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Pakistans Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar (Photo: AP)

Pakistan hikes defence budget by 7 per cent amid tensed ties with...

Tensions have run high between India and Pakistan over a host of issues, including the status of Kashmir.

27 May 2017 9:54 AM IST

Nima Tenji Sherpa, a mountain guide, told the BBC it could be life-threatening particularly when climbers have used up what they are carrying and they are still not on the summit yet.

Everest climbers worried about oxygen bottle theft

Climbers and Sherpas on Mount Everest are concerned about the increasing theft of oxygen bottles from high camps.

27 May 2017 1:14 AM IST

ri Lankans watch military rescue efforts at the site of a landslide in Bellana village in Kalutara district, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: 91 killed, 110 missing in rain-triggered mudslides, floods

About 20,000 people were also driven out of their homes in the south and western parts of the country.

26 May 2017 7:38 PM IST

Four more students, including two girls from the state, scaled Mount Everest on Monday.

Everest rescuers retrieve bodies of 2 Indian climbers

The retrieval of corpses from such a high altitude is a controversial topic within the climbing community.

26 May 2017 4:26 PM IST

Mudslides are common during the monsoon season in the Indian Ocean tropical island. (Photo: AP)

At least 91 killed in rain-triggered mudslides, floods in Sri Lanka

Nearly 8,000 people were driven out of their homes in the southwestern region of Kalutara, one of the worst affected,...

26 May 2017 1:03 PM IST

Major Leetul Gogoi. (Photo: YouTube

Pakistan condemns honouring of Indian Army officer Gogoi

Referring to Kulbhushan Jadhav's case, Foreign Office spokesman Zakaria accused India of perpetrating and financing...

26 May 2017 10:04 AM IST

According to the Gannavaram airport director G. Madhusudan Rao, a Spicejet flight was about to land at the time but considering the situation, they cleared the landing request for the Trujet plane. (Representational image)

Afghanistan plane forced to fly back after angry MPs miss flight

Five people, including airport security officials, have been arrested over the â€œillegal diversionâ€, the interior...

25 May 2017 7:43 PM IST

Devadoss and other fishermens representatives expressed the hope that the government would further enhance the ceiling for subsidised diesel to mechanised boats to the level of 30,000 litres per boat, per year. (Representational image)

Pak court convicts 350 Indian fishermen, to be repatriated after they...

When the magistrate read out the charges against them, all the fishermen pleaded guilty of fishing inside Pakistani...

25 May 2017 2:13 PM IST

The US Navys Carl Vinson strike group has been deployed to the Korean Peninsula in a show of force against growing threats from the North (Photo: AFP)

China says US warship entered its waters 'without permission'

The USS Dewey sailed less than 12 nautical miles from Mischief Reef -- part of the Spratly Islands -- on Thursday...

25 May 2017 2:03 PM IST

The remarks came days after Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif claimed that Indian army suffered at least 40 causalities in the recent border clashes. (Photo: Representational Image)

UN observer group came under attack by Indian Army at LoC, claims...

On May 17, Pakistan Army had lodged a protest with the UN military observers against 'unprovoked' Indian firing on...

25 May 2017 8:46 AM IST

Mothers seek ally for gay children

Chinese police â€œswiftly removedâ€ the mothers demonstrating and carrying rainbow umbrellas as well as placards.

25 May 2017 7:04 AM IST

Two Chinese nationals abducted in Pakistan

Two Chinese nationals abducted in Pakistan

Police have launched a search operation in light of witnesses' statements.

25 May 2017 6:58 AM IST