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Six people die in new explosion in Russia's Arctic mine: official 28 Feb 2016 - 10:21 am

Moscow: Six people died -- most of them rescuers -- in a new explosion in a mine in northern Russia where 26 miners...

Poland's ruling conservatives say files cast new shadow over Walesa 28 Feb 2016 - 10:01 am

A women poses next to a picture of former president Lech Walesa with the words 'Solidarity with Lech' during a demonstration in Wroclaw,...

Clinton has one eye on Trump after huge win in South Carolina 28 Feb 2016 - 09:54 am

Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks about the results of the South Carolina primary to supporters at a primary night party in...

Congress MLAs in Manipur revolt against home minister 28 Feb 2016 - 09:43 am

Manipur highlighted in India map. Wikimedia Imphal: At least 20 MLAs of the ruling Congress party in Manipur have taken up cudgels casting...

Chandy unhurt in car mishap 28 Feb 2016 - 09:41 am

Kottayam (Kerala): Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was unhurt as the car he was travelling in lost control and skidded off the road...

Rouhani allies win all 30 seats in Tehran: state TV 28 Feb 2016 - 09:38 am

Iranians search through the candiate list, as they wait to vote in the parliamentary and Experts Assembly election at a polling station at...

Remain positive during board exams, Modi tells students 28 Feb 2016 - 09:32 am

Prime minister Narendra Modi, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and chess champion Vishwanathan Anand wished luck to students for their boards exams New Delhi: Prime...

Indian man kills 14 members of his family with knife: police 28 Feb 2016 - 09:26 am

Mumbai: A 35-year-old man allegedly murdered 14 members of his family including seven children with a butcher's knife before committing suicide outside India's...

Switzerland votes on expelling foreign criminals 28 Feb 2016 - 08:47 am

REUTERS/ Arnd Wiegmann Geneva: Switzerland votes in a fresh referendum Sunday on whether foreign criminals should be automatically deported even for minor offences,...

Syria's fledgling truce enters second day 28 Feb 2016 - 08:33 am

Syrian children play on a swing at a park in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern edges of the capital Damascus...

Yazidi women, girls seek healing in Germany after IS 'hell' 28 Feb 2016 - 08:26 am

German doctor Jan Ilhan Kizilhan poses for a photograph on February 23, 2016, in Geneva. AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI Geneva: One eight-year-old was...

Three stabbed, 13 arrested at KKK rally in California 28 Feb 2016 - 08:13 am

Picture courtesy of the Center for the Study of Hate and extremism shows a counter-protester (L) tackling a member of the Ku Klux...

Clinton wins South Carolina primary as 'Super Tuesday' looms 28 Feb 2016 - 08:01 am

Democratic 2016 US presidential candidate former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton celebrates her South Carolina Democratic presidential primary election victory against Vermont...

Irish government concedes election defeat 28 Feb 2016 - 07:49 am

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, Fine Gael party leader, attends the vote count for the general election in Castlebar, Ireland on February 27,...

U.S., allies conduct 22 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military 28 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State in Iraq with 14 strikes on Friday and also hit the militant group...

Iran president, top ally lead after vote for key body 28 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

epa05181598 A handout picture made available by Iran's Presidential Official Website on 26 February 2016 shows Iranian president Hassan Rouhani casting his vote...

Colombia reports almost 43,000 Zika cases 28 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

A health worker fumigates the Altos del Cerro neighbourhood as part of preventive measures against the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in...