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Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters dramatically escaped a two-day police siege at a university campus late Monday by shimmying down ropes from a bridge to waiting motorbikes, after Beijing again warned it could intervene to end the crisis engulfing the city. (Photo: AFP)

Watch: In daring escape, Hong Kong protesters shimmy down rope to...

The university siege has become a battle of wills between Hong Kong-'s stretched police force and the constantly...

19 Nov 2019 10:47 AM IST

The protest was organised by Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), a nationalist political party in the Sindh province of Pakistan, demanding a separate country called Sindhudesh. (Photo: ani)

Sindhis in Pakistan hold freedom march demanding separate homeland

The protesters on motorbikes, cars and other vehicles waived red flags of -'Sindhudesh-'.

18 Nov 2019 2:18 PM IST

Human rights groups and outside experts say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been rounded up in a network of internment camps across the far-western region. (Photo: AFP)

Leaked govt files show how China organised mass detention of Uighurs,...

Beijing denies any mistreatment of the Uighurs or others in Xinjiang.

18 Nov 2019 12:18 PM IST

Sri Lankas controversial wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa will take oath as the seventh executive president of Sri Lanka on Monday at the Ruwanweli Seya precincts in the ancient north central town of Anuradhapura. (Photo: File)

Gotabaya Rajapaksa to take oath as Sri Lankan President on Monday

Rajapaksa, 70, defeated Sajith Premadasa, 52, by more than 13 lakh votes, the election commission announced on Sunday.

18 Nov 2019 11:02 AM IST

Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

Azadi March: JUI-F protesters block highways across Pak for fourth...

The protests, led by JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman, had begun with an anti-government Azadi March on October 27 from...

17 Nov 2019 5:23 PM IST

Nawaz was rushed to the hospital from Kot Lakhpat jail last month after his personal physician Dr Adnan raised an alarm over his deteriorating health. (Photo: File)

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif likely to leave for London on Tuesday

Doctors are struggling to bring his platelet count -- that had dropped to dangerous levels -- back to normal.

17 Nov 2019 2:51 PM IST

Human rights groups and outside experts say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been rounded up in a network of internment camps across the far-western region. (Photo: AFP)

Leaked China documents reveal -'no mercy-' in Xinjiang: NYT

The documents include previously unpublished speeches by Xi as well as directives on the surveillance and control of the...

17 Nov 2019 12:58 PM IST

China on Saturday deployed its troops in Hong Kong for the first time since the unprecedented pro-democracy protests began in the former British colony more than five months ago over a proposed extradition law, with soldiers in plain clothes clearing the roadblocks. (Photo: AFP)

China army in Hong Kong for first time since pro-democracy protests...

It was also the first time in over a year that the PLA local garrison has been involved in the public community work.

17 Nov 2019 10:48 AM IST

Gotabaya Rajapaksa. (Photo: ANI)

Gotabaya Rajapaksa claims victory in Sri Lanka presidential election

The election is the first popularity test of the UNP-led govt since the April 21 suicide bomb attacks that killed at...

17 Nov 2019 10:19 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: File)

Lahore HC continues hearing in Nawaz Sharif-'s ECL case today

The high court had yesterday declared the petition as maintainable after hearing the arguments of PML-N-'s legal team...

16 Nov 2019 2:51 PM IST

The A320neo plane had taken off around 1.20 am with more than 160 passengers. (Photo: Representational)

Pak air traffic controller saves Jaipur-Muscat flight after pilot...

Sources in the aviation authority said that the plane encountered abnormal weather conditions near the Chor area of...

16 Nov 2019 2:18 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he holds no grudge against Nawaz Sharif and that the ailing former premiers health is more important than politics. (Photo: File)

-'No grudge-' against former PM Nawaz Sharif: Imran Khan

Khan, however, regretted that the Sharif family was -'playing politics-' on the 69-year-old politician-'s health.

16 Nov 2019 11:13 AM IST