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About 40 per cent of the total Rohingya population living in the Rakhine State of Myanmar have now fled to Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh scuttles boats, jails captains to curb Rohingya influx

The boatmen were also caught in possession of about 100,000 'yaba' pills, an illegal stimulant popular in Bangladesh.

5 Oct 2017 4:03 PM IST

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a national address regarding the Rohingya crisis in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

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Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Oxford honour over Rohingya criticism

The city council will hold a special meeting to confirm that the honour is removed on November 27.

4 Oct 2017 4:55 PM IST

$Model Shwe Eain Si accused the Rohingya militants of leading a \media campaign\ to trick the world into thinking \they are the oppressed\. (Photo: Instagram)$ World

Myanmar beauty queen dethroned 'after posting Rohingya video'

Myanmar have staunchly defended the security operation as legitimate crackdown on Rohingya militants who attacked police...

4 Oct 2017 12:23 PM IST

Pakistans former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

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Ousted Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif re-elected as head of ruling PML-N...

Sharif's election has temporarily healed the rifts within the party which appeared on the verge of defections after his...

3 Oct 2017 1:51 PM IST

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif. (Photo: AFP)

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Pak minister Khawaja Asif terms Modi terrorist', RSS 'terrorist group'

India is being 'ruled by a terrorist party - the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh),' Asif said.

3 Oct 2017 11:08 AM IST

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Myanmar 'makes proposal' to take back verified Rohingya refugees

Myanmar's de facto civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi said in a speech last month that Myanmar would take back 'verified'...

2 Oct 2017 2:34 PM IST

The cross-border fibre optic cable will address multiple challenges faced by China and Pakistan. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

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Pak, China plan cross-border cable network to avoid surveillance by...

The new network would provide landlocked central Asian states a new, shorter and more cost-effective route for...

1 Oct 2017 8:56 PM IST

China on Sunday opened a 409-kilometre-long expressway linking Tibets provincial capital Lhasa with Nyingchi. In picture: Buldozers work on a future highway in Nyingchi. (Credit: AFP)

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China opens new highway in Tibet close to Arunachal border

The toll-free expressway has linked the two major cities that are also tourist attractions in Tibet.

1 Oct 2017 6:52 PM IST

Seven Pakistani terrorists were killed late on Friday after an operation was carried out by the Afghan Special Forces in Bila area of Lalpur district. (Representional Image | AFP)

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Kabul: 22 Pak, ISIS terrorists killed in joint military op by Afghan,...

7 Pak and 15 ISIS terrorists were killed in a joint operation carried out by the Afghan the US forces.

1 Oct 2017 12:21 PM IST

Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief and Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. (Photo: AP | File)

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Hafiz Saeed sues Pak foreign minister for Rs 100mn for 'darling of US'...

Calling LeT, led by Saeed, a liability, Khawaja Asif had had said Pak doesn't have the required 'assets' to get rid of...

1 Oct 2017 8:52 AM IST

Tillerson worked with Russias government for years as a top executive at Exxon Mobil Corp, and has questioned the wisdom of sanctions against Russia that he said could harm US businesses. (Photo: AP)

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US in contact with North Korea, probing willingness to talk: Tillerson

Asked whether China was acting as a go-between for the contacts, Tillerson said: 'Our own channels'.

30 Sept 2017 6:35 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping had a meeting on September 5 to discuss how to enhance the relationship. (Photo: Twitter | @PMOIndia)

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Chinese envoy says India, China should start new chapter, make 1 plus...

The Chinese envoy was speaking on the 68th anniversary of founding of the People's Republic of China.

30 Sept 2017 1:32 PM IST