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Representational image LAHORE:  Pakistan police said Saturday they have arrested and imprisoned a Christian man accused of blasphemy in Punjab. Blasphemy is a...

  Patna, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that Bodh Gaya, which is considered the birthplace of Buddhism, would be...

  BEIRUT: At least 47 fighters were killed in clashes between the Islamic State group and Syrian insurgents, a monitor said on Saturday, in...

HYDERABAD:  The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, the apex body of Indian Muslims, has decided to launch a nationwide campaign against attempts...

NEW DELHI: The government has decided to implement the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for veterans, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said here...

TOKYO:  The Japanese government on Saturday lifted the evacuation order for the first town near the crippled Fukushima reactors, more than four years...

A woman holds a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel as migrants set off on foot for the border with Austria from Budapest,...

Migrants walk along a platform after disembarking from a train at a railway station in Vienna, Austria September 5, 2015.   HEGYESHALOM (Hungary)/VIENNA (Austria):...

PARIS:  France is considering conducting air strikes on Islamic State in Syria, joining an international coalition led by the United States, Le Monde...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not in picture) at the Great Hall of the People in...

Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian (C) during clashes following traditional Friday prayers near the Old City in East Jerusalem on July 25,...

Maria, the mother of 18-year-old Ismael who was arrested in Piera on suspicion of having links to Islamic militant activities, weeps at their...

COLOMBO: A lawyer for the Maldives' jailed former president was stabbed in the islands' capital ahead of a visit by his international legal...

Migrants march along the highway towards the border with Austria, out of Budapest, Hungary, yesterday. Budapest: A mass of desperate refugees stranded at...

Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), Abdelilah Benkirane, casts his vote in the local elections at a...

Supporters of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) carry flags and a broom stick during a protest in Beirut yesterday to support a leading...

A young girl holds up a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside Keleti station in Budapest yesterday.   ROSZKE: Migrants in Hungary, many...

Athens: Greece’s former leader Alexis Tsipras has opened the door to a coalition with rivals on the left should his Syriza party fail...