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Kolkata: The CBI yesterday summoned former railways minister Mukul Roy — considered West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s right hand man and number...

New Delhi: A court here yesterday directed the Delhi Police commissioner and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to investigate and prevent illegal sale...

Guwahati: Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday reiterated the central government’s zero tolerance policy against terror activities, and ruled out any negotiation with groups...

Pakistani Army chief Raheel Sharif speaking with students at the Army Public School yesterday after it was reopened following an attack by Taliban...

An Afghan refugee girl stands near her parents’ makeshift shelter in a slum on the outskirts of Lahore yesterday.

PESHAWAR: The military courts in Pakistan will decide the fate of militants declared ‘black’ and languishing in different internment centres in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Kabul: Afghanistan’s new cabinet was unveiled yesterday after three months of wrangling following the election of President Ashraf Ghani and the formation of...

  KABUL: Pakistan’s intelligence chief met Afghanistan’s new president to discuss ways to boost coordination in fighting militant attacks in the region, an official...

Ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych. Kiev - Interpol on Monday put Ukraine's former president Viktor Yanukovych on its global wanted list for alleged...

Relatives and friends of missing and/or rescued people from the Norman Atlantic ferry, wait for their beloved at the port of Igoumenitsa in...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu give a joint press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on January...

Lebanese military vehicle leaves Roumieh prison Beirut - Security forces raided Lebanon's notorious Roumieh prison on Monday after discovering that inmates were linked...

Washington - The White House admitted Monday it should have sent a higher-ranking representative to the massive weekend march against terrorism in Paris,...

File photo of an Airbus A380 on display at Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai Paris - Long-haul Airbus A350 and A380 passengers jets...

(L to R) Seyoum Mesfin, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Ali Karti, Wang Yi, Tedros Adhanom, Mohamed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi, Taban Deng Gai and Farouk...

Washington - US Central Command suspended its Twitter page on Monday after a group declaring sympathy for Islamic State jihadists hacked its social...

Kampala - Captured Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebel chief Dominic Ongwen, wanted by the International Criminal Court, has urged ex-comrades to come out...

Cameroon troops patrol the border town of Amchide in November 2014 Yaoundé - Cameroon's army repelled a cross-border attack by Boko Haram Islamists...