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Srinagar: One of the men involved in the 1990 abduction and murder of then Kashmir University vice chancellor Mas-heer-ul-Haq has been arrested here...

Itanagar: The second phase of the Lok Sabha elections will be held tomorrow for seven seats in five northeastern states — Arunachal Pradesh,...

Thrissur (Kerala): Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday appealed to voters to defeat the “forces of darkness” while slamming the BJP for being divisive...

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena yesterday said that the US was “scared” at the prospect of BJP leader Narendra Modi becoming India’s next prime...

New Delhi: A whopping 1,616 registered political parties are in the fray in the 2014 general elections, an increase of 556 since the...

Crew of the Royal Malaysian Navy ship KD Lekiu look at the HMAS Success as ships complete a replenishment at sea on Sunday...

Caption Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her ex-employer Law Wan-tung, is escorted by airport personnel and police as she returns to...

SEOUL:  South Korean President Park Geun-Hye called yesterday for tighter vigilance against North Korea, days after its leader Kim Jong Un warned of...

HONG KONG:  China has cautioned the US not to interfere in Hong Kong affairs after Vice President Joseph Biden met two prominent pro-democracy...

TAIPEI: Protesters said yesterday they were considering ending their three-week occupation of Taiwan’s parliament, after its Speaker intervened to try to end the...

MANILA:  The police chief of a Philippine town was suspended after a national newspaper reporter who he argued with was murdered, in the...

QINGDAO:  US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel visited China’s sole aircraft carrier yesterday in an unprecedented opening by normally secretive Beijing to a potent...

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Dutch Jesuit Father Frans van der Lugt chats with civilians, urging them to be patient, in the besieged area of Homs, in this...

Egyptian activists Ahmed Douma (right) and Ahmed Maher (left), the founder of the April 6 youth movement that led the revolt against ousted...

Lebanese soldiers at a checkpoint at the entrance of Mieh Mieh refugee camp near Sidon yesterday. At least five people were killed in...

VIENNA: Iran said it hopes enough progress will be made with major powers this week to enable negotiators to start drafting by mid-May...

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Islamic Affairs Minister, accused by a senior US official of promoting jihad in Syria, was reported yesterday as saying he...