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Plastic to outweigh fish in oceans by 2050, study warns 20 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Davos, Switzerland: Plastic rubbish will outweigh fish in the oceans by 2050 unless the world takes drastic action to recycle the material, a...

Rohith Vemula's suicide: Varsity simmers, Rahul meets students, seeks action 20 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Hyderabad: University of Hyderabad continues to simmer over Dalit research scholar's suicide while Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited the campus on Tuesday...

Obama, Erdogan speak on phone; vow cooperation in terrorism fight: sources 20 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama spoke on the phone on Tuesday, Turkish presidential sources said, and pledged continued...

Margot Wallstrom, Swedish FM embroiled in housing scandal 20 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Stockholm: Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, a rising star of the left-wing who's made a name as an uncompromising women's and human rights...

Tusk warns Brexit referendum 'more unpredictable' than ever 20 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Strasbourg, France: EU president Donald Tusk warned Tuesday that a 'Brexit' referendum "is more unpredictable than ever" and that an EU reform deal...

Ethiopians, Somalis flooding into Yemen despite conflict: UN 20 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo Geneva: Nearly 100,000 Ethiopians and Somalis last year travelled by boat to Yemen despite the conflict raging there, the UN said...

Obama urgers stronger security, trade cooperation with Australia 20 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to the White House, saluting Canberra's role in the fight...

Chinese president Xi in Saudi to bolster ties 19 Jan 2016 - 06:02 pm

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia with the Chinese President Xi Jinping on the latter's...

Eiffel Tower sees fewer visitors after Paris attacks 19 Jan 2016 - 05:20 pm

Paris: The Eiffel Tower, one of the world's top tourist draws, saw visitor numbers drop after the devastating terror attack on the French...

French anti-terror measures restrict key freedoms: UN 19 Jan 2016 - 04:11 pm

File photo of French soldiers patrolling the Eiffel Tower in Paris. AFP Geneva: France's state of emergency and new electronic surveillance laws imposed...

Charities warn of 'desperate' plight of refugees in snow 19 Jan 2016 - 03:37 pm

Migrants and refugees use their sleeping blankets to keep warm as they walk along snow covered fields after crossing the Macedonian border into...

Winter freeze leaves 300 Ukraine towns without power 19 Jan 2016 - 03:33 pm

File picture for representation only Kiev: Almost 300 Ukrainian towns were left without power on Tuesday while snowdrifts and blizzards trapped hundreds of...

Chechnya leader calls for war on Putin's critics 19 Jan 2016 - 03:28 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on August 7, 2013. AFP Moscow:...

Goa Police probing IS letter threatening Modi, Parrikar 19 Jan 2016 - 02:57 pm

Panaji: The Goa Police have begun investigating a letter, with IS scribbled on it, which has threatened Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence...

India plans laser fences along Pakistan border: Official 19 Jan 2016 - 02:47 pm

Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol the fenced border with Pakistan at Babiya village in Hira Nagar sector, about 80 km (50 miles)...

Now, Delhi hikes its levies on transport fuels 19 Jan 2016 - 02:45 pm

New Delhi: Following the central government, the Delhi government has hiked the sales tax on petrol and diesel by 2 percentage points to...

Israel to destroy home of teen accused of killing Jewish woman: Netanyahu 19 Jan 2016 - 02:36 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu smiles the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 17, 2016. REUTERS Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said...