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Syria says two Russian aid planes arrive in country 12 Sep 2015 - 05:08 pm

File photo a Russian plane carrying 17 tonnes of food aid that arrived at Bassel al-Assad Airport in Lattakia last year. BEIRUT: Two...

Russia's Putin welcomes Ukraine ceasefire 12 Sep 2015 - 04:25 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during an opening ceremony of the MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow,...

Iran says finds unexpectedly high uranium reserve 12 Sep 2015 - 03:53 pm

The Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi walks through a garden at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel during an...

Egypt government resigns, oil minister to form new cabinet 12 Sep 2015 - 03:21 pm

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meeting with Minister of Petroleum Sherif Ismail, in Cairo, Egypt. CAIRO: Egypt's prime minister and his cabinet...

Sonia, Rahul plough lonely furrow in darkening political landscape 12 Sep 2015 - 02:03 pm

By Amulya Ganguli The extension of Sonia Gandhi's term as Congress president by another year in her 17th year in the position is...

Muslim mosque 'sentinels' make Israel anxious 12 Sep 2015 - 02:02 pm

A Palestinian woman holds a copy of the Koran as she confronts an Israeli soldier outside the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in Jerusalem's Old...

Two killed in Karnataka train derailment 12 Sep 2015 - 01:54 pm

BENGALURU: Two women passengers died and eight other people were injured early Saturday when nine coaches of a speeding Mumbai-bound Duronto express from...

Hindu religion or culture was never under attack during Muslim rule in India: Book 12 Sep 2015 - 01:47 pm

WASHINGTON: At a time when religious discourse is coming under friction, a new book by a Stanford University historian has revealed a cultural...

India gas cylinder blast toll reaches 104: police 12 Sep 2015 - 01:45 pm

People gather around the site of an explosion at a restaurant in Jhabua district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on...

Kalka-Shimla toy train derails, two foreigners killed 12 Sep 2015 - 01:44 pm

PARWANOO, Himachal Pradesh: Two foreigners were killed and 14 people were injured on Saturday when two coaches of a Kalka-Shimla toy train derailed...

Modi's praise of Mulayam stokes rumour mills in UP 12 Sep 2015 - 01:35 pm

By Mohit Dubey LUCKNOW: In middle of last year's high-octane Lok Sabha campaign, Narendra Modi had thumped his "chappan inch ka seena" (56-inch...

Adventurers' Grand Slam: Awards elude twin Indian sisters 12 Sep 2015 - 01:26 pm

By Aroonim Bhuyan NEW DELHI: After having conquered the highest peaks in each of the seven continents in the world and having skiied...

No Hanuman Sena can stop me from writing: Author MM Basheer 12 Sep 2015 - 01:05 pm

By Preetha Nair NEW DELHI: Contradicting reports of being forced to stop writing after threats from right wing groups, Malayalam literary critic M.M....

Saudi bans hajj camel slaughter 12 Sep 2015 - 12:59 pm

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia on Friday banned the slaughter of camels during this year's hajj pilgrimage, after a surge in deaths from the MERS...

Indo-Pak designers exhibit their craft at Shaan-e-Pakistan 12 Sep 2015 - 12:18 pm

NEW DELHI: A confluence of myriad colours, fabrics, hand-made embroidery and exquisite designs from across the border marked the second day of the...

Policeman, two militants killed in Pakistan gunfight 12 Sep 2015 - 12:12 pm

PESHAWAR: Three people were killed and at least five others were injured in a gunfight in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar late Friday,...

Japan resumes work on controversial US base in Okinawa 12 Sep 2015 - 12:08 pm

TOKYO: Tokyo on Saturday resumed work on a controversial new US military base in southern Okinawa following a month-long suspension, officials said, even...