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Air India grounds two pilots after engineer's death 17 Dec 2015 - 02:02 pm

Image for representation only Mumbai: Air India on Thursday de-rostered the pilot and co-pilot of an aircraft whose live engine sucked in a...

New storm approaches Philippines after typhoon kills 20 17 Dec 2015 - 01:46 pm

Filipino villagers riding on a farm vehicle through the floodwaters in the typhoon-hit town of La Paz, Tarlac province, southern Manila, Philippines, 17...

Militants hurl grenade at CRPF bunker in Srinagar 17 Dec 2015 - 01:10 pm

CRPF inspects the grenade blast site in Srinagar Srinagar: Separatist guerrillas on Thursday hurled a grenade at a paramilitary bunker here, damaging some...

Cow traders hit hard at Asia's largest Sonpur cattle fair 17 Dec 2015 - 12:58 pm

By Imran Khan Sonpur (Bihar): Bilath Singh, Ram Naresh Singh, Sachitanand Choudhary and Kedarnath Thakur - all traders in cows - share one...

Congress wins Jharkhand by-poll 17 Dec 2015 - 12:49 pm

Ranchi: The BJP-led NDA on Thursday suffered a setback in Jharkhand's Lohardaga assembly by-election, losing it to the Congress by a huge margin....

Pakistan urged to halt executions 17 Dec 2015 - 12:39 pm

New York: Pakistan should immediately halt executions, reinstate the moratorium on death penalty, and move toward its abolition, Human Rights Watch said on...

Turkish forces kill 23 Kurdish militants in southeast operation 17 Dec 2015 - 12:01 pm

File picture for representation Diyarbakir, Turkey: Turkish security forces have killed a total of 23 Kurdish militants in military operations inside two towns...

Air India worker dies 'after being sucked into jet engine' 17 Dec 2015 - 11:58 am

File photo for representation only Mumbai: A technician working for Air India has died after being sucked into a jet engine as the...

Philippine Congress approves 15 pct rise in 2016 national budget 17 Dec 2015 - 11:36 am

File photo of Philippines president Benigno Aquino MANILA: The Philippine Congress has approved a 15 percent rise in the national budget next year...

Yemen peace talks struggling in Switzerland amid disputes: Sources 17 Dec 2015 - 11:10 am

Armed Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees, supporting forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, drive their vehicle as they...

China summons US envoy over warship sales to Taiwan 17 Dec 2015 - 10:14 am

A US-made 70-C helicopter lands on a Perry-class frigate during the Han Kuang drill near Hualien, eastern Taiwan, in September 2014. AFP Beijing:...

July attack on US army bases inspired by 'foreign terrorists': FBI 17 Dec 2015 - 09:53 am

FBI investigate the shooting in Chattanooga Washington: An attack at two military installations in the US state of Tennessee in July that killed...

Yemen warring parties swap hundreds of detainees 17 Dec 2015 - 09:38 am

Armed Yemeni tribesmen began began exchange of hundreds of detainees Aden: Yemeni pro-government forces and rebels completed an exchange of hundreds of detainees...

Philippine troops clash with Islamist militants, 15 dead 17 Dec 2015 - 09:32 am

MANILA: Philippine troops clashed on Tuesday with Islamist militants on a remote southern island and 15 people were killed as security forces step...

Australia says no plan to stop surveillance flights over South China Sea 17 Dec 2015 - 09:22 am

Australia's Defence Minister Marise Payne (C) speaks to the press after visiting the ASC's Shipbuilding and submarine facilities in Adelaide, South Australia, December...

Canada’s Trudeau takes audience questions, says not a lightweight 17 Dec 2015 - 12:38 am

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA: New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat down in his shirt sleeves on Wednesday for a rare televised town...

Brazil prosecutors ask court to order house speaker to step aside 17 Dec 2015 - 12:33 am

BRASILIA: Brazilian federal prosecutors on Wednesday said they asked the country’s Supreme Court to order house speaker Eduardo Cunha, whom they previously charged...