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The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there to prevent escapes. (Photo: AP)

-'Forced re-education-': Secret documents reveal how China mass...

The papers also show how Beijing is pioneering a new form of social control using data and artificial intelligence.

25 Nov 2019 3:20 PM IST

The 38-year-old worker was hacked to death at around 7:45 pm while he was going to the mosque. (Photo: File | Representational)

8 killed in DR Congo-'s Beni, residents burn town hall

An army spokesman confirmed the latest casualties.

25 Nov 2019 2:49 PM IST

The results of Sundays elections in the semi-autonomous city have sent the Beijing-backed government a clear message of public support for the demands of a protest movement that has gripped the territory for months. (Photo: File)

Hong Kong part of China -'no matter what happens-' in polls: Chinese...

-'Hong Kong is a part of China and a special administrative region of China,-' Wang said.

25 Nov 2019 1:56 PM IST

The poll to choose 452 councillors across 18 districts is the closest voters in Hong Kong get to direct representation -- but turnout is usually unremarkable. (Photo: AP)

After weeks of violence, Hong Kong votes for district elections

Nearly 400,000 new voters have registered, however, which is widely interpreted as a positive sign for the pro-democracy...

24 Nov 2019 4:46 PM IST

In a highly symbolic visit to the Japanese city devastated by the nuclear attack in August 1945, Francis said nuclear weapons were not the answer to a desire for security, peace and stability. (Photo: File)

At Nagasaki, Pope Francis condemns -'unspeakable horror-' of nuclear...

At least 74,000 people died from the atomic bomb unleashed on the city in western Japan.

24 Nov 2019 4:26 PM IST

Malaysias last male Sumatran rhino died in May this year. (Photo: Twitter)

Sumatran rhino now extinct in Malaysia after last one dies of cancer

Only a handful of the creatures remain in the wilds of Indonesia.

24 Nov 2019 4:06 PM IST

Pakistan on Saturday rejected United States notion of Beijing being the sole benefactor of its China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and asserted that its relations with China within the purview of the project will never fray. (Photo: File)

-'It wont be a burden-': Pakistan hits back at US over CPEC

Wells had deemed CPEC a form of financing ensuring guaranteed profits for Chinese state-owned enterprises.

24 Nov 2019 10:05 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)

China wants US trade deal but -'will fight back-' when necessary: Xi...

The world-'s two biggest economies have been locked in a bruising trade conflict for more than a year.

22 Nov 2019 3:20 PM IST

The two Koreas undertook a flurry of diplomacy including three summits last year, during which Moon and Kim agreed to improve ties and restart stalled business initiatives. (Photo: File)

-'Not right time-' says North on South Korea ASEAN summit invite:...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent a letter of invitation to Kim on Nov 5.

21 Nov 2019 3:41 PM IST

Sri Lankas newly-elected President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was on Thursday absolved of all corruption charges linked to the embezzlement of nearly USD 185,000 by a high court which also lifted the overseas travel ban on him and released his impounded passport. (Photo: File)

Lankan court drops corruption charges against Gotabhaya, lifts travel...

Gotabhaya will embark on his first foreign tour with a visit to India on November 29 at the invitation of Prime Minister...

21 Nov 2019 2:36 PM IST

The sewer was very smelly, with many cockroaches, many snakes. Every step was very, very painful, said Bowie, 21, a student at Hong Kong University who was forced to turn back. (Photo: Twitter | Screengrab)

Hong Kong students-' escape through -'smelly-' sewer filled with...

The university on Kowloon peninsula is the last of 5 that protesters had occupied to use as bases from which to disrupt...

21 Nov 2019 2:30 PM IST

Gotabaya Rajapaksa. (Photo: ANI)

Ranil Wickremesinghe quits, Mahinda Rajapaksa PM

Gotabaya Rajapaksa will visit India on November 29, with New Delhi having swiftly extended an invitation to him.

21 Nov 2019 1:39 AM IST