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President, PM pay tributes to Kalam at airport 28 Jul 2015 - 11:20 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying tribute to former president APJ Abdul Kalam at Palam airport (source: Twitter/Sitanshu Kar) New Delhi, July 28 (IANS)...

Kerala corporation to work on Sunday 28 Jul 2015 - 11:19 am

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala State Women's Development Corporation (KSWDC) will work on Sunday as mark of respect to former president A.P.J Abdul Kalam, the...

Attack halts flow in natural gas pipeline from Iran to Turkey 28 Jul 2015 - 11:11 am

Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz speaks during a news conference in Baghdad January 18, 201 ANKARA: Saboteurs attacked a pipeline carrying natural gas...

Rescuers find 13 dead migrants on packed boat off Libyan coast 28 Jul 2015 - 11:08 am

ROME: Rescuers found 13 dead migrants on a boat off the coast of Libya with more than 500 others aboard, an Italian coast...

Malaysian PM reshuffles cabinet, dumps deputy after 1MDB criticism 28 Jul 2015 - 11:04 am

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak announces a new Deputy Prime Minster Ahmad Zahid Hamidi following a cabinet reshuffle in Putrajaya, Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR: ...

Philippine rebel ambush leaves 3 soldiers dead: Army 28 Jul 2015 - 11:02 am

(File photo: AFP) Manila: Three Philippine soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in a midnight ambush by Maoist guerillas in the northern highlands,...

Two Bahrain police killed in ‘terror’ blast: Ministry 28 Jul 2015 - 10:56 am

Dubai: An explosion has killed two policemen and wounded six others in a Shiite-dominated area of Bahrain, the interior ministry said Tuesday, describing...

Ex-Union minister gets jail for graft in 1998 case 28 Jul 2015 - 10:02 am

New Delhi: A special court here yesterday sentenced former union minister P K Thungon (pictured) to four-and-a-half years in jail in a 1998...

Centre opposes Memon’s plea, hearing to continue today 28 Jul 2015 - 10:01 am

Activists shout slogans as they protest against the death sentence of Yakub Memon, who was convicted for his involvement in 1993 Mumbai bomb...

Afghans protest demolition plans 28 Jul 2015 - 09:59 am

Young Afghan refugees protest against a decision by the Pakistani Government to demolish their informal housing in Islamabad, Pakistan, yesterday. According to reports,...

Obama assails Ethiopia’s slack democracy 28 Jul 2015 - 09:57 am

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn applauds comments in Amharic language by US President Barack Obama during their news conference at the National Palace...

Aquino: Elect a leader with zeal to reform 28 Jul 2015 - 09:56 am

Protesters burn an effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a rally to coincide with the last State of the Nation Address of...

UK PM’s £1bn loan to Indonesia 28 Jul 2015 - 09:55 am

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and British Prime Minister David Cameron arrive for a meeting at the presidential palace in Jakarta yesterday. JAKARTA: British...

Obama criticises tone of presidential debate 28 Jul 2015 - 09:53 am

US President Barrack Obama speaks during a news conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, yesterday. Addis Ababa: President Barack Obama delivered a withering critique...

Clinton promises to be the renewable energy president 28 Jul 2015 - 09:53 am

DES MOINES: US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton yesterday described climate change as “one of most urgent threats of our time” and vowed to...

Cuba marks Castro uprising with call for US embargo end 28 Jul 2015 - 09:52 am

Santiago de Cuba: Cuba marked the anniversary of Fidel Castro’s first armed uprising 62 years ago on Sunday with calls for an end...

UK sees ‘win-win’ scenario in EU talks 28 Jul 2015 - 09:50 am

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (right) and French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron visit the so-called “incubator” of French high-tech start-ups “TheFamily”...

Queen Sofia’s sojourn 28 Jul 2015 - 09:50 am

Spain’s Queen Sofia sits on a boat on the first day at a sailing school in Palma de Mallorca yesterday. The Royal Family...