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Nepal faces mountainous challenge identifying Everest bodies

Nepal faces mountainous challenge identifying Everest bodies

Police and government officials admit they face huge challenge putting names to dead climbers and sending them back to...

9 Jun 2019 9:40 AM IST

Iran sells oil through â€˜secret meansâ€™ to circumvent US sanctions

Iran sells oil through â€˜secret meansâ€™ to circumvent US sanctions

Zanganeh declined to give details on Iranâ€™s oil exports, saying he would not disclose figures until sanctions were...

9 Jun 2019 2:35 AM IST

India, Maldives ink 6 pacts as PM Modi, Prez Solih hold talks

India, Maldives ink 6 pacts as PM Modi, Prez Solih hold talks

PM Modi-'s visit to Maldives is significant as its the only country in South Asia that he did not visit during his first...

8 Jun 2019 4:38 PM IST

Bhutanâ€™s lower house of Parliament votes to decriminalise homosexuality

Bhutanâ€™s lower house of Parliament votes to decriminalise...

The amendment to the penal code passed the 44-member National Assembly with just a single dissenting vote, the local...

8 Jun 2019 2:12 PM IST

Dubai bus accident: 12 Indians among 17 killed; blood, body parts scattered

Dubai bus accident: 12 Indians among 17 killed; blood, body parts...

Johnny, a Dubai resident, had gone to visit his friend in Oman during the Eid break.

8 Jun 2019 1:52 PM IST

$Jinping calls Trump a \friend\, says US isn\t interested in rupturing ties$ World

Jinping calls Trump a -'friend-', says US isn-'t interested in...

Xi said there were strong trade and investment connections between China and the United States.

8 Jun 2019 11:06 AM IST

Death toll climbs to 113 after crackdown on protesters in Sudan

Death toll climbs to 113 after crackdown on protesters in Sudan

The country-'s health ministry, however, maintained that only 61 people had lost their lives in the crackdown.

7 Jun 2019 6:07 PM IST

Pilot who went to pick up Bâ€™desh PM Hasina fails to carry passport, caught

Pilot who went to pick up Bâ€™desh PM Hasina fails to carry passport,...

The airline is now sending another pilot to bring Prime Minister Hasina back to Bangladesh, he added.

7 Jun 2019 3:22 PM IST

$Didn\t meddle, aren\t meddling, will not meddle in any elections: Putin$ World

Didn-'t meddle, aren-'t meddling, will not meddle in any elections:...

Putin and other Russian officials have hotly denied any interference with the US vote to help Donald Trump win...

7 Jun 2019 1:47 PM IST

Eight Indians among 17 killed in Dubai bus accident

Eight Indians among 17 killed in Dubai bus accident

The Indian Consulate expressed condolences to the families of those who passed away in this tragic accident.

7 Jun 2019 11:34 AM IST

â€˜Not here for decorationâ€™: Thai transgender MPs make history in Parliament

â€˜Not here for decorationâ€™: Thai transgender MPs make history in...

Thailandâ€™s transgender community enjoys a high profile, but still faces major hurdles in the conservative...

7 Jun 2019 10:37 AM IST

Indian quenches thirst in Pakistan district

Indian quenches thirst in Pakistan district

The philanthropist said he spent weeks and months researching the plight of people in Tharparkar and a lot of it was...

7 Jun 2019 2:53 AM IST