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Government seeks report from China mission on detained Indian 19 Mar 2016 - 11:31 am

New Delhi: The government has sought a report from the Indian embassy in Beijing regarding an Indian national who was detained in the...

British captive appears in new IS video 19 Mar 2016 - 11:25 am

Beirut: British journalist John Cantlie, who is being held prisoner by the Islamic State group, appeared in a new video released Saturday supposedly...

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for attack on Algerian gas plant 19 Mar 2016 - 11:10 am

Technicians stand at a Krechba gas treatment plant, about 1200 km (746 miles) south of Algiers, in this December 14, 2008 file photo....

Parties struggle with candidate lists for Kerala polls 19 Mar 2016 - 10:57 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Even a fortnight after the dates of Kerala assembly elections were notified, neither traditional rivals, LDF and UDF, nor BJP-led National Democratic...

Apple hires corporate security officer amid legal battle with government - sources 19 Mar 2016 - 10:42 am

File picture for representation By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc, amid a pitched battle with the U.S. government over law enforcement's desire...

Palestinian stabs Israeli soldier in West Bank, is shot dead: police 19 Mar 2016 - 10:32 am

People move the body of Palestinian Mahmoud Abu Fanuneh, 21, who the Israeli military said was shot dead by Israeli troops on Friday...

Myanmar's ethnic rebels pin hope on new civilian president 19 Mar 2016 - 10:21 am

Yangon: An ethnic rebel group locked in conflict with Myanmar's military is eager to broker peace with the new civilian president, a spokesman...

Posh Parisians revolt over homeless shelter 19 Mar 2016 - 10:10 am

Residents in Paris's poshest district fear a planned centre on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, will turn their beloved woods into...

Russian spacecraft with US grandpa onboard docks at space station 19 Mar 2016 - 10:03 am

US astronaut Jeff Williams waves at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, prior to blasting off to the International Space Station on March...

Iraq forces in major push against ISIS in Anbar 19 Mar 2016 - 09:42 am

Iraqi government forces evacuate civilians on March 10, 2016 after retaking the town of Zankura, northwest of Ramadi, from ISIS in Anbar province....

Rights groups slam China over missing journalist 19 Mar 2016 - 09:30 am

Hong Kong: Rights groups have condemned China after a Beijing-based journalist went missing, linking his disappearance to an unusual open letter calling for...

Cruise ship rescues 18 Cuban migrants who say nine others died 19 Mar 2016 - 09:22 am

File photo of the Royal Caribbean cruise liner "Brilliance of the Seas" seen at sunset in Valletta"s Grand Harbour December 14, 2010. REUTERS/Darrin...

Top Brazil judge strips Lula of office after he rallies supporters 19 Mar 2016 - 09:17 am

Demontrators take part in a protest against President Dilma Rousseff's appointment of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as her chief of...

Kazakh ruling party faces no opposition in election, but questions remain 19 Mar 2016 - 09:14 am

A family walks past an election poster of ruling Nur Otan party depicting Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev ahead of the snap parliamentary election...

Lufthansa reports near miss with drone over Los Angeles 19 Mar 2016 - 09:13 am

The logo of Lufthansa airline is pictured on a dividing stripe in Frankfurt airport, Germany, March 17, 2016. REUTERS/KAI PFAFFENBACH By Steve Gorman...

Putin orders assistance to relatives of those killed in plane crash in Russia - agencies 19 Mar 2016 - 09:06 am

A handout image, released by Russia Ministry's of the Emergencies shows a view of the place Fly Dubai Flight FZ981 crashed in Rostov-on-Don, ...

Abdeslam and four other suspects captured in a dramatic raid in Brussels 19 Mar 2016 - 09:02 am

Belgian police arrested five people in counter-terror raids in Brussels on March 18, including Paris attackssuspect Salah Abdeslam and the family who sheltered...

All 62 aboard plane that crashed in Russia died - Investigative Committee 19 Mar 2016 - 07:41 am

Members of operative services at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, the point of destination of a FlydubaiBoeing 737-800 which crashed in Rostov-On-Don, Russia, March...