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PM assures Bodos development, avoids statehood, Rs1,000 crore package issues 19 Jan 2016 - 02:17 pm

File photo of Indian PM Narendra Modi at the StartUp India meet in Delhi Kokrajhar (Assam): Avoiding the statehood issue and the Rs1,000...

Agency of "flag row" Taiwan K-pop star under cyber attack 19 Jan 2016 - 02:17 pm

Members of the Kpop girl group Twice seen with Park Jinyoung, founder of JYP Entertainment. Seoul: A South Korean entertainment company, criticised for...

Swedish prosecutor opens inquiry into foreign minister's housing 19 Jan 2016 - 02:09 pm

File photo of Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom Stockholm: A Swedish anti-corruption prosecutor said Tuesday he had opened an inquiry to determine whether...

Fire hits renovated Paris Ritz weeks before reopening 19 Jan 2016 - 02:02 pm

Fire fighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out on the top floor of the Ritz hotel in Paris, France, 19 January...

At least 12 deadly swine flu cases reported in Russia 19 Jan 2016 - 01:51 pm

Number of people infected with swine flu has been growing. Reuters Moscow: At least 12 people have died of swine flu in Russia...

Taiwan president’s apparent front door knock makes front page news 19 Jan 2016 - 01:42 pm

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (C) is greeted by participants before he addresses attendees about South China islands during the Scientific International Seminar on...

Guinea Bissau government in disarray as spending plan under threat 19 Jan 2016 - 01:37 pm

Guinea Bissau's prime minister Carlos Correia at the presidential office in Bissau on September 17, 2015. AFP/Alfa Ba BISSAU: Fifteen former members of...

South Korea union group pulls out from labour reform pact 19 Jan 2016 - 01:30 pm

South Korean President Park Geun-hye issues a statement to the nation from the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, 13 January 2016. SEOUL:...

Iran reformists demand review after candidates rejected 19 Jan 2016 - 01:01 pm

Iran on 19 December began registering candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 26 February 2016. Tehran: Iran's long-sidelined reformist movement on...

Volunteers send water as S.African temperatures soar 19 Jan 2016 - 12:58 pm

Boksburg, South Africa: In a large shed to the east of Johannesburg men stacked tens of thousands of litres of water onto a...

Iran’s Khamenei welcomes sanctions lift, warns of U.S. “deceit” 19 Jan 2016 - 12:56 pm

File photo of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. DUBAI: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday welcomed the lifting of international...

Germany wants to discuss concerns about new Polish govt: Steinmeier 19 Jan 2016 - 12:49 pm

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier BERLIN: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday that the German government wanted to discuss its concerns...

Turkish operations against Kurdish militants near completion: PM 19 Jan 2016 - 12:39 pm

File picture of Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu By Daren Butler ISTANBUL: A Turkish security force campaign against Kurdish militants in the southeast...

About 3,500 slaves held by Islamic State in Iraq: UN report 19 Jan 2016 - 12:30 pm

File picture for representation only GENEVA: An estimated 3,500 people, mainly women and children, are believed to be held as slaves in Iraq...

Indonesia looks to stop militants overseas from returning home 19 Jan 2016 - 12:29 pm

Indonesia's national police chief Badrodin Haiti speaks with Reuters during an interview at police headquarters in Jakarta January 18, 2016. REUTERS By Aubrey...

Twitter users in northern Europe hit by site outage 19 Jan 2016 - 12:25 pm

FRANKFURT: Twitter said on Tuesday its social network was suffering outages in some parts of the world and it was working to resolve...

Members of new Libyan unity government announced under UN-backed plan 19 Jan 2016 - 12:20 pm

File photo of UN special envoy for Libya Bernardino Leon as he speaks at a press conference. AFP TUNIS: Libya's Presidential Council announced...

Greek coastguards rapped for forcing 'smuggler' to look at dead migrants 19 Jan 2016 - 12:08 pm

A Greek police officer looks at an overcrowded dinghy carrying refugees and migrants arriving. Reuters Athens: Greece's shipping minister has criticised coastguards who...