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File photo of a meeting between Indian PM Narendra Modi and Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif recently. Reuters  Islamabad: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov shake hands as they pose for cameras ahead of a...

  Aizawl: The northeastern state of Mizoram leads India in tobacco consumption with 67.2 percent of its population consuming/smoking various tobacco products, an official...

  Riyadh: A coalition of 34 Islamic nations has been formed to fight any terrorist group, a joint statement published on Saudi Press Agency...

File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi  Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over a combined commanders' conference that began on Tuesday morning...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley   New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that the CBI raid was not against Delhi Chief Minister...

  Sao Paulo: A flight from Madrid to Sao Paulo operated by Brazil's TAM airlines was forced to return to the Spanish capital due...

File photo of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal   NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said his office was raided by federal investigators on...

Around one million raw bricks were being baked in the kiln when explosion took place   Kathmandu: At least six Indians and two locals...

  Legazpi, Philippines: Typhoon Melor carved through the central Philippines on Tuesday bringing heavy rain and strong winds that left millions without power and...

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, pictured December 1, 2015, said people in the West tend to overlook the...

  By Francois Murphy   VIENNA: The wave of refugees flooding into Austria could bolster the country’s economic growth if Vienna continues to work on...

Sambo Dasuki   Abuja: Nigerian prosecutors on Monday charged the former national security adviser Sambo Dasuki with corruption, in the latest fraud case to...

Anil Swarup, secretary, department of coal, Government of India   By Krishna N. Das and Tommy Wilkes NEW DELHI: India still plans to double...

  Rome: Italian police have confiscated 3,500 fake "papal benedictions" worth 70,000 euros ($77,000) in a blitz on counterfeit goods which saw one million...

  PARIS: A preschool teacher who claimed to have been attacked by a masked assailant invoking Islamic State made up the story, French prosecutors...

  WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama is open to visiting to Cuba in 2016 but first wants to see ordinary citizens there enjoy more ...

  Vilnius: Lithuania on Monday introduced new power lines to Sweden and Poland connecting the EU-member Baltic states to the western energy market while...