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Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu

Doklam standoff: As Japan sides with India, China rakes up 1962 war yet again

Japan on Thursday, August 17, threw its weight behind India in its standoff with China over the Doklam region. Read to know more.

Aug 18, 2017

Kerala politician Sunitha Prashanth dies after falling from moving car in Sharjah

Sunitha Prashanth, a former councilor of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) in Kasaragod municipality of Kerala, fell from a moving car in Sharjah's Dhaid Road and hit her head on a lamppost.

Aug 17, 2017

Doklam Standoff: Chinese media's racist video mocks India over border conflict

Chinese media organisations have been consistently accusing the Indian government and its military of intruding into Chinese territory.

Aug 17, 2017

Doklam standoff: China blinks, goes from high-pitched rhetoric to sober narrative on India

Read to know how China and its media have softened their stand on the border conflict, and have gone from threatening India to now suggesting more sober solutions to the problem.

Aug 17, 2017

Human rights situation in Iran: Court hangs man for insulting prophet Johan and sentences Woman for killing her rapist.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatens to restart nuclear programme

In a veiled threat to the US, Rouhani said that a reconstituted nuclear programme would be "far more advanced."

Aug 16, 2017

On Independence Day, Sushma Swaraj announces medical visas for Pakistanis

On the occasion of Independence Day, the Ministry of External Affairs announced that India will provide medical visas to all bona fide Pakistan patients. Read to know more.

Aug 16, 2017

China says it will defend interests as US probes theft of intellectual property

China has said it will take action to defend its interests after US President Donald Trump authorised an inquiry into China's alleged theft of intellectual property. Read to know more.

Aug 15, 2017

UK parliament's Big Ben bell to fall silent for 4 years

The "Big Ben" bell in the British parliament's famous clock tower will cease its regular bongs at noon on August 21.

Aug 15, 2017

Hundreds likely dead in Sierra Leone mudslide: vice president

Foh said the scene of the mudslide in the mountain town of Regent had a number of illegal buildings in the area.

Aug 14, 2017

World's oldest man, Holocaust survivor, dies in Israel aged 113

Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal, who last year was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living man, died in Israel on Friday, aged 113, local news media reports said.

Aug 13, 2017

At least 15 killed in bomb blast in Pakistani city of Quetta

A bomb exploded near a crowded market in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, the latest attack to hit the restive southwestern province of Baluchistan.

Aug 13, 2017

At least 42 killed, 133 injured in Egypt train crash

Two trains collided in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria on Friday killing 42 people and injuring 133 others, the health ministry said.

Aug 12, 2017

Govt. plans to deport around 40,000 Rohingya living in India illegally [VIDEO]

India is in talks with Bangladesh and Myanmar about its plan to deport around 40,000 Rohingya Muslims it says are living in the country illegally.

Aug 12, 2017

ISIS capable of motivating attacks in Europe, Al-Qaeda still strong: UN report

The Islamic State group can still send funds to its supporters and motivate attacks in Europe and other countries despite military pressure and lack of revenue, UN experts said in a report.

Aug 11, 2017