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Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

No need for 'third party' intervention at Sino-China border: China

Chinese foreign ministry asserts that China's position on the border issue with India is "consistent and clear"

3 Jun 2020 4:14 PM IST

Indian soldiers keep watch at India-China border. (AFP)

US rebukes China for border 'aggression' with India

Pompeo says China's moving of troops to the LAC echoed similarly heavy-handed behaviour over the coronavirus, South...

3 Jun 2020 8:50 AM IST

Abid Hussain and Muhammad Tahir, two officials of the Pakistan high commission who have been apprehended by Indian law enforcement authorities for carrying out espionage activities in the country. (PTI)

Pakistan embassy officials leave India after spying charges

The two had been detained for

1 Jun 2020 3:27 PM IST

Nepalese students shout slogans during a protest against the Indian government inaugurating a new road through a disputed territory between India and Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal.(AP)

Nepal tables new bill to alter its map amidst border row with India

Nepal recently released the revised map of the country laying claim over the strategically key areas of Lipulekh,...

31 May 2020 3:43 PM IST

Representational Image. (PTI)

Twin earthquakes strike Nepal

The first tremble measuring 4.8 was felt in Dhading, 75 km west of capital Kathmandu, then another measuring 3.2 at the...

31 May 2020 2:35 PM IST

Security personnel stand beside the wreckage of a plane at the site after a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft crashed in a residential area in Karachi. (AFP)

Cockpit voice recorder recovered from debris of crashed Pakistani...

The Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 crashed last Friday into a crowded residential district of the port city...

28 May 2020 3:46 PM IST

Representational Image. (PTI)

Five coronavirus patients die in Bangladesh hospital fire

Lax regulations and poor enforcement have often been blamed for large fires in Bangladesh that have killed many in...

28 May 2020 12:27 PM IST

A shopping mall official (unseen) uses a thermal scanner to check the temperature of shoppers before they enter at the Centaurus Mall after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad. (AFP)

Pakistan uses militant-tracking tech to hunt virus

Intelligence services are using geo-fencing and phone-monitoring systems that ordinarily are employed to hunt high-value...

28 May 2020 11:43 AM IST

People carry the casket of a victim of Fridays plane crash, for funeral prayers in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, May 23, 2020. (AP)

Turbulence, warnings before Pakistan plane crash killed 97

The plane crashed at 2:39 p.m. near Jinnah International Airport, in the poor and congested residential area known as...

24 May 2020 12:38 PM IST

Visitors wearing mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus takes shelter from a sudden rainstorm in Beijing. (AP)

China reports 39 new coronavirus cases

All except three are asymptomatic cases, of which 30 arereported from Hubei province and Wuhan

24 May 2020 10:37 AM IST

Volunteers wearing protective suits check identity of a resident at the entrance of a residental area in Jilin, in Chinas northeastern Jilin province. (AFP)

Wuhan lab had three live bat coronaviruses

Lab authorities assert none of the strains obtained from bats are a match for the new contagion wreaking chaos across...

24 May 2020 10:05 AM IST

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Pakistani aircraft crashes in Karachi

The PIA aircraft, with 99 passengers and eight crew members, crashed in a densely populated area

22 May 2020 6:43 PM IST