Taliban take district center in western Afghan province
LASHKAR GAH March 12 (TNS): Taliban fighters have captured a district center in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah bordering Iran, where they have battled...
Xi’s rise crushes political reform predictions
Beijing March 12 (TNS): China's Xi Jinping strode onto the leadership stage in 2012 to sunny predictions that he would usher in a new...
Thousands of Indian farmers protest lack of govt support in Mumbai
MUMBAI March 12 (TNS): Tens of thousands of farmers from India’s western state of Maharashtra reached the state capital of Mumbai on Monday to...
Ageing Japanese towns overrun by wild boars
Karara Japan March 12 (TNS): Less than 20 years ago, the only challenges for the 100 residents of the tiny island of Kakara, off...
Myanmar erects security posts on burned Rohingya land: Amnesty
Rakhine Myanmar March 12 (TNS): Myanmar is building security installations on top of razed Rohingya villages, Amnesty International said Monday, casting doubt on the...
Footage of mysterious object above ocean stuns military personnel
New York March 12 (TNS): Newly-released video of a mysterious object streaking over the Atlantic Ocean shows the Pentagon needs to take UFOs seriously, a...
US officials defend Trump-Kim meeting
WASHINGTON March 12 (TNS): U.S. officials on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying the...
Austria marks 80 years since annexation by Hitler
Vienna March 12 (TNS): Austria on Monday marks the 80th anniversary of its annexation by Nazi Germany, with the country's President Alexander Van der...
Indian doctors suspended after severed leg used as pillow
New Delhi, March 11 (TNS): Indian authorities have suspended two doctors and launched an investigation after a patient’s severed leg was used as a...
Eye on Pakistan, China: Indian Army and Railways cranking up synergy for swifter mobilisation
NEW DELHI, March 11 (TNS): Indian Army is stepping-up its synergy in operational logistics with the Indian Railways to ensure it can swiftly mobilise as well as switch...
