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Huaneng Beijing Thermal Power Plant (Photo: AP)

Beijing shuts last coal power plant in switch to natural gas

The shuttering of the Huaneng Beijing Thermal Power Plant comes on the heels of China's annual legislative sessions

19 March 2017 3:36 PM IST

Myanmars de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (Photo: AFP)

Bridge name makes troubled waters for Myanmar's Suu Kyi

Lawmakers from Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party have proposed calling it the Bogyoke Aung San bridge.

19 March 2017 1:44 PM IST

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Chinese President Xi Jinping

Rex Tillerson lauds China-US contacts in meeting with leader Xi...

Tillerson said Trump places a -"very high value-" on communications with the Chinese president.

19 March 2017 11:49 AM IST

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned that US investments in China would bear the brunt of any trade war. (Photo: AP)

US, China to cooperate on North Korea

The language from Mr Tillerson and his Chinese counterpart after talks in Beijing was notably conciliatory.

19 March 2017 1:11 AM IST

The threat came in a half-hour video released Monday by a division of the Islamic State in western Iraq and featuring militants from Chinas Uighur ethnic group. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Islamic State claims Bangladesh bombing, police kill militant

The Bangladeshi government has repeatedly denied the presence of IS in the country, blaming attacks on local extremists.

18 March 2017 8:33 PM IST

Indian clerics Syed Asif Nizami and Nazim Nizami (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

2 Indian Sufi clerics in Pakistan's custody to return to India on...

Pakistan's intelligence agency had taken them into custody over their alleged links with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.

18 March 2017 8:28 PM IST

Gun violence, which kills about 33,000 people per year in the United States, is a public health issue. (Photo: Pixabay)

Man carrying explosives killed at checkpoint in Bangladesh

Rapid Action Battalion said the security officers opened fire as the man tried to penetrate the checkpoint.

18 March 2017 3:32 PM IST

Indian clerics Syed Asif Nizami and Nazim Nizami (Photo: ANI)

2 missing Indian clerics in custody of Pakistan's intel agency

Sources said both clerics have been detained for their alleged links with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).

18 March 2017 2:36 PM IST

Another member of the Sikh community, Harmeet Singh, said the origin of Sikhism is in Pakistan as Guru Nanak was born here in Punjab. (Photo: AFP/ Representational)

Pakistan: Sikhs plan protest over omission of their religion from...

It is a conspiracy to create a rift between the Sikh community and Pak govt, said K-P's Pakistan Minorities' Alliance...

18 March 2017 2:17 PM IST

Tillerson said he would require more information on how the government would approach constructing a registry of Muslims before he would consider lending his support to creating one. (Photo: AP)

Tension as Rex Tillerson brings tough North Korea stance to China

Years of diplomacy, however, have failed to deter Pyongyang, and Washington has rebuffed the Chinese proposal.

18 March 2017 12:40 PM IST

Asif Nizami and Nazim Nizami, the Sufi clerics who have gone missing. (Photo: File)

Seriously pursuing case of missing Indian clerics: Pakistan

Exchanges between clerics of the Nizamuddin Dargah and the Daata Darbar are part of a regular tradition.

18 March 2017 12:10 PM IST

Previously, female members of ISIS were confined to support roles and kept away from the battlefield but the policy appears to have been reversed as US-led military pressure on its main strongholds in Iraq, Syria and Libya intensified and substantial territory began to be lost, The Guardian reported. (Representational Image)

Pak police probe girl's disappearance amid concerns she joined ISIS

The girl, an MBBS student in the Hyderabad medical university, was last seen boarding passenger coach for Lahore and...

18 March 2017 11:14 AM IST