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Photo: Kannur Airport website   Thiruvananthapuram: The upcoming Kannur international airport will commence commercial operations in September, a Kerala minister said on Tuesday. The...

Manila: Six Philippine policemen were killed and eight injured in an ambush by communist rebels on a remote mountain highway on Tuesday, the...

A representational image of workers setting up photovoltaic panels in the solar park project in Germany, June 21, 2004. Reuters    Mumbai: Declaring renewable...

Clashes between two ethnic rebel group have raised concerns on government's peace efforts being successful.    Yangon: Over 3,000 people have fled their homes...

Kabul: At least 14 Taliban militants were killed during military operations in two provinces of Afghanistan, government representatives said on Tuesday. "Members of...

Work on the FAST telescope is already underway. Reuters    Beijing: China will move nearly 10,000 people to make way for the world's largest...

Suspect of last year's Bangkok blast Bilal Mohammed (also known as Adem Karadag) is escorted by prison officers as he arrives at the...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused an NIA probe into the alleged anti-national activities at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus....

Security personnel close the main gate at the Patiala House court after violence broke out between lawyers, journalists and students in New Delhi...

Hyderabad: Ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in Telangana won Narayankhed assembly seat in the by-election with a huge margin. The TRS wrested the...

    This picture taken on January 21, 2016 shows Malaysian police officer Mohamad Ra'ayim Jemahir sweating while working out on an exercise bike during...

Suspects in the Erawan shrine bombing in Bangkok last August, identified by the ruling junta as Adem Karadag (C) and Yusufu Mieraili (back...

  Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye called Tuesday for "courage" in standing up to North Korea, saying a fundamentally new approach was needed...

  Beijing: China confirmed its second imported Zika case Monday, a day after the first victim was discharged from hospital, state news agency Xinhua...

Taiwan's national flag flies at half mast at the Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, 15 February 2016, as Taiwan holds a day...

Many of the students arrived at the campus with their parents and relatives. (File pic for representation). Reuters    PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The university in ...

An Indian paramilitary soldier stops vehicles near the temporary barricade during restrictions in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. EPA/FAROOQ KHAN   Srinagar,...

By Ju-min Park SEOUL: A senior figure in South Korea's conservative ruling party said on Monday his country should have nuclear weapons, as...