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New Delhi: A minor fire broke out yesterday in the Christmas crib at a church due to a short circuit in the decorative...

Patna: A consensus emerged yesterday in Bihar’s ruling JD-U over the party’s merger with the RJD of Lalu Prasad to counter the BJP...

Kolhapur: Excessive allegations by the media can weaken democracy, particularly when allegations replace proper criticism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here yesterday. “Criticism...

Indonesian officers carry coffins with the remains of passengers of AirAsia flight QZ8501 before they are sent to Surabaya, in Pangkalan Bun, yesterday....

Firefighters battle a blaze at the Beifangnanxun ceramics market in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province yesterday. Three firefighters were killed and 11 others...

COLOMBO: Campaign-related violence escalated across Sri Lanka ahead of next week’s elections as President Mahinda Rajapaksa fights an unexpectedly tough battle to remain...

MANILA: New Year celebrations were marred by fire incidents believed to have been caused by firecrackers in several cities in Metro Manila. A...

MANILA: The labour group Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) slammed the impending hike in the fares of Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail...

New York Police Department officers arrive to attend a wake for police officer Wenjian Liu at a funeral home in New York’s borough...

Mourners line the street after the requiem mass for  Erin McQuade, Lorraine Sweeney and Jack Sweeney held at St Patrick’s RC Church in...

Migrants smile after disembarking from the Sierra Leone-flagged vessel Ezadeen at Corigliano Calabro harbour, southern Italy, yesterday. CORIGLIANO, Italy: Italian authorities disembarked some...

Embers glow against the smoke-filled sunset near Gumeracha in the Adelaide Hills yesterday. ADELAIDE: Dozens of homes were feared lost as an intense...

A total of 761 Syrian refugees, mostly women, children and the elderly, entered the Kingdom through various border points during the past 72...

Soldiers stand outside the 79 Composite Group Air Force base that was attacked earlier in Maiduguri   YAOUNDE - At least 15 people have...

Leader of Syria Qaeda Wing Threatens Strikes Against Hezbollah in Lebanon   BEIRUT - Al Qaeda-linked fighters battled with members of Lebanese group Hezbollah...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Charged of Boston Marathon Bombing   A U.S. appeals court on Saturday denied a last-ditch request by lawyers for accused Boston Marathon...

A demonstrator holds a torn poster during a protest in New Delhi KOLKATA, India, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Indian police have arrested five...

BANJUL, Gambia - Hundreds of security force members held a rally in Gambia's capital Banjul Saturday in support of President Yahya Jammeh, four...