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03 Jan 2018

India

Now, Chinese troops intrude Arunachal Pradesh with road equipment

After tensed times in 2017, India-China relations will not get a breather anytime soon.

03 Jan 2018

Global Warming

Thanks to climate change, chocolate to get extinct by 2040

Imagine a world without chocolates.

03 Jan 2018

North Korea

"My nuclear button is bigger!": What's Trump actually talking about?

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un are at it again.

03 Jan 2018

South Korea

Report: China's new hypersonic missile can target India, Japan, US

China's new hypersonic ballistic missile can reportedly hit military targets in the US, India and Japan.

03 Jan 2018

India

China's new maritime surveillance network: Should we be worried?

China has reportedly developed a new underwater surveillance network to help its submarines navigate and locate targets better.

03 Jan 2018

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, UAE introduce VAT; not tax free anymore

In the new year, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have become the first nations in the Gulf region to introduce value-added tax (VAT).

02 Jan 2018

Barack Obama

The books and songs Barack Obama most loved in 2017

Which books does Barack Obama, arguably the most loved president of the modern world, read? What kind of music he listens to? Or better, likes?

02 Jan 2018

Canada

Ontario gurudwaras 'bar' Indian officials for their 'interference'

The management of over a dozen gurudwaras in Canada's Ontario is annoyed with officials representing India.

02 Jan 2018

Afghanistan

US suspends $255mn aid to Pakistan hours after Trump's tweet

President Donald Trump has followed through on his words. Hours after accusing Pakistan of giving the US "nothing but lies & deceit", America has suspended a $255mn military aid to the Asian country.

02 Jan 2018

India

Trump's H-1B changes may lead to deportation of 7,50,000 Indians

The Donald Trump administration is taking another step in its "Buy American, Hire American" initiative, possibly affecting 7,50,000 Indians.

02 Jan 2018

Afghanistan

Reports: Osama bin Laden's grandson killed in airstrike

According to some reports, al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's 12-year old grandson Osama bin Hamza bin Laden was reportedly killed in an airstrike near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border around June-July 2017.

02 Jan 2018

Beijing

Xi's new year message: Beijing will actively push for OBOR

Chinese President Xi Jinping laid out Beijing's priorities to realize the "Chinese dream" in his new years message.

01 Jan 2018

Iran

10 people dead overnight, Iran protests getting out of hand?

The situation in Iran seems to be getting out of hand as anti-government protests are sweeping across the country.

01 Jan 2018

California

California is reinventing itself along progressive lines

Today onwards, California will start implementing hundreds of new laws of a progressive bent which will affect everything from education and health to wages to immigration to traffic.

01 Jan 2018

Pakistan News

Pakistan plans to take over Hafiz Saeed's charities

Pakistan's government has planned to seize the control of charities and financial assets linked to Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed. Earlier, Washington had designated Saeed as a terrorist.

01 Jan 2018

Donald Trump

Trump: US has been foolish to give aid to Pakistan

US President Donald Trump lashed out at Pakistan on the first day of 2018.

01 Jan 2018

India

India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear facilities for 27th time

India and Pakistan today simultaneously shared with each other lists of their nuclear installations under an agreement that prevents both from attacking the other's nuclear facilities.

01 Jan 2018

Afghanistan

Why do so many Afghans have birthdays on January 1?

What happens when generations of a country, born during a war, have no knowledge of their birth date?

01 Jan 2018

North Korea

Nuclear button always on my desk: Kim Jong-un

In his New Year's Day address, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for accelerated mass-production of nuclear warheads and missiles, vowing to continue the nuclear weapons program that stoked international tensions, leading to sanctions.

01 Jan 2018

India

Now, China's PLA accuses Indian troops of being aggressive

India and China ended 2017 on a positive note by declaring truce along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) after the special representative (SR) dialogue.

01 Jan 2018

Iran

Iran bans Instagram, Telegram amid protests

Iran has moved to ban Instagram and Telegram following four days of anti-establishment protests which were reportedly organized through social media.

