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Trains stopped in Bihar over Kanhaiya's release demand 19 Feb 2016 - 10:10 am

Patna: Nearly half a dozen trains were forcibly stopped in Bihar on Friday by hundreds of students, mostly activists of student bodies of...

SC transfers Kanhaiya Kumar's bail plea to HC 19 Feb 2016 - 10:07 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday transferred to the Delhi High Court JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar's petition seeking bail and...

Republican Trump backed Iraq war in 2002 interview, says views changed 19 Feb 2016 - 10:00 am

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump enters the South Carolina Republican Presidential Town Hall sponsored by CNN in Columbia, South Carolina, February 18,...

Pakistan registers FIR against Pathankot air base attackers 19 Feb 2016 - 09:42 am

File photo of Pathankot Air Base that was attacked on January 2. Islamabad: A Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan police on Friday registered...

Sharif, Modi likely to meet in Washington next month 19 Feb 2016 - 09:40 am

File picture of Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Shairf is likely to meet...

U.S. adds visa restrictions to Yemen, Somalia, Libya travelers 19 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

In this June 5, 2015, file photo, the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. AP Photo/Susan Walsh WASHINGTON: The United States has...

Red Cross halts operations in Afghan province after staff taken 19 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Photo credit: Photo: ICRC/Marcel Stoessel KABUL: The Red Cross has suspended operations in the central Afghan province of Ghazni after an armed group...

Swedish charity accuses Afghan forces of deadly clinic attack 19 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Kabul: A Swedish charity accused Afghan forces Thursday of storming one of its clinics in the central province of Wardak, killing three people...

UN aims to air drop food to ISIS-besieged city in eastern Syria: Egeland 19 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Jan Egeland, Senior Advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, speaks after the second meeting of the Task Force on Humanitarian...

Syrian mothers say separated from children in Aegean rescue 19 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Fighters from the Democratic Forces of Syria distribute food aid to internally displaced Syrians that fled the town of Sabaa Zlam in the...

Indian universities told to fly flag amid sedition row 18 Feb 2016 - 06:14 pm

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students and their supporters shout slogans as they participate in a protest march in New Delhi, India, 18 February...

Obama to visit Cuba in March, pledges to address human rights 18 Feb 2016 - 05:31 pm

Washington: President Barack Obama announced Thursday he and First Lady Michelle Obama will make a landmark visit to Cuba on March 21-22, pledging...

Italy urges EU to avert collapse of passport-free travel zone 18 Feb 2016 - 05:21 pm

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov (unseen) in Moscow on June 1, 2015. AFP...

Canada's fighter jets fly final anti-IS raids 18 Feb 2016 - 05:18 pm

Canadian air force jets have made their last strikes, targeting an IS "fighting position in the vicinity of Fallujah," Iraq, a Defense Ministry...

EU leaders to discuss Turkey, “Plan B” at migration dinner 18 Feb 2016 - 04:44 pm

Refugees and migrants including children, wait on a ship of the Greek coastguard, at the port of Mytilene, on the Greek island of...

Uganda police fire tear gas at voters angered by delays 18 Feb 2016 - 04:33 pm

Electoral agents gather to discuss the procedure next to a polling station before the poll opens for the presidential and parliamentary elections in...

Ukraine coalition loses majority after second party quits 18 Feb 2016 - 04:15 pm

Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk delivers a speech during a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, February 16, 2016. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich) KIEV: Ukraine's Samopomich...