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There was no claim of responsibility for the attack. (Photo: AFP)

Grenade attack at key Pakistan port for Chinese project, 26 injured

Terrorists trying to disrupt construction of Chinese economic corridor have killed more than 50 Paki workers since...

20 Oct 2017 4:53 PM IST

Pakistani Hindu families decorate their house to celebrate Diwali. (Photo: AP)

Pak PM wishes Hindu community happy diwali,' stresses on communal...

The need to promote inter-religion harmony has never been as great as it is today,' Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

20 Oct 2017 3:36 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: PTI)

Xi fuels country's nationalistic spirit in his quest to make China...

No one should expect China to swallow anything that undermines its interests,' says Xi

20 Oct 2017 3:21 PM IST

Our leader, Omar Khalid Khorasani, was wounded in one of the recent drone strikes in Afghanistan. He was wounded badly, and today he was martyred, Asad Mansoor, a Jamaat-ul-Ahrar spokesman, said by telephone. (Photo: AFP)

Leader of Pakistani militant group Jaamat-ul-Ahrar killed in US drone...

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has planned some of the deadliest suicide bombings in Pakistan over the last year.

20 Oct 2017 11:52 AM IST

Afghan forces inspect a site where Taliban attacked in Kandahar on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Kandahar: Taliban attacks kill 58, wounds 9, Afghan army camp wiped...

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a media statement.

20 Oct 2017 11:23 AM IST

Afghan security personnel walk at the site of a suicide attack at a police training centre in Gardez, capital of Paktia province. (Photo: AFP)

Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 71 in attacks on Afghan security forces

The Taliban claimed the more deadly of the two assaults, a coordinated attack on police in the southeast city of Gardez...

18 Oct 2017 6:13 AM IST

A local official said two car bombs went off near the compound that also houses the provincial headquarters of the national police, border police and Afghan National Army. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 32, injure 200 in attack on Afghan police

The victims of the ongoing Gardez attack, which was claimed by the Taliban in a tweet, include women, students and...

17 Oct 2017 4:00 PM IST

Kacmaz Mesut, his wife and two young daughters were picked up in September by plain-clothed officers, blindfolded and bound before being loaded into trucks and taken away. (Photo: Twitter)

Days after disappearance, Turkish teacher, family deported from...

They were suspected of being targeted for allegedly having ties with Fethullah Gulen's Hizmet group.

16 Oct 2017 7:17 PM IST

The NHRC recently issued a notice to the Centre over its plan to deport Rohingyas, who are residing in various parts of India. (Photo: AFP)

Boat carrying Rohingya Muslims capsizes, killing at least 12

Survivors of the capsizing told local officials that up to 65 people were on board and almost half of them were...

16 Oct 2017 11:14 AM IST

On the afternoon on August 28th, India has pulled back all the trespassing personnel, equipment to the Indian side of the boundary, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said. (Photo: File)

After UK and EU, China urges Trump admin to 'preserve' Iran nuclear...

Iranian President lashed out at his US counterpart saying he was opposing 'the whole world' by trying to abandon the...

13 Oct 2017 2:42 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (Photo: PTI)

India plans to open an airport in Sri Lanka, near Chinese Belt and...

China runs the seaport in Sri Lanka's Hambantota town with a 99-year lease and was planning to expand its footprint with...

13 Oct 2017 1:00 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AP/File)

Pakistan's anti-graft court defers indictment of Sharif in Panama...

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had registered three cases of corruption and money laundering against Sharif,...

13 Oct 2017 11:02 AM IST