01 Jan 2018

Plane Crash

All 12 on-board Costa Rica plane killed in crash

All 10 American travellers on-board a flight as well as two local pilots died when it crashed into a mountain in Costa Rica.

01 Jan 2018

India

Pakistan aims to build $1.51bn dam in PoK by 2022

According to a media report, Pakistan is planning on setting up a 700 MW hydro power project in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) by 2022.

01 Jan 2018

Malaysia

LGBT communities alarmed over Malaysia's conversion program for trans-women

Malaysia is reportedly planning on introducing a controversial conversion therapy targeting transgender women.

31 Dec 2017

Astronauts

These astronauts will celebrate New Year 16 times in space!

Six astronauts will get to celebrate the New Year's Day 16 times aboard the International Space Station (ISS), at 402.3km above Earth, encircling our planet every 90 minutes, according to NASA.

30 Dec 2017

India

Indian-origin scientist Pratibha Gai awarded Britain's royal damehood

Indian-origin scientist Pratibha Gai has been appointed a Dame (female equivalent for a knight) for her services to chemical sciences and technology, as per the Queen's New Year's Honours List 2018, that was released on Saturday.

30 Dec 2017

Donald Trump

Gaza strip: Angry at Trump, hundreds of Palestinians protest

The situation in the Gaza strip has been tense since US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

30 Dec 2017

Germany

96-year-old 'bookkeeper of Auschwitz' imprisoned over mass murders

Germany's constitutional court has ruled that 96-year-old Oskar Groening must be jailed over his role in the mass murders caused in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War-II.

30 Dec 2017

Iran

US: "World is watching" as anti-government protests spread across Iran

Anti-government protests have spread to several major cities across Iran, including Rasht and Kermanshah.

30 Dec 2017

Turkey

Turkey signs $2.5bn deal with Russia for missiles, NATO concerned

Turkey and Russia have reportedly signed a $2.5 billion deal for Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to Ankara.

30 Dec 2017

India

Palestine's Pak envoy photographed with 26/11-mastermind Hafiz Saeed, India fumes

India has slammed Palestine after its ambassador to Pakistan was photographed alongside 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed at a political rally in Rawalpindi.

30 Dec 2017

Donald Trump

Donald Trump: No border wall means no Dreamers immigration program

US President Donald Trump has made the future of the Dreamers program conditional on the funding for the US-Mexico border wall.

30 Dec 2017

Russia News

Bitcoin exchange manager Pavel Lerner kidnapped in Kiev

40-year-old Pavel Lerner, a prominent Russian blockchain expert and manager of the Exmo Bitcoin exchange, has been kidnapped in Kiev, Ukraine.

29 Dec 2017

India

Pakistan rejects India's claims of cross-border raid killing 3 troops

The Pakistan Army has rejected claims that Indian forces crossed the Line of Control and killed three Pakistani troops in a revenge operation.

Bosnian war: Sarajevo prosecutor charges 14 former-army personnel with war-crimes

Prosecutors in Sarajevo have indicted 14 former Bosnian-Muslim army personnel for committing war crimes against Bosnian-Serbs during the country's ethnic war in the 1990s.

29 Dec 2017

X

As America freezes, Trump suggests using bit of global warming

Donald Trump mocked climate change on Friday, displaying once again how little he thinks of the modern world's most imminent threat.

29 Dec 2017

North Korea

Trump accuses China of allowing oil transfers to North Korea

US President Donald Trump has tweeted that he's "very disappointed" with China following reports that it has allowed oil shipments to North Korea.

29 Dec 2017

New York City

Deadliest fire in New York in 25 years kills 12

At least 12 people were killed in a blaze that erupted in a century-old building in the Bronx in New York yesterday night.

29 Dec 2017

Turkey

US, Turkey to resume full diplomatic services after row

The US has agreed to resume diplomatic services in Istanbul after the Turkish government provided security assurances to American consular staff.

29 Dec 2017

Syria

UN: Child evacuees being used as bargaining chips in Syria

The UN has expressed concern that critically ill children awaiting evacuation from a rebel-controlled area besieged by Syrian government forces in the Eastern Ghouta district are being treated as bargaining chips.