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Trump tariff war with China sends US retailers on buying binge
The question is whether stores absorb the added costs or pass them on to customers
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Smiling at danger, China's finless porpoise fights to survive
Losing the "smiling angel" would be a further tragedy
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Bangladesh opposition goes underground as election threats grow
Amid clashes between ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP
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Obama delights sick children as Santa in Washington
Sported a festive Santa hat and armed with a sack of gifts
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Trump orders full withdrawal of US troops from Syria
US President claims America has "defeated ISIS" in the war-ravaged country
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Gasps, gags and cabbage: a look back at Putin's annual Q&As
Russian President holds his 14th end-of-year press conference since coming to power
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Drone sightings ground planes at major British airport
Flights into Gatwick Airport get diverted to other cities across the country
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Washington, DC sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica's data use
Attorney General says Facebook failed to protect the privacy of its users and deceived them
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French court sentences Buddhist monk to 12 years for rapes
Karma Tshojay, 56, was found guilty after four women accused him of multiple rapes and assaults
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Sweden's 'man-free' music festival found guilty of discrimination
Festival billed as world's first major music festival for women, non-binary and transgender only
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Gender equality situation worst in Pakistan: WEF report
Ranked 148th among 149 states in terms of women empowerment
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Indian youth who ‘mistakenly’ entered Pakistan sent back home
Santoshi Deochand had inadvertently crossed the border a few months ago
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UK's Corbyn calls PM May a 'stupid woman'
Calls for opposition leader to apologise over alleged comment
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Spiegel award winning reporter 'faked stories' for years
Claas Relotius made up stories, invented protagonists
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Washington to withdraw troops from all of Syria, says US official
Statement comes after Trump says Islamic State group is "defeated
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Saudi-led military coalition ‘not against any country, nation or sect’
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani briefed by Gen (retd) Raheel Sharif on IMCTC in Saudi Arabia
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China bigger threat to US national security than Russia
Beijing’s economic success based on invasion of commercial secrets, says US Intelligence official
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Indian teenager donates deceased mother's organs, saves five lives
His mother suffered from brain haemorrhage and was declared brain dead earlier
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Research suggests sleep deprivation increases junk food cravings
Study suggests lack of sleep causes people to view junk food more favorably
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Judge lambasts Trump ex-adviser Flynn, delays Russia probe sentencing
US District Judge Sullivan told Flynn that he had arguably betrayed his country
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19 NGO workers killed in Uganda bus crash: police
Uganda has one of the worst records for road safety
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Yemen's Hodeida calm after ceasefire takes effect
Lasting ceasefire to be a major step to end Yemen's devastating war, which has killed thousands
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California fire survivors face bleak Christmas in shelters
'We were comfortable, we were happy, and now we have an acre of burned land and nowhere to go'
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End of an era as Germany's last black coal mine closes
As the area's last active mine bows out, many are mourning not just end of once-mighty industry but of a way of life
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Trump panel recommends guns in schools to keep US students safe
The Federal Commission on School Safety panel was set up after the February massacre in Florida
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Makeovers in Mosul
Beauty clinics emerge in what was once IS' capital
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India set to impose president's rule in occupied Kashmir
Draconian measures in place by Indian occupying forces to control protests
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Unprovoked Indian firing injures two civilians along LoC
Pakistani troops target Indian posts involved in ceasefire violation in response
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Jobless man has 'sex with a corpse’ in Britain funeral parlour
Khurum Shazada linked to the crime by DNA evidence
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Train kills three endangered lions in India
Gir sanctuary in Gujarat is home to world's entire population of around 500 wild Asiatic lions
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Morocco arrests suspect after murder of two Scandinavians
Tourism is cornerstone of Morocco's economy and kingdom's second-largest employer after agriculture
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Central Asians cry out over China's secret detention camps
China's Muslim minorities are being held involuntarily for transgressions such as wearing long beards and face veils
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CJP Nisar meets President Erdogan during official visit to Turkey
Chief justice participates in 'Seb-i-Arus' being held in Konya to commemorate death anniversary of Sufi saint Rumi
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Indian spy repatriated after six-year imprisonment in Pakistan
Hamid Ansari had claimed he came to see a woman in northern Pakistan he befriended on Facebook
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Trump accuses Facebook, Twitter, Google of Democrat bias
Around three-quarters of accounts that follow Trump are inactive for at least 120 days
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Pakistan seeking friendly ties with major powers, immediate neighbours: FM
Qureshi says the government is trying to turn country’s geo-strategic location into geo-strategic asset
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US judge sentences deer poacher to 'Bambi' viewings
Berry and two family members are arrested on charges of killing hundreds of deer over three years
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Bangladesh deploys thousands of paramilitary amid deadly election campaign
At least six people are killed in clashes over the past week of election campaigning by the opposition
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Hatred stirred by leaders blamed for rise in journalist murders: watchdog
Afghanistan is the most dangerous country for journalists, followed by Syria and Mexico
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'Sex-for-marks' lecturer jailed in Nigeria
Nigerian lecturer is found guilty on all four charges and sentenced to two years in jail
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Leopard kills, decapitates 3-year-old in India
An estimated 431 leopards were killed in 2017, according to Indian government figures
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Gender equality at work more than 200 years off: WEF
A report by WEF paints a dismal picture of gender pay gap in the workplace, specifically in developing countries.
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Asian markets tumble with Wall St on global outlook fears
Global economic and political uncertainty triggers downfall in Asian equities.
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China's economic miracle: 40-year rise in numbers
China boasts impressive growth in numbers 40 years after Xiaoping came up with his 'reform and opening policy'.
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Former FBI chief lashes out at Trump for telling 'lies'
Comey spoke after a spurt of anti-FBI tweets from the president over the past week
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Pakistan faults UN for 'misreading' its vote on death penalty resolution
FO spokesperson says Islamabad voted against UNGA resolution seeking abolition of capital punishment
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Washington careens toward government shutdown with no deal in sight
If no breakthrough is reached, the shutdown would occur over the Christmas holiday
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Yemen's other frontline: the central bank
The bank is scrambling to revive a currency that has lost two-thirds of its value since 2015
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Afghanistan ceasefire push in focus in US, Taliban talks
US delegation pressing for a six-month ceasefire, Taliban officials say
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President Xi warns no one can 'dictate' China's path
40 years on from reforms the Chinese president gives a speech at the the Great Hall of the people

















































