Dhaka: A 35-year-old Bangladeshi man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for circulating photo-shopped images of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other politicians, including former Indian premier Manmohan Singh, amid criticism that her government is using tough internet laws to silence diss

Russia on Wednesday said there will be no delays in the delivery of the S-400 air defence systems to India and a payment mechanism for the deal is being worked out. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the missile systems will significantly enhance India’s air defence capability.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, escalating the battle over his border wall plan in a televised Oval Office address to the nation, referred to the murder of an Indian-American police officer in California by an illegal immigrant as he demanded $5.7 billion to fund the wall on the border with M

The cost of obtaining a UK visa will increase for Indian and non-EU citizens from January 8 as part of the plan to raise the immigration health surcharge (IHS). The IHS is paid when students, professionals and family members apply for a visa. The surcharge, introduced in 2015, allows migrants

Washington: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has abruptly resigned nearly three years ahead of schedule to join a private infrastructure investment firm, setting up a potential clash between the US and other member countries over selecting the head of the world's largest development-finance institu

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was considering declaring a national emergency to find funding for the border wall after a White House meeting with Democrats that both sides described as contentious. The President also told Democrats the partial shutdown of the federal government caus

The death toll from a storm that devastated the Philippines shortly after Christmas rose to 126, authorities said Sunday, adding landslides caused by torrential rain were the top cause. The storm hit central and eastern Philippine islands on December 29 and caused massive flooding and landslides. Mo

Peshawar: A car bomb injured six people in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, police said, with the blast ripping through multiple storefronts. Officers said a 10 kilogramme improvised explosive device (IED) was fitted to a car parked in the Saddar area of the city. "It was an IED

Pheonix: A woman, who has been in coma for over a decade, became pregnant and gave birth to a healthy baby boy in Arizona, the United States. The incident has sparked a sexual abuse investigation in the Hacienda Healthcare facility where she had been admitted. Caretakers from the facility were re

The provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in northwest Pakistan has declared the ancient Hindu religious site of Panj Tirath in Peshawar as national heritage. Panj Tirath, which got its name from the five pools of water present there, also contains a temple and a lawn with date palm trees. The

Beijing: China's population shrank last year for the first time in 70 years, experts said, warning of a "demographic crisis" that puts pressure on the country's slowing economy. The world's most populous nation of some 1.4 billion for decades limited most families to one child in an attempt to keep

KABUL: Taliban fighters detonated explosives planted in a tunnel below an Afghan military outpost, killing five soldiers, a police official said on Wednesday. Six soldiers were wounded in the attack on Tuesday in the Maiwand district of the southern province of Kandahar, police spokesman Mohammad A

China is building the first of four “most advanced” naval warships for Pakistan as part of a major bilateral arms deal to ensure among other things “balance of power” in the strategic Indian Ocean, the state media reported. Equipped with modern detection and weapon systems, it will be capable of

Bangkok: In a shocking incident, a Thai man shot dead six family members, including his two young children at a New Year's Eve party. He then turned the weapon on himself, police said on Tuesday. As per the reports, Sucheep Sornsung gunned down his family members 10 minutes after midnight in the

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today shared with India a list of its nuclear installations and facilities as per the provisions of a bilateral agreement. The list was handed over in accordance with Article-II of the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pak

At least two Pakistani intruders were gunned down by the Indian Army on Sunday after they attempted to attack a forward post in J&K'S Naugam sector. Quadcopters were later used to locate the dead bodies of the intruders and one was identified as commando Naik Anwar of Pakistan's Special Service

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte drew outrage Sunday after saying he "touched" his maid when he was a teenager, with women's rights groups accusing him of attempted rape and encouraging sexual abuse. Duterte frequently sparks uproar with his comments on women, including rape jokes and bo

Pakistan has plans to procure 600 tanks including Russian-made T-90s to beef up its capabilities along the border with India, as per an intelligence reported cited by the news agency PTI. The battle tanks being procured will have a strike capability in the range of 3-4 kilometres. Islamabad has also