Asian leaders extend condolences to Russia over bomb blast
LEADERS from across the Asia Pacific have extended their condolences to Russia after a bomb blast in St Petersburg killed 11 people and injured 45 on ...
North Korea carries out missile test ahead of Xi-Trump summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched the ground jet test of a Korean-style high-thrust engine newly developed by the Academy of the National Defenc...
Meet the man who rules over 4m-long king cobras
A KING cobra’s bite feels just like an insect bite to Roni Kurniawan, a snake handler in Riau on Indonesia’s Sumatra island.Roni gained Internet fame ...
Pak money changer linked to LeT, Dawood jailed by US court
Islamabad: A Pakistani money changer, known to have links with terror outfits like the LeT, JeM and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, has been sentenced ...
Philippines: Magnitude 5.4 earthquake hits Batangas, aftershocks expected
An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 hit Philippines province of Batangas on Tuesday. Aftershocks after the quake are expected.Reports state that the quake ...
Trump signs repeal of US broadband privacy rules
US President Donald Trump had on Monday signed a repeal of Obama-era broadband privacy rules, the White House said, a victory for internet service pro...
As China continues to block UN ban on Azhar, US says veto won't stop it from acting against terrorists
The US said on Tuesday that countries using veto to scuttle sanctioning of terrorists will not "preclude" it from taking action, as China continues to...
St Petersburg train blast: Death toll rises to 14, suspect identified as Kyrgyzstan national
At least 14 people were killed and more than 50 were wounded in a bomb blast in St Petersburg train carriage on Monday. Law enforcement officials iden...
11 Children Killed in Suspected Chemical Attack on Idlib, Syria
A suspected chemical attack, believed to be by Syrian government jets, killed at least 58 people including 11 children under the age of eight, in the ...
WTO sets up panel to resolve India-Japan steel dispute
The WTO has set up a panel to resolve the dispute between Japan and India over imposition of safeguard import duty on iron and steel products.As both ...
US to ensure UN imposes sanctions on terrorists: Nikki Haley
Washington will take the lead in getting sanctions imposed on terrorists or look for other ways to take action if faced with Security Council vetoes, ...
Rex Tillerson to chair UN meeting on North Korea's nukes
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is coming to the United Nations for the first time later this month to chair a ministerial meeting of the Securi...
UK-India holds talk on bilateral trade
British Finance Minister Philip Hammond will hold discussions with his Indian counterpart Arun Jaitley on Tuesday to promote trade and investments bet...
US announces measures to detect H-1B visa fraud
The US today announced multiple measures to "deter and detect" what it described as "fraud and abuse" of H-1B work visas, the most sought after by Ind...
Natural cannabinoid found to play key role in anxiety
More than 40 million U.S. adults (or 18 percent of the entire population) live with anxiety disorders, including clinical depression, panic disorders,...
King of Bahrain approves military trials for terrorism suspects
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain [official profile] ratified a constitutional amendment Monday that would allow for military trials of civilia...
Trump aides & conservative Republicans hold talks to revive healthcare bill
Top White House officials met with moderate and conservative Republicans in the US House of Representatives yesterday in an effort to revive a plan to...
Jared Kushner flies into Iraq with top US general
US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, flew into Iraq today with the top US military officer to get a first-hand assessment of the bat...
World leaders condemn Russia terror attack
World leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have condemned the attack in the subway of Russia's second city of Saint Petersburg yesterday. ...
Former Nepal PM Bhattarai arrested during protest at Election Commission
KATHMANDU: Former Nepal prime minister Baburam Bhattarai and several other leaders were today arrested during a protest outside the Election Commissio...
Military operations kill 9 in Afghanistan
Military operations have killed nine civilians in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, a local security official said."During operations whic...
Iran rejects US terror claim by Mattis, blames Saudi Arabia for exporting terrorism
Dubai: Iran rejected an allegation by US Defence Secretary James Mattis that it was "the primary exporter of terrorism" and said on Saturday that the ...
Pak PM Sharif's 'kidney stone diagnosis' leads to talk about change of guard
Speculation is rife in Pakistan of a possible change of guard as the Nawaz Sharif government readies itself for a verdict by the Supreme Court on the ...
Attacks on Africans 'xenophobic, racial': African envoys
In a strong reaction to attacks on African nationals, heads of African missions in India termed the incidents as "xenophobic and racial" and asserted ...
Karaoke bar fire leaves at least 15 dead in central Myanmar
YANGON: At least 15 people have died after a fire ripped through a karaoke bar in central Myanmar, trapping revellers inside singing rooms filled with...
Armenia holds first parliamentary election, ruling party favored
Yerevan: Armenians voted Sunday in the country's first parliamentary election since the ex-Soviet nation modified its constitution to expand the power...
Tit for Tat? Singapore blocks Indian workers visa, India puts trade pact on hold
Singapore/New Delhi: Singapore has joined the list of countries after the US to cut down on work visas issued to Indian IT professionals, prompting In...
Leopard briefly shuts down Nepal's international airport
KATHMANDU: Nepal's only international airport was briefly closed today after a leopard was seen moving on the runway, disrupting flight operations.The...
Chechnya police arrest 100 alleged gays, 3 killed: Report
MOSCOW: A respected Russian newspaper says it has uncovered information that police in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya have rounded up more ...
At least 10 dead in Russia metro blast
An explosion in the St Petersburg metro system on Monday has killed at least 10 people, according to "preliminary information," Russian news agency TA...
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