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Fidel Castro interred in rock, closing last chapter of historic life

December 5, 2016 00:22 IST

Castro's ashes were placed in the niche of a boulder on Sunday, capping nine days of official mourning

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California warehouse fire kills 24, more victims feared

December 4, 2016 23:57 IST

Official told a press briefing that the death toll would likely rise in what fire officials called the deadliest blaze in the city's history.

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Donald Trump to intervene to keep US jobs at home on ‘day-by-day’ basis: Mike Pence

December 4, 2016 23:30 IST

Trump is sending a message to businesses considering moving overseas that "things are really changing," Pence said

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China: 20,000 stranded in rare heavy fog at Chengdu airport

December 4, 2016 22:26 IST

A red alert for flight delays was issued at midnight and it remained in place as of on Sunday afternoon.

Show responsibility while reporting: Pakistan minister to journalists

December 4, 2016 22:06 IST

The information and broadcasting minister said the government is introducing for the first time a bill in the National Assembly for the protection of journalists and implementation of code of ethics.

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Hindu temple vandalised, 7 idols smashed in Bangladesh

December 4, 2016 21:50 IST

The first incident came to light after people of Mymensinghorohi village in Netrokona district found the doors of a temple open on Sunday morning.

Fidel Castro’s ashes interred in private ceremony in Cuba

December 4, 2016 20:42 IST

Thousands of people lined the two-mile route to Santa Ifigenia cemetery, waving Cuban flags and shouting "Long live Fidel!''

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Malaysian PM Najib Razak criticises Myanmar over Rohingya issue

December 4, 2016 20:37 IST

Najib also criticised Suu Kyi, for not meeting with diplomats to discuss the Rohingya crisis.

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Palestinian Fatah party ends conference with boost for President Mahmoud Abbas

December 4, 2016 20:22 IST

On Saturday, more than 1,300 Fatah delegates confirmed Abbas' continued Fatah leadership role by acclamation and elected 18 members of the movement's top decision-making Central Committee.

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Air strikes kill 21 in Syria’s Idlib: monitorSubscriber Only

December 4, 2016 20:18 IST

More than 300,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti-government protests before spiraling into a complex, multi-front war.

Amritsar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Afghanistans President Ashraf Ghani, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, MoS for External Affairs V K Singh and other delegates, poses for a group photo before the inauguration of the 6th Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference, in Amritsar on Sunday. PTI Photo by Kamal Kishore(PTI12_4_2016_000022B)

Chabahar corridor to give Central Asia ‘dependable’ access to global markets: Heart of Asia

December 4, 2016 20:15 IST

Countries, including India in the Amritsar Declaration, also welcomed the pact on jointly building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road between China and Afghanistan.

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Iraq’s government ferrying relief supplies to Mosul

December 4, 2016 18:44 IST

The government launched a campaign to retake Mosul from IS in October. The fighting has caused shortages of vital supplies like clean drinking water, according to the UN and Iraqi officials.

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He wanted to ‘join’ ISIS because he was deeply in love

December 4, 2016 18:43 IST

The young lover said he did what his partner did. They began communicating through the Internet with people they thought were in ISIS, in Syria.

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Doctor in US fired for calling Michelle ‘monkey face’

December 4, 2016 17:43 IST

In the crass comment, she also claimed that Harvard — where Obama studied law — is for "entitled folks" and "all the liberals."

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Vladimir Putin says ‘clever’ Donald Trump will soon grasp weighty roleSubscriber Only

December 4, 2016 17:37 IST

"Since he managed to achieve success in business, that shows he is a clever person," the Russian strongman said in an interview with NTV television that has already aired in the country's far east, quoted by TASS news agency.