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Amnesty International issued a report last week accusing leading technology and electric car companies of failing to ensure that minerals used for batteries are not dug up by children. (Photo: AFP/Representational)World
Chinese firm probes supply chains from Congo after Amnesty reports...

Children as young as seven were found scavenging for rocks containing cobalt by researchers in mineral-rich Democratic...

23 Nov 2017 3:22 PM IST

One Facebook page features one of Indias most wanted, Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, another banned organisation and a US declared terrorist group. Yet his group, which has been resurrected under several names, is billed as a charity.World
26/11 attack mastermind Saeed calls his release victory for Pak's...

India accused Pakistan of sponsoring the 26/11 attacks through the LeT, which Saeed founded in the 1990s.

23 Nov 2017 10:28 AM IST

Air Chinas Wings of China has carried a long feature on visiting London. (Photo: AFP)World
Air China suspends flights to North Korea

China sent a special envoy, Song Tao, to the North last week but his four-day trip ended with no direct statement on the...

23 Nov 2017 12:40 AM IST

his is the first high-profile case since the CPCs last months Congress which endorsed a second five-year term for Xi, 64, elevating him as the most powerful leader after the CPC founder Mao Zedong.World
China's internet Czar under scanner for corruption

Violation of party discipline in the CPC parlance meant charges including corruption.

23 Nov 2017 12:26 AM IST

A Pakistani police officer escorts Hafiz Saeed, Chief of Pakistans religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa outside partys headquarters in Lahore. (Photo: AP)World
Hafiz Saeed to walk free, Pak court orders release of 26/11 mastermind

He has been in house arrest in Lahore since January 31 this year under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.

22 Nov 2017 4:13 PM IST

A Pakistani girl who was stripped and forced to parade naked in the village has submitted petition in Peshawar High Court requesting the provision of protection and effective action against suspects.World
Paraded nude, Pakistani girl seeks protection

The girl from Dera Ismail Khan has adopted the stance that she should be provided safety and protection.

22 Nov 2017 6:53 AM IST

Kausar Parveen struggles through tears as she remembers the blood-soaked pants of her 9-year-old son, raped by a religious cleric. (Photo: AP)World
Sexual abuse pervasive in Islamic schools in Pakistan

In a culture where clerics are powerful and sexual abuse is a taboo subject, it is seldom discussed or even acknowledged...

21 Nov 2017 4:21 PM IST

The new missile has a speed of more than Mach 10 and can use decoy devices and chaff to pierce its way through the enemys missile warning.World
China's multi-nuclear missile can hit anywhere

Dongfeng-41 may be inducted into the PLA as early as the first half of '18.

21 Nov 2017 1:30 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind inspecting the guard of honour on his arrival at Raj Bhavan helipad in Itanagar on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)World
China upset as President Ram Nath Kovind visits Arunachal Pradesh

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang says China had never recognised Arunachal Pradesh.

20 Nov 2017 6:02 PM IST

Killing of women relatives in the name of honour is a menace still prevalent in many parts of Pakistan. (Representational Image | AFP)World
19-year-old girl axed to death by stepbrother in Pakistan's Punjab

The incident took place on Sunday at Christian Wala in Sahiwal district, some 230-km from Lahore.

20 Nov 2017 5:00 PM IST

Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, right, speaks during the Asia Europe Foreign Ministers (ASEM) meeting at Myanmar International Convention Centre Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)World
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi blames conflicts on illegal...

Suu Kyi did not directly mention the refugee exodus as she welcomed European and Asian foreign ministers to Naypyitaw,...

20 Nov 2017 4:04 PM IST

German Chancellor and chairwomen of the German Christian Democratic Union Angela Merkel addresses the media on the results of their exploratory talks on a coalition of the German Liberals, the Green Party, the Christian Democrats and the Christian Social Union, in Berlin on Monday. (Photo: AP)World
German Chancellor Merkel's fourth term in doubt as coalition talks...

Merkel said she would stay on as acting chancellor and would consult with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on how to...

20 Nov 2017 3:25 PM IST

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