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

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

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