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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

The protest was organised by Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), a nationalist political party in the Sindh province of Pakistan, demanding a separate country called Sindhudesh. (Photo: ani)

Sindhis in Pakistan hold freedom march demanding separate homeland

The protesters on motorbikes, cars and other vehicles waived red flags of -'Sindhudesh-'.

18 Nov 2019 2:18 PM IST

Human rights groups and outside experts say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been rounded up in a network of internment camps across the far-western region. (Photo: AFP)

Leaked govt files show how China organised mass detention of Uighurs,...

Beijing denies any mistreatment of the Uighurs or others in Xinjiang.

18 Nov 2019 12:18 PM IST

Sri Lankas controversial wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa will take oath as the seventh executive president of Sri Lanka on Monday at the Ruwanweli Seya precincts in the ancient north central town of Anuradhapura. (Photo: File)

Gotabaya Rajapaksa to take oath as Sri Lankan President on Monday

Rajapaksa, 70, defeated Sajith Premadasa, 52, by more than 13 lakh votes, the election commission announced on Sunday.

18 Nov 2019 11:02 AM IST

Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

Azadi March: JUI-F protesters block highways across Pak for fourth...

The protests, led by JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman, had begun with an anti-government Azadi March on October 27 from...

17 Nov 2019 5:23 PM IST

Pakistan was placed on the Grey List by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in June last year and was given a plan of action to complete it by October 2019 or face the risk of being placed on the Black List. (Photo: ANI Representational )

FATF: EU offers technical assistance to Pakistan

The EU recognised the challenges faced by Pakistan in handling the most protracted refugee situation.

17 Nov 2019 3:05 PM IST

Nawaz was rushed to the hospital from Kot Lakhpat jail last month after his personal physician Dr Adnan raised an alarm over his deteriorating health. (Photo: File)

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif likely to leave for London on Tuesday

Doctors are struggling to bring his platelet count -- that had dropped to dangerous levels -- back to normal.

17 Nov 2019 2:51 PM IST

Human rights groups and outside experts say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been rounded up in a network of internment camps across the far-western region. (Photo: AFP)

Leaked China documents reveal -'no mercy-' in Xinjiang: NYT

The documents include previously unpublished speeches by Xi as well as directives on the surveillance and control of the...

17 Nov 2019 12:58 PM IST

China on Saturday deployed its troops in Hong Kong for the first time since the unprecedented pro-democracy protests began in the former British colony more than five months ago over a proposed extradition law, with soldiers in plain clothes clearing the roadblocks. (Photo: AFP)

China army in Hong Kong for first time since pro-democracy protests...

It was also the first time in over a year that the PLA local garrison has been involved in the public community work.

17 Nov 2019 10:48 AM IST