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Northeastern US in deep freeze 16 Dec 2016 - 09:36 pm

Concord, New Hampshire: Low temperatures and high winds have put the Northeastern US in a deep freeze. Dangerous wind chills of 20 to...

Life in prison or death only option for Dylann Roof 16 Dec 2016 - 09:34 pm

Charleston: THE Confederate flag is gone from South Carolina’s Statehouse. And now Dylann Roof will almost certainly spend rest of his days in...

Petrol price hiked by Rs2.21 a litre & diesel by Rs1.79 16 Dec 2016 - 09:31 pm

Mumbai: With the global oil prices going over $50 a barrel earlier this week, state-run Indian Oil Corp yesterday hiked the prices of...

Demonetisation was due since 1971: Modi 16 Dec 2016 - 09:30 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday strongly defended demonetisation, saying this should have been done in 1971 itself and blamed then PM...

Indian opposition parties meets President over House impasse 16 Dec 2016 - 09:29 pm

New Delhi: Accusing the government of stifling the opposition's voice and subjecting parliamentary democracy to a 'severe threat', opposition parties led by the...

Driver arrested for assault on 4th anniversary of Nirbhaya case 16 Dec 2016 - 09:29 pm

New Delhi: Police in New Delhi said yesterday they have arrested a driver for allegedly raping a woman in his car, as the...

Cash crackdown linked to drop in child trafficking 16 Dec 2016 - 09:28 pm

Mumbai: Business has been slow at the Thakkar Bappa Colony shoe manufacturing hub in eastern Mumbai since the government withdrew high-value bank notes...

Business has been slow at the Thakkar Bappa Colony shoe manufacturing hub in eastern Mumbai since the government withdrew high-value bank notes last month in an attempt to curb tax evasion and counterfeit currency.

IS shows no sign of weakening 16 Dec 2016 - 09:24 pm

Baghdad: Islamic State fighters have stepped up counterattacks on Iraqi forces in Mosul amid bad weather as the US-backed offensive to capture their...

Evacuation of civilians suspended in Aleppo 16 Dec 2016 - 09:24 pm

Aleppo: The evacuation of the last opposition-held areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo was suspended yesterday after pro-government militias demanded that wounded...

Yemen edging nearer famine as war takes toll 16 Dec 2016 - 09:24 pm

Geneva: Yemen’s humanitarian catastrophe is set to worsen as the war has ruined the economy and is stopping food supplies getting through, driving...

Netanyahu urges settlers to allow peaceful eviction 16 Dec 2016 - 09:22 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called yesterday on residents of a wildcat Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank to refrain from...

South Sudan oppn welcomes dialogue move 16 Dec 2016 - 09:21 pm

Juba: South Sudan's opposition yesterday welcomed President Salva Kiir's call for "national dialogue" to restore peace after three years of civil war, but...

Child with explosives caused Damascus blast: Media 16 Dec 2016 - 09:21 pm

Damascus: A blast that rocked a police station in southeast Damascus yesterday was caused by a seven-year-old girl carrying a belt of explosives,...

Thousands gather to cheer Duterte in Singapore 16 Dec 2016 - 09:12 pm

Singapore: Thousands of Filipinos gathered in Singapore yesterday to catch a glimpse of their president, Rodrigo Duterte, in a big show of support...

Philippines seeks unconditional US aid 16 Dec 2016 - 09:08 pm

Manila: The Philippines yesterday appealed to former colonial ruler the United States to reconsider a decision to withhold humanitarian aid, with Manila's foreign...

China holds live-fire drills with warships 16 Dec 2016 - 09:07 pm

Beijing: China's military has carried out its first ever live-fire drills using an aircraft carrier and fighters in the northeastern Bohai Sea close...

Park's impeachment is groundless: Lawyer 16 Dec 2016 - 09:06 pm

Seoul: The impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye has no legal foundation, her lawyers argued yesterday, as they submitted their defence against...