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Stockholm: Swedish prosecutors investigating a rape accusation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will hold a press conference on Friday to discuss developments in...

Beijing: The Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced that 1,274 missing children had been found over the past year following the launch...

Research has often shown that people resonate to emotions than  facts or figures. Using this to their best advantage, UAE Ministry of Interiors...

Decentralised solar power, when utilised by unelectrified households, reduces money spent on kerosene but is not conducive to accessing larger social and economic...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron's new centrist party has stretched its lead in the polls ahead of parliamentary elections next month, new survey...

New Delhi: India is treading a strong renewable energy path post-Paris Agreement as it witnesses a step-up in Chinese investments in solar energy....

Aboard a US military aircraft: The top US military commander floated the idea late Wednesday of NATO assuming some responsibility for training troops...

New Delhi: India's environment minister Anil Madhav Dave died Thursday at the age of 60 in New Delhi, shocking colleagues who remembered him...

Hong Kong: Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden hit back at the Hong Kong government Thursday for rejecting the protection bids of a group of...

Beijing: China has urged Windows users to protect themselves against a new ransomware virus similar to the WannaCry bug that wreaked havoc worldwide...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended wide sanctions relief for Iran called for under a 2015 international nuclear deal even as...

Washington: A former FBI chief was tasked Wednesday with leading a beefed-up investigation into whether Donald Trump's team colluded with Russia to tilt...

ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump during his visit to Washington this week that Turkey would act "without asking anyone"...

Beijing/Kathmandu: Nepal's Transport Minister Ramesh Lekhak, on a visit to China, has proposed that the two countries set up cross-border road and rail...

Paris: France's newly inaugurated President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled his cabinet, with women filling half of the 22 positions, media reports said. Unveiling...

Srinagar: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, who arrived here on Wednesday, reviewed the overall security situation in the Kashmir Valley and asked the Army...

New York: The UN Security Council has held an emergency meeting to discuss the political and humanitarian situation in Venezuela, which has been...

New Delhi: Legal Assistance Establishments will serve the essential purpose of providing "access to justice", Supreme Court judge Justice Dipak Misra said on...