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Russia can't mend ties with US while it backs sanctions: Lavrov 10 Dec 2015 - 12:50 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ROME: Russia wants to mend ties with the United States but cannot do so while Barack Obama's administration...

Trump’s anti-Muslim plans scramble Republican appeals to Jewish voters 10 Dec 2015 - 12:43 pm

A file photo of Donald Trump. WASHINGTON: For the Republican Party, a tough job just got a little tougher thanks to Donald Trump. ...

Seven Kurdish militants, one policeman killed in southeast Turkey 10 Dec 2015 - 12:22 pm

Turkish riot police use water cannon to disperse demonstrators during a protest against the curfew in the southeastern city of Turkey. Reuters ANKARA:...

Syrian fighters arrive in Idlib after Homs ceasefire deal: Monitoring group 10 Dec 2015 - 11:38 am

Buses leave district of Waer during a truce between the government and rebels, in Homs, Syria December 9, 2015. BEIRUT: Buses carrying Syrian...

Nobel laureates to collect awards amid heightened security 10 Dec 2015 - 11:27 am

Armed police guard the Nobel Institute ahead of a press conference with the Nobel Peace Prize laureates, the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet in...

Salman Khan cleared over hit-and-run crash 10 Dec 2015 - 11:23 am

Bollywood film actor Salman Khan leaves his home to appear at a Sessions Court in Mumbai. (file photo) Mumbai: An Indian court Thursday...

ISRO to launch six Singaporean satellites on December 16 10 Dec 2015 - 11:15 am

File pic for representation only. Reuters Chennai: India will be launching six Singaporean satellites weighing a total of around 625 kg on December...

Police seal Osmania University campus to foil beef festival 10 Dec 2015 - 11:01 am

Osmania University Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at Osmania University on Thursday as police sealed the campus to prevent beef festival planned by some student...

SC calls for multi-pronged policy to tackle Delhi pollution 10 Dec 2015 - 10:59 am

File pic for representation. Reuters New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the alarming problem of air pollution in Delhi could...

Death toll jumps to 50 in Kandahar airport siege: officials 10 Dec 2015 - 09:58 am

Kandahar, Afghanistan: The death toll from a 27-hour Taliban siege of Kandahar airport has jumped to 50, Afghan officials said Thursday, after a...

Pakistan facing climate 'calamity' if warnings go unheeded 10 Dec 2015 - 08:54 am

n this photograph taken on September 28, 2015, a Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) employee takes observations at a glacier monitoring station, set at...

Artist Ai Weiwei believes activism helping change China 10 Dec 2015 - 08:50 am

Melbourne: Dissident artist Ai Weiwei Thursday said he believes his activism is helping to change China and the price he has paid for...

Climate talks: Blood, sweat and tears 10 Dec 2015 - 08:48 am

Le Bourget, France: Tears flow often -- blood has once -- as climate negotiators from 195 nations gather every year in a different...

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Tunisia's guardians of democracy 10 Dec 2015 - 08:39 am

Members of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, winner of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, (L-R) Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union...

No love lost as Argentina's Macri takes office 10 Dec 2015 - 08:18 am

Buenos Aires: Business-friendly conservative Mauricio Macri takes office as Argentina's next president Thursday in a ceremony boycotted by his predecessor Cristina Kirchner, irate...

Muhammad Ali hits out at Trump over Muslim ban: reports 10 Dec 2015 - 08:16 am

Washington: Muhammad Ali rebuked Donald Trump over his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, news reports said Wednesday, as the...

The five men accused of planning 9/11 10 Dec 2015 - 08:14 am

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba: Here are short profiles of the five men accused of planning the September 11, 2001 attacks. They are...

Zuckerberg speaks out against Muslim discrimination 10 Dec 2015 - 08:12 am

Washington: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to protect the rights of Muslims, saying they should not fear being "persecuted for the actions of...