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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka rejects UN call for foreign judges in war probe: govt

At least 100,000 people were killed during the separatist war between government forces and rebels from the Tamil Tigers...

5 March 2017 3:43 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Little room for fresh India-Pak initiative

Nawaz Sharif has taken advantage of the transition in the Army to enhance his relative strength.

5 March 2017 1:23 AM IST

Predominantly Muslim Malaysia sends some 27,000 pilgrims to perform the hajj every year. (Photo: AP)

Gulf crisis: Saudi says internationalisation of holy sites 'a...

'We are tired of responding to false information and stories invented from nothing,' Sheikh Mohammed told Al Jazeera TV.

31 July 2017 12:20 PM IST

Haley tours a supermarket run by the Norwegian Refugee Council and partly funded by the U.S. during a visit to the Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan. (Photo: AP)

Jordan: US envoy Haley says Trump administration will support Syrian...

US envoy Nikki Haley's message was diluted by US President Trump's planned budget cuts and his hardline position on...

22 May 2017 10:44 AM IST

Indian army and paramilitary soldiers leave the site of a gun battle with suspected rebels in Hajin Village, northeast of Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

2 Indian peacekeepers sacrificed in line of duty, to be honoured with...

So far, about 168 Indian troops have made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty under the UN Flag.

21 May 2017 11:42 AM IST

Kulbhushan Jadhavs friends celebrate in Mumbai after the ICJ order. (Debasish Dey)

ICJ rejects Pak claims, stays Kulbhushan Jadhav hanging

Unanimous Hague verdict big diplomatic victory for India.

19 May 2017 4:11 AM IST

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. (Photo: AP)

UN dismisses Pak claims of its observers being attacked by Indian...

The observer group is headed by Major Gen Per Lodin of Sweden.

25 May 2017 10:18 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pak to hand over dossier on alleged spy to UN

Pakistan claims that Jadhav is an alleged operative of RAW and was caught by its security forces earlier this year.

31 Dec 2016 3:27 PM IST

United Nations Security Council. (Photo: AP/File)

UN Security Council to vote Saturday on Syria cease-fire

Russia and Turkey, who brokered the agreement, circulated the text and the draft resolution to Security Council members...

31 Dec 2016 7:49 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump is Time magazines Person of the Year. (Photo:AP)

UN not living up to potential, says Donald Trump

If it lives up to the potential, it's a great thing. If it doesn't, it's a waste of time and money, Mr Trump said.

30 Dec 2016 2:22 AM IST

Barack Obama (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: File)

Relations between Obama, Netanyahu camps hit rock bottom

While Israel's Arab population has citizenship rights, the roughly 2.5 million Palestinians living in the occupied West...

29 Dec 2016 9:08 PM IST

Agni-5, a 5,000-km range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is widely regarded as a strategic missile targeted at China. (Photo: PTI)

India should realise owing several missiles doesn't make it nuke...

Agni-5, a 5,000-km range ICBM, is regarded as a missile targeted at China as it can reach almost all parts of the...

5 Jan 2017 1:12 PM IST