China’s central bank said it would continue to inject funds into the stock market, a move aimed at stabilising stocks after a major sell-off. Chinese equities were again in negative territory on Tuesday after falling 8.5% the previous day. The decline put an end to three weeks of relative calm for the market after a 30% drop in June which ...

Ankara says alliance may have “duty” to become more involved, days after Ankara launched air strikes in Syria and Iraq. NATO has offered political support for Turkey’s campaign against fighters in Syria and Iraq at a rare meeting in Brussels, as Ankara said the alliance may have a “duty” to become more involved. The extraordinary meeting at the NATO headquarters on ...

US President Barack Obama has warned that Africa could not advance if its leaders refused to step down when their terms ended. He also called for an end to the “cancer of corruption”, saying it took money away from development . Mr Obama made the comments in the first ever address by a US leader to the 54-member AU at ...

Singer Bobby Brown has paid tribute to his daughter Bobbi Kristina, describing her as “an angel”. Bobbi Kristina, 22, died on Sunday. She had been in a coma since being found face down and unresponsive in a bath at her home on 31 January. Initial tests have found no significant injuries and no obvious underlying cause of death, according to ...

The Turkish president has said that Turkey cannot continue the peace process with the Kurds amid attacks by Kurdish militants on Turkish targets. It came as Nato discussed Turkish campaigns against the Islamic State (IS) group and Kurdish militants. Turkey has been hit by a series of attacks – including 32 killed by IS-linked militants in the Kurdish-majority town of ...

More than 1,000 tech experts, scientists and researchers have written a letter warning about the dangers of autonomous weapons. In the latest outcry over “killer robots”, the letter warns that “a military AI [artificial intelligence] arms race is a bad idea”. Among the signatories are scientist Stephen Hawking, entrepreneur Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The letter will be ...

Actress Katrina Kaif on Saturday sought to dispel rumours that she had got engaged to Ranbir Kapoor and said she had no marriage plans for now. “I’m glad you asked that but I’m definitely not engaged. I know you guys are so sweet and you seem to want me to get married but there are no such plans now. So ...

A rendition of the Hamari Adhuri Kahani title song by Mahesh Bhatt was not used in the film, but a forthcoming stage production will feature a version, sung by the filmmaker himself. “We will record the title song Hamari Adhuri Kahani in Mahesh Bhatt’s voice and use it in play. Initially, Bhatt saab was reluctant, but Pooja (Bhatt) and I ...

Monsoon is here in all its majesty. The presence of the season, now into its second month, is being felt across the country with many low-lying areas having gone underwater because of incessant showers and flash floods. The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan on Saturday hosted an evening to pay tribute to the monsoon by presenting songs and poems ...

Amitabh Bachchan seems to be completely blown by his grand-daughter Navya Naveli’s hidden talent of playing tunes on a piano and was completely astonished when he got to know about it. The ‘Piku’ actor posted a picture of him with his daughter Shweta Nanda’s teen kid playing piano, on Facebook alongside caption “Is duniya mein ek Nana ke liye isse ...