New Delhi: Gujarat continues to be one of the fastest growing states in India, but its growth may not be as as inclusive...
New Delhi: Gujarat continues to be one of the fastest growing states in India, but its growth may not be as as inclusive...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday distributed free mobile phones to thousands of farmers here as part of his government’s efforts to...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (right) addressing the security handover ceremony, in the presence of Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, near Kabul yesterday....
PESHAWAR: A bomb attack at a funeral killed 10 people, including provincial legislator Imran Khan Mohmand, and wounded 46 in northwestern Pakistan yesterday,...
KABUL: A bomb targeted a senior Shia cleric in the west of Kabul yesterday, police said, shortly before the international military coalition marked...
WASHINGTON: A US lawmaker said on Monday he is blocking $75m in aid to war-torn Afghanistan until President Barack Obama’s administration provides information...
LONDON: British counter-terror police yesterday searched two residential properties in London as part of an investigation into the murder of Pakistani politician Imran...
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz said the government will adopt a new policy to halt drone strikes in the...
Residents hang on to a destroyed makeshift bridge as water rises in Paranaque city, South of Manila, yesterday. The Philippines weather bureau is...
SEOUL: North Korea, one of the world’s most repressive societies, branded the United States a “kingpin” of human rights abuses yesterday, following revelations...
MANILA: The Philippine justice secretary yesterday demanded an investigation after a woman was detained in a police prison for more than five years...
BEIJING: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Beijing yesterday for high-level talks with Chinese officials on North Korea, Syria and other issues,...
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday defended his government’s plan to hike fuel prices for the first time since 2008, a day...
PYONGYANG: US President Barack Obama said that China was taking a tougher line against North Korea’s nuclear programme as he credited new President...
PHNOM PENH: Sixteen Cambodian garment workers and union representatives have been charged with inciting violence and damaging property during a strike for higher...
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping is to launch a “thorough clean-up” of the ruling Communist Party, state media reported yesterday. The “upcoming year-long campaign”...
Protesters hold a banner reading, “Yes, We Scan,” and posters reading “Stasi 2.0” depicting US President Barack Obama wearing headphones, in allusion to...
LAGOS: A Nigerian court yesterday dismissed charges against eight of 15 Russian seamen arrested in October for alleged illegal arms possession, but set...
