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Residents resort to self-help as floods grip Chennai 03 Dec 2015 - 01:35 pm

National Disaster Response Force personnel conduct a rescue operation through a flooded road in Chennai, December 3, 2015. Reuters By Rachel Chitra and...

Defamation suit against Abe over Fukushima crisis thrown out: Court 03 Dec 2015 - 01:18 pm

Wearing protective suits and mask, officials discuss about tanks containing radioactive water following Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis. Tokyo: A Japanese court on Thursday...

Seychelles starts voting in presidential poll 03 Dec 2015 - 01:14 pm

Victoria, Seychelles:The Seychelles began voting in a presidential election Thursday, with remote islanders casting their ballots first in a race which sees incumbent...

Leaving behind baby and bombs, couple sows panic in California 03 Dec 2015 - 12:51 pm

SWAT officers deploy near the scene where suspects in the shooting at the Inland Regional Center were reportedly apprehended, in San Bernardino, California,...

Putin to Turkey: Expect more sanctions for jet shoot-down 03 Dec 2015 - 12:46 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 3, 2015. MOSCOW: President...

Landslide buries hut in Indonesian village, killing 18: Media 03 Dec 2015 - 12:31 pm

JAKARTA: A landslide in a remote Indonesian hillside village buried a hut on Thursday, killing all 18 people inside, media reported, citing a...

WHO calls for fighting foodborne diseases that can be deadly 03 Dec 2015 - 12:11 pm

WHO headquarters in Geneva By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA: At least 600 million people, or 1 in 10 worldwide, fall ill from contaminated food...

Afghanistan seeks to establish fate of 'injured' Taliban chief 03 Dec 2015 - 12:01 pm

Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour Kandahar, Afghanistan: Afghan officials scrambled Thursday to establish the fate of Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour, after intelligence...

South Africa's Supreme Court finds Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder 03 Dec 2015 - 11:57 am

File photo of Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius. Reuters BLOEMFONTEIN: South Africa's top appeals court ruled on Thursday that paralympian Oscar...

Pakistan refusing to allow 30 migrants deported from EU to disembark plane 03 Dec 2015 - 11:47 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan refused on Thursday to allow 30 migrants deported from Greece to disembark from a plane at Islamabad airport, the interior ministry...

China pollution pledge hopes to soothe smog fears: Analysts 03 Dec 2015 - 11:44 am

Skies cleared in Beijing on December 2 and 3, after being swathed in choking smog that was nearly 24 times safe levels earlier...

War planes hit oil region in Islamic State-held Syria: Monitor 03 Dec 2015 - 11:41 am

Syrian opposition fighters from the Syrian Free Army fire a home-made rocket launcher connected to a tractor in the Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood of...

France plans to change constitution to extend state of emergency: govt sources 03 Dec 2015 - 11:36 am

Paris: France plans to change the constitution to allow it to extend a state of emergency "to a maximum of six months", government...

Army on war footing to rescue survivors as flood toll nears 270 03 Dec 2015 - 11:22 am

Rescuers raced to evacuate residents from week-long floods. AFP By Devika Krishna Kumar CHENNAI: The Indian military struggled to evacuate thousands of residents...

Losses top $2.2 billion as crippled Chennai seeks aid on Twitter 03 Dec 2015 - 11:13 am

A bridge is submerged in flood waters in Chennai, India, 02 December 2015. EPA By Anurag Kotoky Chennai: As the flood-ravaged Indian city...

IAF airlifts 200 stranded passengers from Chennai to Hyderabad 03 Dec 2015 - 11:08 am

Press Information Bureau on December 2, 2015, released an aerial view of the submerged Chennai airport taken from an Indian Air Force helicopter...

Modi has clear vision for India: White House 03 Dec 2015 - 10:24 am

Indian PM Narendra Modi with US President Barack Obama at the recent climate summit in Paris. Reuters Washington: White House heaped high praise...

Photos show new North Korea nuclear test tunnel: US think tank 03 Dec 2015 - 09:10 am

Missiles are displayed during a military parade at Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang, in October 2015. AFP Recent satellite imagery suggests North Korea...