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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea, as taken sometime between Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea fires ballistic missiles capping record year of tests

North Korea-'s end-of-year plenary meetings are typically used by the regime to unveil its domestic, foreign policy for...

31 Dec 2022 8:25 AM IST

Nepalese police escort Charles Sobhraj, in brown cap, to the immigration office, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj has been released from prison in Nepal after serving most of his sentence. Sobhraj was driven out of Central Jail in Kathmandu to the Department of Immigration under heavy guard Friday after the Supreme Court ordered him to be released because of poor health and good behavior. (Photo: AP)

Serial killer Charles Sobhraj deported to France after being released...

KHATMANDU: Charles Sobhraj, the notorious French serial killer of Indian and Vietnamese parentage, was deported to...

23 Dec 2022 6:54 PM IST

In this file photo taken on April 22, 2007, Iranian police officers stop a car during a crackdown to enforce the Islamic dress code in the north of the capital Tehran. - Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the countrys strict female dress code, local media said Sunday.

Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police

TEHRAN: Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa...

4 Dec 2022 6:17 PM IST

People walking across a street in Haizhu district, Guangzhou city, in Chinas southern Guangdong province, following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the city. (AFP)

China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protests

Anger over China-'s zero-Covid policy has sparked protests in major cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou

1 Dec 2022 11:40 AM IST

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Islamic State group announces death of leader

BEIRUT: The Islamic State jihadist group said Wednesday that its leader Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been killed...

30 Nov 2022 9:53 PM IST

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin gestures during the opening session of the 18th Communist Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Jiang has died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, at age 96. (AP File photo)

Former President Jiang Zemin, who guided China-'s rise, dies

Former President Jiang Zemin, who guided China's rise, dies By Joe McDonald Beijing, Nov 30 (AP) Forme President...

30 Nov 2022 8:39 PM IST

China has warned US officials not to interfere in its relationship with India, according to a Pentagon report (PTI file photo)

China warned US officials not to interfere in its relationship with...

China has previously criticised the US for commenting on its border dispute with India

30 Nov 2022 11:58 AM IST

Chinese police officers block off access to a site where protesters had gathered in Shanghai on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Protests against Chinas strict zero-COVID policies resurfaced in Shanghai and Beijing on Sunday afternoon, continuing a round of demonstrations that have spread across the country since a deadly apartment fire in the northwestern city of Urumqi led to questions over such rigid anti-virus measures. (AP Photo)

Protests against Covid lockdowns intensify, protestors shout anti-Xi...

Beijing: China's rare public protests opposing stringent COVID lockdowns turned political on Sunday with protestors...

27 Nov 2022 7:06 PM IST

This photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter posing with soldiers who were involved in the the recent launch of what it says a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in North Korea. (Korea News Service via AP)

Kim vows North Korea to have world-'s most powerful nuclear force

Kim exhorted the scientists and workers to -'expand and bolster up the nuclear war deterrent of the country at an...

27 Nov 2022 1:13 PM IST

Nepali Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba appointed as Prime Minister. (AFP Photo)

Ruling alliance heading towards majority in Nepal election

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's Nepali Congress-led ruling coalition was on Friday heading towards...

25 Nov 2022 12:31 PM IST

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim waves to his supporters as he arrives at a nomination center for the general election in Tambun, Malaysia. Malaysias king named Anwar as the countrys prime minister. (AP Photo/John Shen Lee)

Reformist leader Anwar named prime minister of Malaysia

Anwar-'s Alliance of Hope led Saturday-'s election with 82 seats, short of the 112 needed for a majority

24 Nov 2022 12:41 PM IST

Rescue workers carry the body of a victim in Cianjur on November 22, 2022, following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing. (Photo: AFP)

Indonesia quake death toll rises to 268; 151 still missing

CIANJUR (INODNESIA): The death toll from the earthquake that shook the Indonesian island of Java leapt to 268 on Tuesday...

22 Nov 2022 5:56 PM IST