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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

Two brothers led a decisive campaign that helped end island nations three decade long civil war against LTTE. (Photo: AP)

Brothers to run Lanka: Prez Rajapaksa names elder brother Mahinda as...

Mahinda, the current main opposition leader, will assume duties soon after incumbent Wickremesinghe steps down formally...

20 Nov 2019 7:38 PM IST

Israel has carried out frequent air and missile strikes against Iranian targets inside Syria since the country descended into civil war in 2011. (Photo: File)

-'Wide-scale-' Israeli strikes kill 11 fighters in Syria: monitor

The Israeli army said they had targeted around a dozen military sites, including warehouses and military command...

20 Nov 2019 4:44 PM IST

Theme songs for papal visits have been composed before. One has been unveiled for Thailand, where Francis will visit before Japan. (Photo: File)

Cutting-edge: Japan welcomes Pope Francis with song composed using AI

Written by Inoue, song, -'Protect all Life - Signs of the Times-', is based on theme of Pope-'s Japan visit and was...

20 Nov 2019 1:41 PM IST

Wednesday marks Abes 2,887th day in office, topping the record previously set by Taro Katsura, a revered politician who served three times between 1901 and 1913. (Photo: File)

Shinzo Abe becomes Japan-'s longest-serving Premier with 2,887 days in...

The 65-year-old is also the second-longest-serving leader of the Group of Seven major economies behind only German...

20 Nov 2019 10:49 AM IST

The three-member bench of the court, headed by Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, directed Musharrafs counsel to submit its written argument by November 26, Dawn reported. (Photo: File)

Pakistan: Court reserves judgment in Musharraf-'s treason case,...

The hearing in the case, however, was stalled after Musharraf left for Dubai for medical treatment in March 2016.

19 Nov 2019 6:47 PM IST

Three Taliban sources in the province also said the hostages had been releasead. (Photo: AP)

Taliban release two Western hostages in Afghanistan

There was no immediate comment from the US embassy in Afghanistan.

19 Nov 2019 5:13 PM IST

Another truck driver was killed on Monday in South Kashmir. Terrorists targeted the truck driver in Bijbehara, Anantnag. (Photo: ANI)

14 Taliban terrorists killed in Afghan airstrike

The statement further said that the slain terrorists have been involved in a series of anti-government activities.

19 Nov 2019 4:33 PM IST

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written a letter to the UN Secretary General and the President of the Security Council to reject Indias decision to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, the Foreign Office said on Monday. (Photo: File)

Pak FM Qureshi-'s 6th letter to top UN officials to reject bifurcation...

At Pakistan-'s request, Qureshi-'s letter has since been circulated to the UN membership as an official document of the...

19 Nov 2019 12:05 PM IST

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