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Divisions among Gujjar community emerge over Hardik Patel 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

NEW DELHI: Fissures emerged on Sunday among the members of the Gujjar community in the national capital over extending support to Patel community...

Tear gas fired at barrier protest 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Tear gas is fired during clashes between Israeli border police and Palestinian demonstrators at a protest near the West Bank city of Biet...

Lebanon’s trash protesters turn up heat on govt 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A protestor flashes a sign with Arabic written in Latin saying “your smell has reached Paris” during a demonstration near the Eiffel Tower...

Air raids kill 36 in Yemen town 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A Yemeni receives food aid from a local relief group in Sana’a, yesterday. According to the World Food Programme, an estimated 12.9 million...

Won’t renew ordinance on land deal, says Modi 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said his government will not renew the land acquisition ordinance that lapses today. He said the...

Swabhiman Rally takes a dig at Modi 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Patna: Sharing a stage for the first time, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD leader Lalu Prasad and Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday...

Veterans of 1965 war still rue returned territory 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A file picture from the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war. New Delhi: Fifty years after India and Pakistan engaged in a full-scale war, the return...

Austria tragedy spurs calls for action 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Migrants demonstrate demanding to be let on trains to Germany in the transit area designated for them in a subway in front of...

Putin flexes muscles to impress Russians 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev exercise in a gym at Putin’s Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia,...

Massive rally in Tokyo against bill 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

People hold placards and shout slogans as they protest against Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security bill outside parliament in Tokyo, yesterday. Tokyo:...

Manila highway blocked in church protest 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Members of the influential church Iglesia ni Kristo hold a protest at a busy highway in Manila, yesterday. MANILA: Traffic came to almost...

Pakistan’s NW region receives 19 terror attack threats daily 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

PESHAWAR: On an average 19 threats of terrorist attacks are received daily in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas and...

US in key ‘militant attacks’ talk 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (right) meets with the US National Security Adviser Susan Rice at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad, yesterday. ISLAMABAD:...

Egypt to hold parliamentary election starting Oct 18-19 30 Aug 2015 - 09:20 pm

CAIRO: Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election in two phases starting Oct. 18-19, the election commission said on Sunday, the final step...

Sudanese President to visit China despite international arrest warrant 30 Aug 2015 - 08:30 pm

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is to travel to China, despite being wanted by the International Criminal Court (AFP ) KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar...

7 bodies wash up on Libya beach 30 Aug 2015 - 08:10 pm

KHOME: Another boat carrying migrants has sunk off Libya and the bodies of at least seven people have been washed up, Libya's Red...

Saudi women allowed to run in local elections for the first time 30 Aug 2015 - 06:56 pm

Saudi women wait for their drivers outside a shopping mall in Riyadh on September 26, 2011 a day after King Abdullah granted women...

Outspoken Indian scholar killed by gunmen 30 Aug 2015 - 06:20 pm

DHARWAD, Karnataka: Renowned Kannada scholar and former Hampi University vice chancellor M.M. Kalburgi was shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants here, sparking...