP)

India will receive S-400 air defence missile systems in 18-19 months:...

Last month, Jaishankar was in Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Lavrov to discuss ways to advance bilateral...

9 Sept 2019 7:56 AM IST