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Most of those staying in the camps here have lost everything in Myanmar, which has been decimating Rohingyas over several years.

Rohingyas can return when real citizens' accept: Myanmar Army Chief

The general's comments came a day after he met with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

16 Nov 2017 6:23 PM IST

Political tensions are up as politicians have begun jockeying for position ahead of presidential elections expected in 2019. (Photo: AP)

IS suicide bombing kills 9, injures scores in Kabul

The explosion was the latest in a wave of violence that has killed and wounded thousands of civilians in Afghanistan in...

16 Nov 2017 6:12 PM IST

By law they cannot call their place of worship mosques or distribute religious literature, recite the Koran or use traditional Islamic greetings, measures that they say criminalise their daily lives. (Photo: AP/Representational)

With Pak elections inching closer Ahmadis fear further persecution

The Ahmadi sect has 10-20 million followers worldwide who face discrimination in a number of Muslim-majority nations.

16 Nov 2017 5:48 PM IST

The figure is well beyond the estimated 60,000 people who have died in the militancy-wracked countrys years-long battle against extremism. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan's torpor even as smog claims more lives than militancy

As the smog peaked in recent weeks, roughly 1,000 new patients were treated each day for respiratory issues.

16 Nov 2017 3:28 PM IST

A massive quantity of water rises like a wave at the Srisailam dam on Sunday (Photo: DC)

Pak drops PoK dam project in CPEC in lieu of China's strict conditions

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative.

16 Nov 2017 2:50 PM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi skipped the UN General Assembly in New York and will deliver televised address. (Photo: AP)

Aung San Suu Kyi says she was being accurate' not silent on Rohingya...

What I say is not meant to be exciting, it's meant to be accurate... not set people against each other,' she said.

15 Nov 2017 7:54 PM IST

The study further said that the attacks rose by 71 percent since 2013, which includes 225 rapes. (Photo: Pixabay)

China's leading travel agency entangled in child abuse scandal

About 100 children, all aged below three, attended the daycare centre in the past three months, Ctrip said.

15 Nov 2017 6:41 PM IST

President Xi Jinping was formally reappointed head of the Communist Party Wednesday, commanding a new ruling council whose role will likely be eclipsed after he established himself as Chinas most powerful leader in decades. (Photo: AP)

Corruption could lead to a Soviet-like collapse for China: Top graft...

China has plans for a national supervision law and a new commission in 2018 to oversee the expansion of Xi's graft...

15 Nov 2017 6:16 PM IST

Facebook has teamed up with the offices of chief electoral officers of the states to encourage people to participate in the upcoming state elections. (Photo: MEA website)

Bangladeshi Hindu man's Facebook post sparks' riots, gets arrested

His Facebook post led to an arson attack on over 30 homes of the minority community in Bangladesh.

15 Nov 2017 4:47 PM IST

The Sharif family at a wedding in Pakistan (File photos).

Sharif's Paper Mills case: Pakistan SC to form new bench

The bench was disbanded after Justice Asif Saeed Khosa recused himself from hearing the matter.

14 Nov 2017 6:39 AM IST

Nabi knows almost no one in Bagladesh and his parents back in Myanmar dont know that he is alive.

Teen floats across river to flee violence

The 13-year-old Rohingya boy could not swim, and had never even seen the sea before fleeing his village in Myanmar.

14 Nov 2017 6:24 AM IST

Pervez Musharraf

Pervez Musharraf alliance breaks apart before its formation

Several parties have dissociated themselves from the proposed Awami Ittehad alliance only a day after the announcement...

13 Nov 2017 12:53 AM IST