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Xi, 64, has consolidated power since 2012 when he was appointed to the countrys top office: general secretary of the Communist Party. (Photo: AP)

Common people's wish or soft coup? One amendment makes Xi prez for...

The historic constitutional amendment breezed through the rubber-stamp parliament with 2,958 in favour.

11 March 2018 8:46 AM GMT

Chinas image among the wider Muslim community around the world is important to Beijing as it pushes President Xi Jinpings Belt and Road initiative to invest billions of dollars building infrastructure linking Asia, Europe and Africa. (Photo: File)

Islam needs a Chinese twist: Official warns against creeping...

Islam in China must uphold the successful experience of becoming more Chinese.

10 March 2018 1:29 PM GMT

The fortune-teller told the 70-year-old woman in Mianyang in southwestern Sichuan province in March 2017 that she would not live to see 2018. (Photo: Pixabay/ Representational)

Fortune teller's bad luck: Chinese woman survives death prediction,...

A police officer intervened and asked the fortune-teller to apologise to Wang for causing stress.

10 March 2018 1:16 PM GMT

Tensions between Muslim groups and the majority Sinhalese Buddhist community in the country have escalated since the end of the civil war in May 2009. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

Sri Lanka to appoint committee to probe conspiratorial hand' in riots

Anti-Muslim riots, since Monday, have left two persons dead and damaged several homes, businesses and mosques in the...

10 March 2018 11:53 AM GMT

China, under President Xi Jinping, is making a major push to use artificial intelligence, facial recognition and big data technology to track and control behaviour that goes against the interests of the ruling Communist Party online and in the wider world. (Photo: File)

Black Mirror streaming live in China: Police launch smart glasses to...

The AI-powered glasses, made by LLVision, scan the faces of vehicle occupants and the plates, flagging a warning sign to...

10 March 2018 11:18 AM GMT

Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. (Photo: AP)

Prez Sirisena India bound even as Sri Lanka broils in communal...

Mr Sirisena will be in India to attend the first conference of the founding members of the International Solar Alliance...

10 March 2018 10:52 AM GMT

Jammu and Kashmir has been an area of contention for both India and Pakistan ever since the nations were formed in 1947 with three battles having been fought between the two neighbours over it. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

Pak says India violating human rights in Kashmir, UN says its other...

Why is Pakistan allowed to infringe international law and make a mockery of this august institution?'

10 March 2018 8:03 AM GMT

The verdict is major victory of hardliners who were pressing that Ahmadiyyas working in government offices should be identified. (Representational/ AP)

Win for hardliners: Pak Court rules public office seekers must declare...

Justice Siddiqui further ordered that teachers appointed for Islamic Studies should be true Muslims.

10 March 2018 7:05 AM GMT

Musharraf ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008. He is wanted in Pakistan in several criminal cases including in the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. (Photo: File)

Proclaimed offender: Pak orders Musharraf's arrest, property seizure

Musharraf, who left the country for Dubai in March 2016, was declared a proclaimed absconder by the court in May 2016.

9 March 2018 1:13 PM GMT

The Afghan Governments willingness for peace is despite the fact that armed groups have identified themselves and demonstrated to all of us that they are the irreconcilables, Indias Permanent Representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin told the UN Security Council. (Photo: ANI)

Silence those guns: India supports Afghanistan in peace talks with...

Despite the international community's efforts, those supporting the terrorists affecting Afghanistan have not been...

9 March 2018 9:15 AM GMT

Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed.

Court allows Hafiz Mohammed Saeed's party registration

The Islamabad High Court ordered Election Commission of Pakistan to register the MML.

8 March 2018 7:46 PM GMT

Muslim-owned businesses and religious sites came under attack from majority Sinhala mobs, forcing the government to enforce curfew. (Photo: AP/ Representational)

Amid state emergency, communal riots, Sri Lankan president replaces

Mr Wickremesinghe's 11-day tenure as the law and order minister was marred by racial tension in the central district of...

8 March 2018 12:50 PM GMT