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Sony Android Pie update: These 6 Xperia XZ series phones will get Google software treat

Google's latest mobile OS Android Pie is expected to be released to three variants of Xperia XZ1 and XZ2 series totally six devices later this year. Read to know the key features of Android Pie.

Aug 13, 2018

England-India Test series is Men against Boys, says Nasser Hussain

Hussain urged India to dig deep and fight back but warned the visitors that England will be as ruthless as they have been in the third Test, starting August 18 in Nottingham.

Aug 13, 2018

War on drugs or a populist ploy? Bangladesh defends anti-narcotics campaign as death toll rises

Critics say the crackdown reflects Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina increasingly authoritarian rule ahead of a general election, due by December.

Aug 13, 2018

North, South Korea to decide date for 3rd summit as Pyongyang asks US to ease sanctions

The Moon-Kim summit in April was historical as it broke a long spell of hostility between the two sides after the last summit in 2007 in Pyongyang.

Aug 13, 2018

Saudi Arabian PIF 'reluctant' for Tesla buyout proposal

While Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk is said to have made an offer of $72 million, there are still no takers to make the company private.

Aug 12, 2018

Israel passes new Jewish nation-state law; Arab minorities protest

PM Benjamin Netanyahu has defended the law, which says only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country.

Aug 12, 2018

As India stare at a defeat, Hardik Pandya defends bowling lineup

India were dismissed for 107 and the hosts are now firmly on the driver's seat with an emphatic 357 for 6 at the end of day 3.

Aug 12, 2018

Lord's test: It was a sweet day 3, says Chris Woakes after stellar performance

Woakes picked up wickets, got rid of Virat Kohli, and then walked out to peel off a century.

Aug 12, 2018

VS Naipaul (1932-2018): A memorable, unsparing writer of contradictions

Celebrated author and novelist, whose books generated equal amounts of criticism and admiration, died on Aug 11.

Aug 12, 2018

US seeks release of jailed American pastor Andrew Brunson from Turkey

The American pastor was jailed due to suspected connections with PKK Kurdish guerrilla organization and to cleric Fethullah Gulen.

Aug 12, 2018

Guatemala: Prosecutors seek to remove President Morales' immunity over illicit campaign financing

Attorney General Consuelo Porras said the request to strip President Jimmy Morales of his immunity came after new evidence had surfaced.

Aug 12, 2018

Amid dearer oil prices, India's forex reserves fall to 7-month low

After hitting an all-time high of $426.08 billion in the week ended April 13, the Indian forex reserves have fallen gradually since the last four months.

Aug 11, 2018

Ebola fear grips Congo as 4 new cases emerge; medics prepare experimental treatment

Health officers will use an experimental treatment which was developed in the U.S. The virus at the moment, has not touched so-called 'red zones' where security risks would severely limit access for health workers.

Aug 11, 2018

China may be holding a million Uighurs in 'reeducation' camps, what happens at these centres?

The UN human rights panel said on August 10, that it had received credible information on how Beijing is holding about one million ethnic Uighurs in what is infamously known as China's "reeducation camps." The UN also explained that China believed that Muslims were "enemies of the state."

Aug 11, 2018

Embattled business tycoon Vijay Mallya's London mansion has a golden toilet: Report

If you think the King of 'Good Times', who is struggling to pay back his bank loans, is having a tough life in London, you are mistaken.

Aug 11, 2018