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Modi breaks silence, calls for peace after violence over beef 08 Oct 2015 - 03:59 pm

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for religious harmony on Thursday, breaking a week-long silence after the mob killing of a...

Syria extends major offensive to retake territory in west 08 Oct 2015 - 03:23 pm

A civil defence member gathers unexploded cluster bomblets that activists say were fired by the Russian air force at Maasran town, in the...

Malaysia to accept professional, semi-skilled Syrian refugees 08 Oct 2015 - 03:11 pm

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi WASHINGTON: Malaysia is to give preference to professional and semi-skilled people in accepting the 3,000 Syrian refugees it has agreed...

Saudi-led coalition denies striking Yemen wedding 08 Oct 2015 - 02:53 pm

RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen denied on Thursday that its warplanes bombed a wedding for the second time in...

Syrian troops, Russian jets launch attack in Ghab Plain 08 Oct 2015 - 01:21 pm

A civil defence member gathers unexploded cluster bomblets that activists say were fired by the Russian air force at Maasran town, in the...

Netanyahu moves to lower tensions over Jerusalem holy site 08 Oct 2015 - 01:18 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned Israeli cabinet ministers and legislators from visiting a sensitive Jerusalem holy site where rising tensions have spilled...

At least thirteen Yemenis killed by rocket attack at wedding 08 Oct 2015 - 01:16 pm

A car falls as it is being lifted by a crane at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa,...

NATO may need to stay longer in Afghanistan, Germany says 08 Oct 2015 - 01:15 pm

NATO troops may need to stay in Afghanistan for a longer period and any decision should be based on the situation on the...

Nepal's empowered mountain women go green 08 Oct 2015 - 10:58 am

Women community leaders Nanu Ghatane (wearing specs) and Nima Lama of Dach Pokhari village in Kavrepalanchok district of Nepal. By Vishal Gulati KATHMANDU:...

Minister invites Ghulam Ali to perform in Delhi 08 Oct 2015 - 10:52 am

NEW DELHI: Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra on Thursday invited renowned ghazal singer Ghulam Ali to perform in Delhi after he cancelled his...

Women to be inducted as fighter pilots: IAF chief 08 Oct 2015 - 10:35 am

NEW DELHI: Women would soon be inducted as fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said here on...

Amnesty urges Myanmar to release nearly 100 activists before polls 08 Oct 2015 - 09:03 am

Yangon: Amnesty International on Thursday urged Myanmar to release nearly 100 "prisoners of conscience" ahead of landmark November polls, accusing the former junta-run...

Clinton message rises: She won't be Obama 2.0 08 Oct 2015 - 08:55 am

Washington: As Barack Obama's secretary of State, Hillary Clinton loyally carried out his agenda, but since mounting her presidential bid she has split...

New unrest hits Israel, West Bank despite calls for calm 08 Oct 2015 - 08:52 am

Jerusalem: New violence rocked Israel and the West Bank Wednesday, with three stabbings and an Arab shot dead by police, as Prime Minister...

Merkel declares asylum rules 'obsolete' as migrant talks opens 08 Oct 2015 - 08:47 am

Luxembourg: EU foreign ministers and their counterparts from nations bordering Syria were to gather Thursday to discuss the migration crisis, after German Chancellor...

Mexico troops must leave streets: UN rights official 08 Oct 2015 - 08:40 am

Mexico City: The United Nations' human rights chief called on Mexico on Wednesday to set a timetable for the withdrawal of military forces...

Alexievich tops list of Nobel literature favourites 08 Oct 2015 - 08:37 am

Stockholm: Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus is among the bookies' favourites for Thursday's Nobel Prize in Literature but could see herself snubbed by the...