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Google's Sundar Pichai backs Apple over cracking shooter's phone 18 Feb 2016 - 09:39 am

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai. Reuters By Arun Kumar Washington: Google's Indian-American chief executive Sundar Pichai sided with rival Apple in its battle...

Taj Mahotsava to begin on Thursday 18 Feb 2016 - 09:34 am

The festival is being held to showcase Agra as a tourist friendly city. Reuters Agra: The annual ten-day cultural festival 'Taj Mahotsava', celebrating...

Lucknow tops in issuing most passports in 2015-16 18 Feb 2016 - 09:25 am

By Mohit Dubey Lucknow: 'Acche din' appear to have finally arrived for passport seekers in Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow has issued the highest number...

Museveni eyes fifth term as Uganda votes for president 18 Feb 2016 - 09:05 am

A polling assistant issues a ballot paper to a voter at a polling station during elections in Kirihura in western Uganda February 18,...

Republican presidential race erupts into four-way battle 18 Feb 2016 - 08:36 am

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) participates in a CNN South Carolina Republican Presidential Town Hall as moderator Anderson Cooper (R) looks...

Saving the wildlife 'miracle' of Congo's Garamba park 18 Feb 2016 - 08:17 am

A young female elephant lies on the ground, sedated, to be fitted with a geographical positioning system (GPS) collar at the Garamba National...

Apple's Cook in biggest policy challenge yet, on encryption 18 Feb 2016 - 08:14 am

Washington: Apple chief Tim Cook is taking on the US government on encryption, in the latest and biggest challenge for the CEO who...

Tusk warns 'no guarantee' of Brexit deal as Merkel backs Cameron 18 Feb 2016 - 08:08 am

European Union Council President Donald Tusk talks to journalists prior to his meeting at the European Union Council building in Brussels on February...

Two dead, couple missing as bad weather hits Scottish hills 18 Feb 2016 - 08:05 am

-File photo- A woman clears the snow from a car in Westhill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. AFP London: A climber and a hillwalker died...

Blast at Turkish cultural centre in Stockholm: police 18 Feb 2016 - 08:02 am

Stockholm: An explosion damaged a Turkish cultural centre in a Stockholm suburb on Wednesday night, the police said, highlighting growing tensions with the...

Panic and horror strike again in Turkey's jittery capital 18 Feb 2016 - 07:59 am

Firefighters try to extinguish the flames at the scene of a car bomb detonation close to buildings of the Turkish military, in Ankara,...

UN envoy says 'deep divisions' blocking Yemen talks 18 Feb 2016 - 07:56 am

A Yemeni vendor reads a local newspaper as he waits for customers at a market in the old city of Sana'a, Yemen, 17...

500 rebels cross Turkish border towards Syrian town of Azaz 18 Feb 2016 - 07:53 am

anks of the Turkish army shoot in the direction of Syria, near the Syrian border some kilometres from the Oncupinar crossing gate in...

Neo-Nazi lawmakers ejected from parliament briefing 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Leader of the ultra nationalist party Golden Dawn Nikos Michaloliakos addresses a parliament session in Athens at the end of March 2015. AFP ...

Turkey vows to stop Kurdish militia gaining border foothold 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

A Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter looks at makeshift tents between the Syrian and Turkish borders of residents who fled Maskana town...

Pope's flash of anger in crowd 'human': Vatican 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Pope Francis scolded a "selfish" admirer during a visit to the Mexican city of Morelia. AFP Mexico City: The Vatican defended Pope Francis's...

Ex-PM Tymoshenko's faction quits Ukraine governing coalition 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister and Fatherland party leader with a new hairdo during Parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016....