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 Najmuddin Ahmad Faraj.   Italian police on Thursday announced a swoop on a European jihadist network that was allegedly planning to try to spring...

     Indians release a lantern to celebrate Diwali in Mumbai, India, Wednesday , Nov. 11, 2015. AP   NEW DELHI: The fireworks have fizzled. The...

SINJAR, Iraq: Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar,...

Women march and try to get inside the Presidential Palace in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. AP   KABUL,...

   NIAMEY: Around 25 people were killed on Wednesday in a Boko Haram attack on a village in southern Niger and subsequent clashes between...

Pic for representation only   London: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in London on Thursday for a three-day visit that will see India and...

Swedish PM Stefan Lofven during the Valletta Summit on Migration in Valletta, Malta, November 12, 2015. Reuters   Stockholm: Sweden started temporary border controls...

  Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's ruling United Democratic Front's estranged legislator PC George on Thursday submitted his resignation from the assembly to Speaker N Sakthan. George,...

  Kabul: 15 militants belonging to the militant group of Daesh have been killed in newest military operation in eastern Nangarhar's Achin District of...

  A Kurdish female fighter from the People's Protection Units (YPG) gestures as she carries her weapon near al-Hawl area where fighting between Islamic...

  Beirut: The Lebanese army dismantled an explosive device in Qobbeh in Tripoli, North Lebanon. The bomb was placed in a box on the...

  New Delhi: The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) is in danger of losing the hosting rights of the fourth and final Test...

LONDON: Britain has done more to tackle secretive company ownership practices which facilitate corruption than other leading economies, while the United States and...

Sebastian Stricker, founder of the app 'Share the Meal', presents the app on an an IOS and an android device in his office...

    A man carries a copy of the long awaited Saville report on the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings after victims' relatives were allowed to...

File photo of US President Barack Obama with Myanmar leader Thein Sein. AP   Yangon: US President Barack Obama called Myanmar leader Thein Sein...

  By Jason Szep Washington: The US government is stepping up pressure on India to end a controversial policy of placing restrictions on passports...

  Hebron: An Israeli military unit in plainclothes entered a hospital in Hebron in the West Bank and killed a Palestinian youth. Palestinian Health...