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Afghanistan officials have denied the allegations of cross border terrorism

Pakistan opens up border gates to allow Afghan nationals to return...

The announcement came after Afghan authorities said they would airlift Afghans stranded in Pakistan if the border...

7 March 2017 2:21 PM IST

President Xi Jinping

China to develop space rockets to launch from planes: report

Beijing aims to send hundreds of satellites into orbit for military, commercial and scientific aims.

7 March 2017 2:16 PM IST

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang (Photo: YouTube)

China refutes US human rights report, calls it unfounded and bias

The US State Department, last week, released an annual report on global human rights last week Friday.

7 March 2017 12:41 PM IST

Dalai Lamas funny side

Dalai Lama says Chinese hardliners have parts of brain missing

The animosity between the two sides, and their rivalry for control over Tibetan Buddhism, is at the heart of debate...

7 March 2017 7:49 AM IST

China said CPEC is an important part of Chinas One-Belt and One-Road (OBOR) also known as new Silk Road project. (Photo: Representational Image)

Chinese media likens PoK with Taiwan; asks India to back CPEC

India has protested over the CPEC project as it passes through PoK.

6 March 2017 8:46 PM IST

A sign shows the way to Everest Base Camp high in the Khumbu Glacier, one day after an earthquake-triggered avalanche swept through parts of the base camp killing scores of people (Photo:AFP)

86-year-old man wants to climb Mount Everest to reclaim title

'I may be old in terms of age but I still have young courage,' he said.

6 March 2017 8:41 PM IST

Aung San Suu Kyis government is desperate to end the decades-long borderland conflicts, but intensifying fighting threatens peace efforts. (Representational Image)

30 dead as intense fighting breaks out in Myanmar-China border town

Artillery and small arms fire continued throughout the day in Laukkai, a main town in the Kokang region of the...

6 March 2017 6:35 PM IST

Human Rights Watch says the tanneries employ workers as young as 11 (Representational Image)

Bangladesh orders shutdown of more than 100 tanneries in Dhaka

Leather and leather goods are the country's second-largest exports after garments and the tanners employ some 30,000...

6 March 2017 5:58 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Photo: AP)

China's economy will open up like never before: Xi Jinping

China has been trying several measures to keep the economy floating and struggling to keep the growth rate steady.

6 March 2017 5:33 PM IST

China said CPEC is an important part of Chinas One-Belt and One-Road (OBOR) also known as new Silk Road project. (Photo: Representational Image)

China invested over USD 50 billion in Silk Road project: official

China wants to improve its connectivity with the rest of the world with a maze of roads and ports to trade its goods and...

6 March 2017 5:32 PM IST

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang (Photo: YouTube)

China urges restraint after North Korea missile launches

The launch comes at a sensitive time as China's political elite gather in Beijing for the country's annual legislative...

6 March 2017 4:12 PM IST

Afghanistans national security adviser Hanif Atmar

Afghanistan's national security adviser says Muslims suffer terrorism...

Atmar noted that Afghanistan had lost 10,500 people to terrorism over the last 14 months.

6 March 2017 3:38 PM IST