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Voting for UN chief moves to key stage with Guterres top pick
Guterres has come out atop the five closed-door polls since July
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Vice presidential contenders Kaine, Pence blast Trump, Clinton at debate
"Donald Trump always puts himself first," Kaine,
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India’s excesses: Jilani hands dossier on Kashmir to Olson
Pakistan’s envoy to New Delhi says drawing wrong conclusions not in the interest of both countries
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Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for US intelligence
Yahoo last month said "state-sponsored" hackers had gained access to 500 million customer accounts in 2014
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Hurricane Matthew kills four in Dominican Republic
Dominican officials say they had been forced to evacuate some 800 people
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Philippine president tells Obama to ‘go to hell’
Rodrigo Duterte says he is realigning his foreign policy because the United States has failed the Philippines
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At least 22 dead on migrant boat off Libya
Astral was left alone to deal with overloaded boat for several hrs aided only by lifeboats dropped by Spanish military
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Hurricane-hit southern Haiti cut off after bridge collapse
Rising sea levels and torrential rains have caused major flooding in southern Haiti since Sunday evening
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Turkey suspends 13,000 police officers, shuts down TV station
Suspensions ordered hours after Deputy PM Kurtulmus announced approval of a 90-day extension to a state of emergency
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US servicemember killed on patrol in Afghan bomb blast
Soldier killed while patrolling during counter-terrorism operations
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Trump tumbles on rich list, down $800m
The New York real estate mogul is now worth $3.7 billion - down from an estimated $4.5 billion in March
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Asian markets rise again, pounds hits 31-year low
Traders took the report as a sign the world's top economy is getting back on track
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India bans Kashmir newspaper for 'inciting unrest'
If there was a problem with content, they could have sought an explanation from us, says editor of Kashmir Reader
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200,000 Afghan refugees return in exodus from Pakistan: UNHCR
'Still one million undocumented refugees are living in Pakistan'
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WikiLeaks marks 10th birthday with vow of key US vote leaks
Assange pledges he would not be muzzled as he sought to raise "an army" of supporters to join in defence of WikiLeaks
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Hurricane Matthew makes landfall near western Haiti
The eye of Matthew, a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir- Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, will move near eastern Cuba
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Kerry says Syria peace efforts must continue, in spite of break with Russia
‘I want to be clear that we are not giving up on Syrian people and we are not abandoning pursuit of peace’
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After Delhi CM, Congress demands evidence of Indian 'surgical strike'
BJP slams Delhi CM; Kejriwal hits back
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Britain will continue to block EU army: Fallon
France and Germany hope that Brexit will leave the path open for common defence proposals
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White House shuts down anti-Pakistan petition over 'bad' signatures
White House official says petition shut down on suspicion of fraud
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Not-guilty pleas entered for man accused of killing British MP Jo Cox
Thomas Mair is accused of shooting and stabbing Cox as she arrived for a meeting with residents in the town of Birstal
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Pictures of the day: October 4, 2016
We look at 13 pictures from events around the world
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Indian foreign minister's touching response to Pakistani girl breaks the Internet
Sushma Swaraj proves that bitterness between the two countries will never come in the way of humanity
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Media ban in Indian Kashmir goes on record for the first time in recent history
Hilal Mir, Editor of Kashmir Reader, says the government did not seek any explanation before banning the newspaper
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Thouless, Haldane and Kosterlitz win 2016 Nobel physics prize
British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won the 2016 Nobel Prize
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Wikileaks' Assange signals release of documents before US election
The organization would publish around one million documents related to three governments and the US election
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Theresa May making 'huge mistake' with hard Brexit: former deputy PM
Experts say that to curb immigration Britain may have to leave the single market which allows free movement of people
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Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi poisoned at feast
He was allegedly poisoned in Iraq's Be’aaj district
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Britain to allow troops to opt-out of human rights law
The plan is intended to prevent legal claims against members of the armed forces which amount to "false charges"
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Butterfly photobombs koala at Australian wildlife park
The video of the Koala uploaded last week has been viewed more than 3.2 million times
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Turkey suspends more than 12,000 police officers in coup probe
Govt's crackdown has alarmed Turkey's Western allies who have warned Ankara that it must act within the rule of law
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11 adorable pictures to celebrate World Animal Day
Here we look at 11 adorable pictures of animals to raise the status of animals around the world
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Afghan forces flushing Taliban out of Kunduz
The assault launched early Monday came just over a year after militants briefly seized the provincial capital
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Bangladeshi female architect's mosque design wins prestigious international prize
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is handed out every three years
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Cancer drug Alecensa gets breakthrough therapy designation
Alecensa received its first FDA BTD in June 2013
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Economic impact of cross-border tension insignificant: Indian finance minister
Arun Jaitley made the remarks while speaking at the University of Toronto
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WikiLeaks fetes 10th birthday in defiant form
An anniversary party in Berlin will commemorate the 2006 registration of the domain name wikileaks.org
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Indian military looking to attack Azad Jammu and Kashmir on 'terror' pretext
Minor LoC skirmishes 'not enough', top Indian defence officials say
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Over 6,000 migrants plucked from sea in a single day, nine dead
Monday was the third anniversary of the sinking of a migrant boat off Lampedusa in which 386 people died
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World powers seek billions more dollars to keep Afghanistan running
Afghanistan remains one of the world's most dangerous countries, according to the Global Peace Index
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Brexit vote fuelled 'anti-foreigner' feeling in Britain: report
In a shock referendum result, Britain voted on June 23 to leave the 28-nation European Union
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Indian jailed for killing pregnant girlfriend in New Zealand
High on methamphetamine, he stabbed her 29 times
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Pakistan among 10 countries that host half world's refugees
Fifty-six percent of refugees are being sheltered in 10 countries, according to Amnesty
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US suspends Syria ceasefire talks with Russia
'This is not a decision that was taken lightly,' State Department spokesman John Kirby
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Turkey extends emergency for 90 days: deputy PM
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week said it may be necessary to keep the state of emergency for at least a year
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Facebook launches buy-and-sell 'Marketplace'
New program formalises what some members have already been doing in Facebook Groups for years, says social media giant
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Delhi CM 'questions' authenticity of India’s ‘surgical strikes’ in Pakistan
Arvind Kejriwal demands Modi to release footage-based evidence of incident to substantiate Indian claim
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Putin scraps plutonium disposal deal with 'unfriendly' US
Deal was meant to allow both nuclear powers to dispose of weapons-grade plutonium from their defence programmes
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At least six killed, 35 wounded in Afghanistan market blast
The bomb, hidden on a bicycle, exploded as farmers gathered on market day
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Pictures of the day: October 3, 2016
We look at 13 pictures from events around the world

















































