Chandigarh: The “decisiveness” in decision-making and “cutting red-tapism” of the Narendra Modi government at the centre will change the country’s governance system, Punjab’s...
Chandigarh: The “decisiveness” in decision-making and “cutting red-tapism” of the Narendra Modi government at the centre will change the country’s governance system, Punjab’s...
Delhi: The Socialist Janata Democratic (SJD), a constituent of Kerala’s ruling coalition, will merge with the Sharad Yadav-led Janata Dal-United (JD-U), it was...
CAIRO: At least two policemen were killed yesterday in a bombing near a checkpoint outside Egypt’s foreign ministry headquarters, officials said, shattering a...
Abd Al Karim Al Iryani (centre, bending), adviser to Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (centre in blue tie), signs an agreement as UN...
JERUSALEM: The UN’s Palestinian refugee agency yesterday urged the international community to oppose Israeli plans to relocate thousands of Palestinian Bedouin from the...
SURUC, Turkey/BEIRUT: Islamic State militants tightened their noose on a northern Syrian border town yesterday as the United Nations said the number of...
MURSITPINAR: Turkish security forces used tear gas and water cannon yesterday to disperse Kurds demonstrating in support of Kurdish refugees fleeing a jihadist...
WASHINGTON: US Amba-ssador Samatha Power predicted yesterday that the United States would not be alone if it launches air strikes against Islamic State...
LONDON: The wife of a British taxi driver being held hostage by Islamic State jihadists implored his captors to release him, saying on...
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday warned the West against easing sanctions on Iran to win its support in the fight against...
DAMASCUS: Syria’s government said yesterday that it has turned over all its chemical weapons and adhered to an international treaty, after US accusations...
BENGHAZI: Soldiers and police have clashed in the last few days in southern Libya, near the country’s biggest oilfield, with ethnic Tibu fighters...
DUBAI: A Bahraini appeals court yesterday confirmed five-year jail terms imposed on nine Shias, among them a photojournalist and an online activist, for...
An overview of one of the main streets during the countrywide strike at Paltan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday. Jamaat-e-Islami, one of the Islamist...
Children eat porridge distributed by the local government at Tumana village in Marikina City, suburban Manila, yesterday. Thousands of people displaced by floods...
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa suffered a political blow yesterday when his ruling party’s popularity dropped sharply in a local election seen...
BANGKOK: Thai police said they carried out a DNA test late yesterday on a speedboat driver arrested for a drug offence, as they...
TAIPEI: Tropical storm Fung-Wong yesterday pounded Taiwan with torrential downpours and powerful winds, killing one person and forcing the cancellation of dozens of...
