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Bullet train is expected to run about 300 km per hour on the dedicated track.

Japan bullet train staff made to sit by tracks to test safety

About 190 staff working on safety maintenance for Japan's famed shinkansen bullet train have undergone the training.

28 Aug 2018 5:05 AM GMT

This abduction could be an expression of Islamabads frustration with this emerging arrangement. But New Delhi must remain steadfast in standing by the people of Afghanistan. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed in strike: Government

Ten other members of the militant group were also killed in a joint ground and air operation by Afghan and foreign...

26 Aug 2018 12:55 PM GMT

A firefighter keeps watch as the Holy Fire burns in the Cleveland National Forest along a hillside at Temescal Valley in Corona, California. (Photo: AP)

18 killed as fire breaks out at hotel in China's Harbin: reports

The blaze broke out during the night at the hotel in Harbin, capital of the northeastern Heilongjiang province.

25 Aug 2018 8:20 AM GMT

Monk Suphachai Suthiyano, 64, flew into a rage during a prayer session last weekend when the young disciple disrupted the ceremony with his playful behaviour.(Representional Image)

9-year-old boy dies after assault by Buddhist monk

The monk allegedly assaulted Wattanapol Sisawad with a bamboo stick at the temple in Kanchanaburi

24 Aug 2018 10:28 PM GMT

Landing International Development said in a filing to the Hong Kong exchange on Thursday that chairman Yang Zhihui could not be found.(Representional Image)

Casino tycoon missing' as stocks plunge

China's anti-corruption agency announced in April that Huarong chairman, Lai Xiaomin, was under investigation for...

24 Aug 2018 10:27 PM GMT

For the first time, the militaries of India and Pakistan are taking part in a mega anti-terror drill of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Russia.(Representational Image)

Ind0-Pak forces in anti-terror drill at Russia

The joint exercise is being conducted by the Central Military Commission of Russia from August 22 to August 29 at...

23 Aug 2018 9:17 PM GMT

First Lieutenant Misa Matsushima of the Japan Air Self Defence Force poses in an F-15J air superiority fighter at Nyutabaru airbase in Japan on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

Japan gets first woman fighter

Misa Matsushima, 26, finished her training on Wedn-esday to fly F-15s

23 Aug 2018 9:08 PM GMT

It added that signing a declaration to end the 1950-53 Korean War would be the first step towards achieving regional and global peace and security. (Photo: ANI)

North Korea urges US to sign end-of-war declaration

North Korea's media also urged US to lift the sanctions on Pyongyang, adding that improvement of ties and sanctions...

23 Aug 2018 9:39 AM GMT

Inmates said they were informed by patients there that policemen have brought Phoolwati but she was declared brought dead by doctors. (Representational image)

Shanghai man who killed his wife, hid her body in freezer gets death...

In the three months after killing his wife, Zhu Xiaodong used her money to fund travel as well as hotel trysts with...

23 Aug 2018 8:02 AM GMT

The Vijayawada city police did well in controlling crime and maintaining law and order over the past one year despite the many constraints it worked under.

Anaesthetist in Hong Kong killed his wife, daughter with gas-filled...

Prosecutors told the High Court that Khaw Kim-sun left the inflatable ball in the boot of a car where the gas leaked out...

23 Aug 2018 7:16 AM GMT

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called for attacks in the West in the Telegram message on Eid al-Adha, which comes as ISIS has lost most of its territory in Iraq and Syria. (Photo: AFP)

Jihadists prepared 'horrors' for US, Russia: ISIS chief Baghdadi in...

It is the first purported recording of the ISIS leader to be released since September last year.

23 Aug 2018 5:49 AM GMT

Since taking power 18 years ago, Putin has stamped his total authority on the country, silencing opposition and reasserting Moscows lost might abroad. (Photo: AP)

US sanctions against Russia counterproductive, senseless': Putin

Putin added that he hoped Washington would eventually realise 'this policy has no future'.

23 Aug 2018 5:37 AM GMT