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Karachi: Pakistan has arrested 60 Indian fishermen after they strayed into its waters, an official said yesterday. The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) made...

Thiruvananthapuram: Police are trying to unravel the mystery behind the death of a 30-year-old Russian man in the security hold area of Thiruvananthapuram...

Dhaka: Bangladeshis working abroad remitted home $94.98 billion between 2010 and 2016, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says. "Bangladesh sent 757,731 overseas workers, including...

Kathmandu: A 67-year-old Nepali woman honoured with one of India's mostprestigious awards for freeing thousands of girls from sexual slavery said yesterday it...

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi yesterday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for claiming to fight corruption but aligning with a "corrupt"...

Beijing: China's plan to get rid of its massive corn stockpile by using it as raw material for its fledgling biogradeable plastics industry...

New DELHI:  India's top court yesterday rejected a petition seeking a nationwide ban on cow slaughter, a flashpoint issue for Hindus who consider...

Yangon:  China's sex ratio at birth will keep falling and eventually reach a balance within 15 years due to economic and social development...

Paris: French presidential hopeful Francois Fillon was counting the cost yesterday of claims his wife had a fake job in a scandal overshadowing...

Vienna: Talks between Austria’s two centrist coalition parties aimed at setting policy priorities and averting a government collapse are making progress, Chancellor Christian...

Ljubljana: SLOVENIA approved a bill allowing police to seal border with Croatia to migrants in case of a new influx along the so-called...

Berlin: German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel was appointed foreign minister yesterday, days after he bowed out of this year’s election battle against Chancellor...

Moscow: RUSSIA’S lower house of parliament yesterday passed a controversial bill to soften punishment for domestic violence, arguing the state has no business...

Just to be clear on President Donald Trump’s agenda, he is currently jeopardizing relations with the US’s third-largest trading partner, a neighbour with...

Washington/Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are likely to discuss sanctions that Washington imposed on Russia over the conflict...

Berlin: A German right-wing populist politician was barred yesterday from a Holocaust memorial event after he sparked outrage by arguing his country should...

The Hague: Dutch Justice Minister Ard van der Steur resigned as an old scandal over €2.1m paid by prosecutors to a drug baron...

Paris: A French law condemning smacking of children has been struck down by Constitutional Council, dismaying opponents of a practice for which France...