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Two dead in Nigeria police building collapse 25 Dec 2016 - 11:31 pm

Two people were killed when part of a two-storey building in a police training college collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos yesterday, the...

Congo ethnic militia kills 13 civilians 25 Dec 2016 - 11:30 pm

Kinshasa: An ethnic Nande militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 13 Hutu civilians yesterday with guns and machetes in...

Thousands stranded at Japan airport 25 Dec 2016 - 11:30 pm

Heavy snow in northern Japan caused transport chaos over the holiday weekend, with flights and train services cancelled and thousands of passengers forced...

Opinion: As test scores slip, China must rethink its schools 25 Dec 2016 - 11:22 pm

It had become something of a ritual. Every three years, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development would release the results of its...

India’s currency crisis is stalling small industries 25 Dec 2016 - 11:22 pm

Over the past two years, this suburb of New Delhi mushroomed into a flourishing enclave of small cellphone manufacturers, attracting tens of thousands...

Opinion: The UN settlement resolution is too little and too late 25 Dec 2016 - 11:22 pm

The United Nations Security Council vote decrying Israel’s policy of settlement expansion is a welcome, but empty, gesture — all but irrelevant to...

Uncertainty over Rs5,000 notes heats up 25 Dec 2016 - 11:20 pm

Karachi: Frequent denials by the government of Pakistan and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) did not calm the anxiety in the market...

Islamabad could face severe water crisis 25 Dec 2016 - 11:20 pm

Islamabad: After an unusually long dry spell after a hot and dry monsoon season this year, Pakistani capital Islamabad is facing a water...

Anger at Afghan female pilot's US asylum bid 25 Dec 2016 - 11:20 pm

Kabul: There was an angry reaction in Afghanistan to news that the first female fixed-wing pilot in the country's air force was requesting...

2 dead in east Afghanistan explosion 25 Dec 2016 - 11:18 pm

At least two civilians were killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan, Afghan Khaama Press (KP)...

Taliban leader among 3 dead in Afghanistan airstrikes 25 Dec 2016 - 10:46 pm

At least three Taliban insurgents including a local leader of the group were killed and four others were wounded in separate airstrikes in...

Turban tying competition 25 Dec 2016 - 10:40 pm

Shimla gets season's first snowfall 25 Dec 2016 - 10:37 pm

Shimla: Popular tourist destination Shimla yesterday received the season's first snowfall, while the lower hills across Himachal Pradesh were lashed by rain, bringing...

Law against benami properties to be implemented soon 25 Dec 2016 - 10:36 pm

New Delhi: Lauding the public for their support in exposing the wrong-doings of the corrupt post-demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to operationalise...

Go cashless, win prizes: PM 25 Dec 2016 - 10:36 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi played a Santa on the Christmas Day and announced two schemes to promote digital transactions and banking...

One out of 769 vehicles booked for overspeeding on Yamuna Expressway 25 Dec 2016 - 10:34 pm

Agra: At least 143 people lost their lives in 919 accidents on Yamuna Expressway in 2015, but only one out of every 769...

Delhi witnesses coldest December day in 5 years 25 Dec 2016 - 10:34 pm

New Delhi: The national capital yesterday experienced coldest day of December in last five years with the maximum temperature settling at 15.4 degrees...

40 injured in Sabarimala stampede 25 Dec 2016 - 10:31 pm

At least 40 pilgrims were injured, three of them seriously, in a stampede at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala after a barricade gave...