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Indonesian President Joko Widodo (AP)

Indonesia leader says Putin and Xi to attend G20 summit: Report

Jakarta has come under Western pressure to exclude Putin from the G20 gathering after announcing in April he had been...

19 Aug 2022 12:09 PM IST

United Nations Headquarters in New York (AFP file image)

UN body expresses concern over slavery in China and forced marriages...

UN investigator also speaks of bonded labour among Dalits in India

18 Aug 2022 7:41 AM IST

Various bacterial pathogens can escape our immune system by staying and multiplying within our body cells (intracellularly). (Photo: ANI)

Do we need to worry about the new China virus?

Langya henipavirus suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China

11 Aug 2022 11:01 AM IST

Fighter jets of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army conduct a joint combat training exercises around the Taiwan Island on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (Gong Yulong/Xinhua via AP)

China continues military drills around Taiwan even after end of...

People-'s Liberation Army Eastern Theatre Command, which oversees Taiwan, said it would continue drills in waters near...

8 Aug 2022 12:55 PM IST

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (Photo: AFP)

Taiwan govt websites attacked during Pelosi visit

TAIPEI: Major Taiwanese government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks believed to be linked to...

4 Aug 2022 3:18 PM IST

Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland Chinas closest point from Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 4, 2022, ahead of massive military drills off Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosis visit to the self-ruled island. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China begins major Taiwan military drills after Pelosi visit

Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a trip that defied a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views Taiwan as its...

4 Aug 2022 10:52 AM IST

Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan, defying China threats

Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan, defying China threats

Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, is the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years

3 Aug 2022 7:52 AM IST

In April, Kim said North Korea could preemptively use nuclear weapons if threatened, saying they would never be confined to the single mission of war deterrent. (AP)

Kim threatens to use nukes amid tensions with US, S. Korea

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military...

28 July 2022 9:21 PM IST

Firefighters try to douse a fire at the Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghes private residence, in Colombo, Sri Lanka , Saturday, July, 9, 2022. (AP Photo)

Lanka PM-'s home set on fire, Prez flees

Chaos as protesters take to streets

10 July 2022 12:34 AM IST

In this image from a video, Japans former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a campaign speech in Nara, western Japan shortly before he was shot Friday, July 8, 2022. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nations most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.(AP)

Japan-'s ex-PM Shinzo Abe assassinated during a speech

Airlifted to hospital, was too late, home-made weapon used

8 July 2022 10:10 PM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Wear all-covering burqa, Taliban tells Afghan women

Women have also been ordered to visit parks in the capital on separate days from men

8 May 2022 3:18 AM IST

Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters during a party convention held to announce the presidential candidacy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP file photo)

Lawmaker: Sri Lanka president agrees to remove brother as PM

Gotabaya agreed that a national council will be appointed to name a new prime minister and Cabinet comprised of all...

30 April 2022 2:01 AM IST