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Sri Lanka to grant minority Tamils more autonomy

Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Tuesday launched a process to draw up a new Constitution aimed at preventing a return...

6 April 2016 7:02 AM IST

NorthKorean leader Kim Jong-un (Photo: AFP)

North Korean video shows rocket attack on South's president

Tensions have been rising on the Korean peninsula ever since the North conducted its fourth nuclear test on January 6.

5 April 2016 1:14 PM IST

Pakistani residents cross a flooded road on the outskirts of Peshawar after heavy rains. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan floods death toll reaches 55

Rescuers were battling Monday to reach thousands of people stranded by floods and landslides in Pakistan’s...

5 April 2016 7:10 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pakistan PM family defends owning offshore firms

Pakistan’s ruling Sharif family on Monday defended ownership of offshore companies after they were named in one of...

5 April 2016 6:46 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP)

Panama leak: Chinese President Xi’s family implicated

The families of some of China’s top Communist brass — including President Xi Jinping — used offshore...

5 April 2016 6:42 AM IST

‘Cameron dad’s investments private matter’

Following the Panama Paper leak, which included British Prime Minister David Cameron’s late father Ian Cameron,...

5 April 2016 6:34 AM IST

A protester holds a placard as she demonstrates against deportation of migrants at Dikili port, Turkey. (Photo: AP)

Greece ships migrants back to Turkey

Greece shipped over 200 migrants back to Turkey on Monday, the first wave of deportations under a hugely controversial...

5 April 2016 6:21 AM IST

Security personnel inspect the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Basra, 550 km southeast of Baghdad. (Photo: AP)

At least 29 killed in wave of suicide attacks in Iraq

ISIS militants unleashed on Monday a wave of suicide attacks across Iraq, killing at least 29 people and wounding...

5 April 2016 6:17 AM IST

Chinese ‘parachute kids’ flock to US schools

Growing up in mainland China, Hailun “Helen” Zhou always knew that she would finish her high school...

5 April 2016 6:10 AM IST

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Munitions seized from militants den as blast kills 2 in B'desh

Police's bomb disposal team recovered at least 20 grenades, firearms and ammunition from the building.

4 April 2016 5:44 PM IST

French President Francois Hollande. (Photo: AP)

Hollande promises probe into Panama Papers cases

The leak of 11.5 million documents has exposed the secret hidden offshore assets of around 140 political figures and of...

4 April 2016 5:18 PM IST

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Suicide attacks kill at least 29 people across Iraq

The attack came hours after two separate suicide bombings outside Baghdad killed at least 10 troops.

4 April 2016 5:11 PM IST