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Protests are taking place all across Muzaffarabad against this latest move by Islamabad to take away even the most basic right from the Kashmiri people who live under its occupation. (Photo: ANI)

Pak declares 'water war' on people of PoK by diverting waters of...

Pak is depriving people of Muzaffarabad from water lifeline - Neelum river which has changed flow of fresh water to...

12 Aug 2018 10:54 AM GMT

Malaysian activists in the multiethnic and predominantly Muslim country say some 16,000 girls below the age of 15 are already married. (Photo: AP | Representational)

11-yr-old Thai bride returns from Malaysia after outcry over marriage...

Malaysian Muslims below the age of 16 are allowed to wed with the permission of religious courts.

11 Aug 2018 3:31 PM GMT

(Photo: Twitter/AFP)

US launches airstrikes as Taliban attack Afghan city

At least one Afghan soldier has been killed and seven others wounded in the fighting, provincial governor spokesman Arif...

10 Aug 2018 9:25 AM GMT

Wiraphon was convicted of money laundering, fraud and violating the Computer Crime Act for raising funds online, a Bangkok court official said. (Photo: AP)

Disgraced former monk sentenced to 114 years in jail by Thai court

Wiraphon Sukphon had made headlines in 2013 when videos emerged of him sporting designer sunglasses and bag on a private...

9 Aug 2018 1:14 PM GMT

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon (center) speaks to the media before leaving for the border village of Panmunjom to attend South and North Korean meeting, at the Office of the South Korea-North Korea Dialogue in Seoul, in this June 1, 2018, file photo. (Photo: AP)

Rival Koreas to meet, prepare for summit between leaders

The announcement comes amid attempts by Washington and Pyongyang to follow through on nuclear disarmament vows.

9 Aug 2018 10:11 AM GMT

Shaman will face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of coercing a minor into intercourse and may face other charges as well. (Photo : Gidi_Traffic | Twitter)

Witch doctor trapped woman in an Indonesian cave as sex slave for 15...

The reports state Saman provided H certain portions to terminate pregnancies over the years.

9 Aug 2018 8:14 AM GMT

Motorcycles parked on the street toppled over and the walls of some nearby buildings collapsed in the aftershock. (Photo: Twitter/@AFP)

After Sunday's devastating quake, 5.9 magnitude aftershock strikes...

It was the strongest of some 355 aftershocks that have rattled the island since Sunday, the national disaster agency...

9 Aug 2018 8:10 AM GMT

According to reports, the head coach of the Wild Boars soccer team, said, they received their official Thai ID cards along with another team member, who had also applied for citizenship but was not in the cave. (Photo: Facebook / Love Mae Sai)

Stateless boys, coach rescued from Thai cave granted citizenship

Three boys from the football team, were granted Thai citizenship along with their 25-year-old coach on Wednesday.

9 Aug 2018 6:27 AM GMT

A man inspects the ruin of his house destroyed by an earthquake in North Lombok, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Indonesia earthquake: Death toll rises to 164, many still without aid

Officials appealed for medicine, food, clean water with at least 1,400 people seriously injured and 156,000 displaced.

9 Aug 2018 5:52 AM GMT

Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak

Malaysia Ex-PM pleads not guilty to graft

Najib, 65, had pleaded not guilty in July to abuse of power and three counts of criminal breach of trust.

8 Aug 2018 8:03 PM GMT

Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Photo: (Photo: PTI/File)

Dawood's henchman an Indian, not Pakistani; to be extradited: Thai...

Munna Jhingra entered Bangkok on fake Pakistani passport and has been in prison since Sept 2000 for plotting to kill...

8 Aug 2018 2:16 PM GMT

The root of the conflict is the Trump administrations assertion that China has long used predatory tactics in a drive to supplant Americas technological supremacy. (Photo: AP)

First time in 20 yrs, China's imports exceed exports amid trade war...

China has reported a current account deficit of USD 28.3 billion in the first half of this year.

8 Aug 2018 7:16 AM GMT