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Malaysian firm wins deal to service US Navy aircraft 09 Nov 2015 - 11:17 am

Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian aerospace firm has won a five-year US$25-million (RM109.17 million) contract to service the KC-130J aircraft of the United States...

Protests break out in parts of Srinagar 09 Nov 2015 - 11:08 am

Policemen try to stop protestors as they march towards residence of Kashmir Chief Minister against killing of a Kashmiri youth in Srinagar, 08...

Pakistan's Kalasha people fear for their way of life as climate changes for worse 09 Nov 2015 - 10:59 am

Kalash women in Pakistan's Hindu Kush mountains walk along a makeshift bridge after paths were swept away by torrential rainfall. Reuters Chitral, Pakistan:...

Quake jolts Iran's Kerman province 09 Nov 2015 - 10:55 am

Tehran: An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale shook the region of Qaleh Ganj in southern Iranian province of Kerman. Iran's Seismological...

Rwandan President warns of genocide in neighbouring Burundi 09 Nov 2015 - 10:54 am

KIGALI: Rwandan President Paul Kagame implored neighbouring Burundi to avoid the ethnic violence that ended in genocide in his country in 1994, in...

BJP defeat is good news, says Pakistani daily 09 Nov 2015 - 10:49 am

Pakistan daily The News International in its editorial said that the BJP-led coalition defeat in Bihar election was the first good news from...

PM greets nation on Dhanteras 09 Nov 2015 - 10:36 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the country on the occasion of Dhanteras, the first day of the five-day Diwali...

India successfully test fires nuclear-capable Agni IV missile 09 Nov 2015 - 10:27 am

Agni-IV being test-fired at a range off the Odisha coast New Delhi: India Monday successfully test fired its nuclear-capable strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV,...

Riot hits Australian migration centre after death of inmate 09 Nov 2015 - 09:35 am

Sydney: Riots broke out at the Australian immigration detention centre on Christmas Island after the death of an inmate who escaped over the...

Cyclone Megh hits Yemen's Socotra island 09 Nov 2015 - 09:26 am

Sana'a: At least one Yemeni was killed as Cyclone Megh, which formed in the Arabian Sea earlier in the week, hit Socotra Island...

US concerned by 'far from perfect' Myanmar vote 09 Nov 2015 - 09:11 am

Washington: The United States welcomed Myanmar's landmark election Sunday, but warned of "important structural and systemic impediments" to full democratization in the Southeast...

Myanmar counts ballots after Suu Kyi's day of destiny 09 Nov 2015 - 08:54 am

Yangon: Vote counting in Myanmar's landmark election was well underway Monday following a massive turnout that could see Aung San Suu Kyi's party...

Two Serbia embassy employees abducted in Libya: officials 09 Nov 2015 - 08:51 am

Belgrade: Two Serbian embassy employees, a man and a woman, were abducted in Libya's coastal city of Sabratha on Sunday while they were...

Seven killed in clashes after election upset in eastern Nigeria: police 09 Nov 2015 - 08:50 am

Caption Kano, Nigeria: At least seven people were killed Sunday in clashes between supporters of rival political parties in Nigeria's eastern Taraba state...

Croatia's conservatives take lead in tight election: partial count 09 Nov 2015 - 08:41 am

Zagreb: Croatia's conservative opposition was leading the vote count late Sunday after a general election dominated by concerns over the migrant crisis and...

Romania president meets with protesters as fire toll mounts 09 Nov 2015 - 08:38 am

Bucharest: Romania's president appealed for protesters' support on Sunday in reforming the country, as the death toll rose to 45 from a horrific...

Bihar election: Final party position 09 Nov 2015 - 04:35 am

The following is the final party position in the Bihar assembly, after all results in the five-phased October-November elections were declared after counting...