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Police collect evidence next to the bodies of alleged gunmen outside the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in Karachi on June 29, 2020.(AFP)

Gunmen attack Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi

Monday's attack comes more than a week after a grenade was thrown at people waiting outside a government welfare office...

29 Jun 2020 12:53 PM IST

COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for military use in China

COVID-19 vaccine candidate approved for military use in China

Ad5-nCoV is one of the eight vaccine candidates being developed by Chinese companies and researchers approved to be...

29 Jun 2020 12:22 PM IST

In this image from video, Zumret Dawut, a Uighur from Chinas far western Xinjiang region, holds documents she brought with her, at her new home in Woodbridge, Va., on Monday, June 15, 2020. Dawut says in China, she was forcibly sterilized for having a third child after being released from a Xinjiang detention camp. (AP)

China forces birth control on Uighurs to curb Muslim population

Parents of three or more are ripped away from their families and sent to detention camps unless they can pay huge fines,...

29 Jun 2020 10:19 AM IST

A general view shows Leh, the joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh. (AFP)

China sent mountain climbers and martial arts fighters to LAC before...

China's military newspaper reports militia divisions including former members of Mt Everest Olympic torch relay team had...

28 Jun 2020 11:31 AM IST

Shrine of Guru Nanak Dev in Kartarpur, Pakistan. (PTI)

Pakistan ready to reopen Kartarpur corridor from Monday

India had temporarily suspended the pilgrimage and registration for the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan in view of...

27 Jun 2020 1:38 PM IST

A Sri Lankan Telugu man Masannage Raja bathes his monkey Raju in Kalawewa, Sri Lanka. (AP)

Sri Lanka Telugu community fears decline of traditional ways

The pause in livelihoods due to COVID-19 has only accelerated the decline of their traditional arts, say community...

27 Jun 2020 10:55 AM IST

Activists of Gujarats Karni Sena organisation shout slogans while holding a poster with the image of Chinese President Xi Jinping during an anti-China demonstration in Ahmedabad on June 24, 2020. (AFP)

Pakistan says they are worried about being dragged into India-China...

The three nuclear-armed neighbours all have historic disputes over high-altitude border demarcation in the Himalayas

26 Jun 2020 3:44 PM IST

Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) speaks during the National Assembly session in Islamabad. (Handout photograph released by the Pakistans Press Information Department)

Imran Khan under fire for bin Laden 'martyrdom' remark

I will never forget how we were embarrassed when Americans came into Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, martyred...

26 Jun 2020 11:19 AM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister addresses the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo released by the Press Information Department)

Not in favour of escalating tensions with India, says Pakistan

Pakistan's foreign office claims India had committed 1,440 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control in six months

26 Jun 2020 9:45 AM IST

An Army vehicle arrives at the spot of encounter with militants at Pampore in Pulwama District of South Kashmir. (PTI)

Pakistan took 'modest steps' to restrain India-focused militant...

UN Secretary-General says they expect all member states to 'live up' to their obligations under relevant Security...

25 Jun 2020 12:58 PM IST

Indian Army chief MM Naravane interacting with soldiers at forward posts in Ladakh.

China puts blame on India for border clash

China's defence ministry said that it was a unilateral provocation from India by violating a consensus between the two...

24 Jun 2020 3:54 PM IST

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane came down among houses on May 22 after both engines failed as it approached Karachi airport, killing all but two people on board. (AP)

Pakistani plane crashed because pilots were talking about coronavirus

An initial report by the investigation team say human error by the pilot and air traffic control led to the crash that...

24 Jun 2020 2:26 PM IST