World

Sushma Swaraj takes a veiled dig at Pak, seeks probe into North Korea's nuclear expansion links

Swaraj is currently in New York to represent India at the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session.

Sep 19, 2017

Rohingya crisis: Myanmar does not fear international scrutiny, Aung Suu Kyi says in key speech

Suu Kyi has been slammed by many human rights advocates for maintaining a silence on the plight of the Rohingya community in Myanmar.

Sep 19, 2017

Centre has proof of Rohingyas' link with Pakistan-based terror groups: Report

The Rohingya people are stateless Indo-Aryan people from Rakhine state, Myanmar. There were an estimated one million Rohingya living in Myanmar before the crisis. The majority are Muslim while a minority are Hindu.

Sep 19, 2017

Dragon's infra game: China's Nepal highway, proposed railway via Tibet designed to rile India

The Sino-Nepali railway was part of a deal struck by Nepal deputy Prime Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara when he visited China in early September.

Sep 18, 2017

US could shut its embassy in Cuba over mysterious 'health attacks'

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, during an appearance on CBS, said that the closing of the US embassy in Cuba was "under evaluation."

Sep 18, 2017

Pakistan court sentences Christian man to death for blasphemy in WhatsApp group

A Christian man has been sentenced to death on blasphemy charges by a Pakistani court after a close friend accused him of sharing anti-Islamic material. Read to know more.

Sep 17, 2017

British Airways plane evacuated in France after threat

A British Airways flight from Paris was evacuated at Charles de Gaulle airport on Sunday after passengers were told a "direct threat" had been made towards it. Read to know more.

Sep 17, 2017

Iran claims it has 'Father of all Bombs' after US dropped 'Mother of all Bombs'

Iran's top commander has claimed that their nation has successfully manufactured the 'Father of all Bombs' which is more in weight than the US's MOAB. Read on to know more.

Sep 17, 2017

Philippines' Duterte asks head of human rights agency: "Are you a paedophile?"

Rodrigo Duterte made this allegation against the Commission on Human Rights as he focussed on the killing of teenagers in the government's bloody war on drugs.

Sep 17, 2017

British police arrest 2nd man over London train bomb

A second man has been arrested over Friday's bomb attack on a London underground train that injured 30 people, the police said on Sunday. Read to know more.

Sep 17, 2017

London attack: 18-year-old arrested in connection with Parsons Green train bombing

UK has raised its national threat level to "critical" suggesting another attack could take place.

Sep 16, 2017

Saudi Arabia's 'crackdown on dissent': 30 clerics, intellectuals and activists arrested

Activists across the nation posted lists of people detained by the authorities.

Sep 16, 2017

North Korea remains defiant, says seeking military 'equilibrium' with US

After North fired another missile, the US suggested that its patience for diplomacy with Pyongyang is wearing thin.

Sep 16, 2017

India slams Pakistan's statements on Kashmir, says OIC has no locus standi

Dr Sumit Seth, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of India to UN, advised the OIC to refrain from making such references in the future.

Sep 16, 2017

London Tube explosion: ISIS claims responsibility for attack as UK raises threat level to 'critical'

Prime Minister Theresa May also announced that troops would be deployed in important sites and especially in overcrowded places.

Sep 16, 2017