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U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad. (AP)

China summons US ambassador, says US blocks its development

US and other Western democracies have grown increasingly concerned over developments in Hong Kong, particularly the...

16 July 2020 10:20 AM IST

A man walks through flooded waters in Sunamgong on July 14, 2020. (AFP)

Over 1 million marooned in Bangladesh as floods worsen

Officials say heavy rainfall and rushing waters from upstream India are the main reasons for floods in the delta nation...

15 July 2020 10:21 AM IST

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli speaking at an event on Monday. ANI Photo

Lord Rama Nepali, Real Ayodhya not in India: KP Sharma Oli

Balmiki Ashram is in Nepal and the holy place where King Dashrath had executed the rites to get the son is in Ridi

14 July 2020 12:14 AM IST

Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, departing after speaking during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC.(AFP)

China hits top US officials with retaliatory sanctions over Uighur row

Human rights groups say China has rounded over one million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang in a vast...

13 July 2020 3:47 PM IST

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. (PTI)

Pakistan restores bank accounts of Mumbai terror attack accused Hafiz...

Saeed-'s bank accounts were frozen by the Pakistani government complying with the UNSC resolution

13 July 2020 2:38 PM IST

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a man paddles with an inflatable boat past submerged cars during a flood in Rongshui County in southern Chinas Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (via AP)

China reports 141 dead or missing in flooding since June

Flood damage has been estimated in hundreds of millions of dollars, adding to pressure on an economy deeply impacted by...

13 July 2020 12:50 PM IST

A Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at a military base in Makassar, Indonesia. (AP)

US bans Pakistan International Airlines flights over pilot...

Pakistan last month grounded almost a third of its pilots after discovering they may have falsified their qualifications

12 July 2020 11:38 AM IST

Residents and rescue workers inspect the area outside a house damaged by a landslide and the swell of the Thado-Koshi river due to heavy rains in Jambu village of Sindhupalchok district. (AFP)

Floods, landslides kill 40 in Nepal, many missing

Koshi river, which causes floods in Bihar almost every year, was flowing above danger level in Nepal-'s southern plains...

12 July 2020 9:31 AM IST

Two women dressed in traditional Qing-era attire walk along a path outside the Forbidden City in Beijing. (AFP)

China rejects food imports after virus detected in shipments

Worries have risen since a June outbreak in Beijing that was linked to the cityâ€™s largest wholesale market

11 July 2020 1:35 PM IST

Dr. Gauden Galea, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in China, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the WHOs offices in Beijing. (AP)

WHO experts to visit China as part of COVID-19 investigation

The WHO mission is politically sensitive, with the US moving to cut ties with it over allegations the agency is biased...

10 July 2020 2:44 PM IST

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli(right) (AFP)

Nepal-'s ruling party-'s meet to decide PM-'s future deferred for the...

Demand for PM Oli to resign rises citing his recent anti-India remarks were -'neither politically correct nor...

10 July 2020 12:25 PM IST

Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli. (AP)

Nepal bans all Indian news channels except Doordarshan

The development comes after some Indian channels aired reports critical of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and his...

10 July 2020 10:11 AM IST