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Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka on Saturday hours before polling in presidential elections got under way, police said. (AP/ Representational Image)World
Hours before polling, gunmen fire on buses carrying Muslim Lankan...

There were no immediate reports of casualties, but a police official said the attackers had burnt tyres on the road.

16 Nov 2019 8:30 AM IST

Sri Lankan staff workers leave for polling stations in Colombo on Friday. (AP)World
Sri Lanka to elect a new President today

Contest between Gotapaya Rajapaksa and Sajith Premadasa.

16 Nov 2019 1:26 AM IST

A spokeswoman for the US State Department said Trump remained committed to making progress on agreements he reached with Kim Jong Un at a first summit in Singapore in June last year, namely transformed relations, building lasting peace, and complete denuclearisation. (Photo: File)World
North Korea rejects US offer of December talks

North Korea has been seeking a lifting of punishing sanctions, but US has insisted Kim Jong Un must dismantle his...

15 Nov 2019 5:14 PM IST

US voters of Indian-origin and other Asian countries descent have thrown their weight behind Democratic presidential aspirant Joe Biden in the race to the 2020 nominations. (Photo: File)World
North Korea calls Joe Biden -'rabid dog-' who -'must be beaten to...

Pyongyang is renowned for its vitriol, but the verbal deluge was unusually ferocious even by its own standards.

15 Nov 2019 9:10 AM IST

The driver has been arrested. (Photo: Representational)World
Teenager kills one, injures three in Russian college before shooting...

Last October a teenage gunman killed 20 people and injured more than 40 at his college in Moscow-annexed Crimea.

14 Nov 2019 6:39 PM IST

Japanese Emperor Naruhito will be ushered into a dark wooden hall on Thursday night to celebrate his last major accession rite after becoming emperor this spring: spending the night with a goddess. (Photo: AP)World
Row over Japan Emperor-'s last accession rite: -'Spend night-' with...

Though the empress, dressed in robes with a long train, also appears, she does not follow him in.

14 Nov 2019 3:56 PM IST

China on Thursday successfully completed a lander test in northern Hebei province ahead of an unmanned exploration mission to Mars next year. (Photo: AP)World
China completes lander test for first mars mission in 2020

China has developed the powerful Long March 5 rocket to transport the probe to Mars in 2020.

14 Nov 2019 3:42 PM IST

After initial objections, the two main Pakistani opposition parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) had joined several smaller parties in extending support to the Maulana. (Photo: ANI)World
Fazlur Rehman calls off sit-in protest in Islamabad, announces Plan B

He warned the state institutions not to disturb the Azadi march caravans and respect the JUI-F workers in their sit-ins...

14 Nov 2019 3:17 PM IST

Taiwan has been run as a de facto independent nation for the last seven decades but Beijing sees it as part of its territory awaiting reunification, by force if necessary. (Photo: File)World
China holding third Taiwanese man on security grounds: state media

Shih is one of 3 Taiwanese residents that Beijing has confirmed it is holding on national security grounds.

13 Nov 2019 2:00 PM IST

A Hong Kong court has banned people from publishing a wide range of personal details about police officers and their families, including photos, in a bid to halt \doxxing\ by pro-democracy protesters. (Photo: AFP)World
Total breakdown in Hong Kong

Protesters litter streets with bricks and disrupt train service.

13 Nov 2019 1:16 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinpings effigy was burnt on Monday during a protest against Bejing for encroaching upon a chunk of Nepals land. (Photo: ANI)World
Nepal protesters burn Xi Jinping’s effigy in protest against Chinese...

The protestors hit the streets of Saptari, Bardiya, Kapilvastu district on Monday and chanted slogans against China.

12 Nov 2019 11:45 AM IST

At least 15 people were killed and 58 others injured when two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh early Tuesday, police said. (Representational Image)World
15 dead, 58 injured as 2 trains collide in Bangladesh

The circumstances surrounding the accident were under investigation, a railway official told reporters.

12 Nov 2019 10:33 AM IST

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