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Australia pledges aid to help Tonga, Pacific with Zika 07 Feb 2016 - 12:24 pm

By Morag MacKinnon PERTH: Australia pledged up to A$500,000 ($354,000) in aid for its Pacific island neighbours on Sunday to help combat the...

Insight: In southern Africa, an illusion built on aid heralds hope and hunger 07 Feb 2016 - 12:04 pm

Subsistence farmer work their field of maize after late rains near the capital Lilongwe, Malawi February 1, 2016. Reuters/Mike Hutchings By Ed Stoddard...

Government to address concerns over Pay Commission 07 Feb 2016 - 12:01 pm

Visakhapatnam: The government has studied representations from the armed forces vis-a-vis the 7th Pay Commission and their concerns will be addressed "in the...

'Green' lessons fetch Reliance Industries staffer Guinness entry 07 Feb 2016 - 11:47 am

Coimbatore: An hour-long lesson last year on how to segregate waste at source, involving 12,994 people of this city, has fetched CGS Manion,...

Parrikar rules out withdrawing troops from Siachen 07 Feb 2016 - 11:45 am

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Visakhapatnam: Terming the recent death of 10 soldiers in an avalanche on the Siachen glacier "painful", Defence Minister Manohar...

Rubio comes under withering criticism in Republican debate 07 Feb 2016 - 11:19 am

MANCHESTER, N.H: Marco Rubio faced withering criticism of his readiness to be president and his policy depth in the last Republican debate before...

N.Korea rocket launch 'serious damage' to regional security: Russia 07 Feb 2016 - 10:38 am

A North Korean long-range rocket is launched into the air at the Sohae rocket launch site, North Korea, in this photo released by...

Azam says Modi met Dawood in Lahore; government terms it baseless 07 Feb 2016 - 09:26 am

India prime minister Narendra Modi at the residence of his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Lahore. Lucknow/New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan...

Diary of living Japanese interpreter of Netaji confirms crash theory: Website 07 Feb 2016 - 09:22 am

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose London: Kazunori Kunizuka, who worked as an interpreter with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from 1943 to 1945, is still...

Philippine mayor shot in pre-election ambush 07 Feb 2016 - 08:31 am

Manila: A Philippine town mayor was shot and wounded in an ambush in the conflict-wracked south on Sunday, two days before the official...

N. Korea praises launch, others see as covert missile test 07 Feb 2016 - 08:30 am

This picture taken from North Korean TV and released by South Korean news agency Yonhap on February 7, 2016 shows North Korea's locket...

EU calls on Turkey to let in Syrian refugees 07 Feb 2016 - 08:25 am

Syrian refugees walk near the Syrian-Turkish border near a refugee camp in Bab Al-Salama city, northern Syria, 06 February 2016. EPA/SEDAT SUNA Amsterdam:...

China expresses regret over North Korea rocket launch 07 Feb 2016 - 08:23 am

Beijing: China on Sunday "expressed regret" over North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket, after Pyongyang said it successfully put a satellite into...

The grave-diggers of Maiduguri: burying Boko Haram and the past 07 Feb 2016 - 08:18 am

A grave-digger heaps sand on graves where victims or dead members of Boko Haram Islamists are buried at Gwange Cemetery in Maiduguri, northeast...

Rubio wilts, Trump strong in Republican debate 07 Feb 2016 - 08:15 am

Manchester, United States: Surging Republican hope Marco Rubio wilted under stained attack in the last US presidential debate before the New Hampshire primary...