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Bangladesh has a tiny Christian population but they turned out in large numbers for Fridays service, many having queued for hours to get into the park. (Photo: AP)

Despite abstaining in Myanmar, Pope uses sensitive name Rohingya' in...

Pope Francis is known for championing the rights of refugees and has repeatedly expressed his support for the Rohingya.

2 Dec 2017 3:31 PM IST

Imaan Mazari, daughter of PTI leader Shireen Mazari, had uploaded a video to her Twitter account, criticising the role of the army in the Faizabad sit-in and the aftermath of a botched operation by the government.

Imaan Hazir Mazari Twitter a/c missing' after anti-army clip goes...

Shireen Mazari distanced herself from daughter Imaan Hazir Mazari's anti-army video.

2 Dec 2017 3:20 AM IST

Pope Francis is carried on a traditional Bangladesh rickshaw as he arrives at an interfaith and ecumenical meeting for peace in the garden of the archbishops residence, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Pope Francis says R' word, apologises for indifference of the world'

Myanmar does not recognize Rohingya as an ethnic group and calls them Bengalis.

2 Dec 2017 3:15 AM IST

Pakistani security personnel take position outside an Agriculture Training Institute after an attack by Taliban militants in Peshawar on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

12 killed in Pakistan varsity attack

Forces kill five burqa-clad terrorists.

2 Dec 2017 2:56 AM IST

Francis arrived in Dhaka on Thursday from Myanmar, where he walked a diplomatic tightrope, publicly avoiding allegations that the army is waging an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya. (Photo: AP)

Ahead of his Rohingya meeting, Pope Francis leads huge mass in Dhaka

Francis praised Bangladesh for giving refuge to the Rohingya who have flooded in since a military crackdown in Rakhine...

1 Dec 2017 5:00 PM IST

The militants attacked the student hostel of the Directorate of Agriculture Extension on the University Road. (AFP/ Representational)

9 killed, 35 hurt as Pak Taliban militants disguised in burqa attack...

Pakistani Taliban, who are fighting to topple the government and install a strict interpretation of Islamic law, claimed...

1 Dec 2017 12:11 PM IST

The Paper, a Chinese news website, noted that Yao was considered the kingpin of a gang of 225 grave-robbing suspects rounded up by authorities in 2015. (Photo: AFP/ Representative)

China's master' tomb raider gets death penalty for robbing historical...

Yao Yuzhong made a 30-year career out of robbing historical burial sites.

30 Nov 2017 6:39 PM IST

President Abudul Hamid received the Pope at Dhakas Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. (Photo: AFP)

Rohingya crisis: Pope Francis arrives in Bangladesh

It the second leg of the Pope's tour to the region amid heightened Rohingya crisis.

30 Nov 2017 3:57 PM IST

Pervez Musharraf

I favour action in Kashmir: Pervez Musharraf

Mr Musharraf's comments came days after Saeed walked free after the Pakistan government decided not to detain him...

30 Nov 2017 1:14 AM IST

Pope Francis is on a four-day trip in mainly Buddhist Myanmar, where he has refrained from directly weighing-in on the Rohingya crisis, instead choosing the deliberate language of tolerance and forgiveness. (Photo: AFP)

Avoid prejudice, hatred: Pope urges Buddhist clergy without mentioning...

The pontiff has avoided direct discussion of the crisis to avoid setting off Buddhist hardliners.

29 Nov 2017 6:45 PM IST

Chinese General facing graft charges ends life

A top Chinese General has committed suicide by hanging himself after authorities started a probe against him.

29 Nov 2017 3:57 AM IST

Pope Francis shakes hands with Myanmars leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Pope Francis avoids mention of Rohingyas in Myanmar

Meets Suu Kyi; tiptoes around humanitarian crisis.

29 Nov 2017 3:54 AM IST