World

I do get weirded out by the attention: SRK 31 Oct 2015 - 05:27 pm

New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who enjoys a wide fan base globally, says though he is a “fantastically confident” person, he...

Election violence kills 11 in Pakistan: Officials 31 Oct 2015 - 05:14 pm

Women wait in line to vote for local government elections in Lahore, Pakistan October 31, 2015. Karachi: An armed clash between supporters of...

7 jailed for a decade over Nigeria fuel theft 31 Oct 2015 - 05:07 pm

Lagos: Seven men have been jailed for 10 years in Nigeria after being arrested with nearly 1,500 tonnes of contraband petrol, the Economic...

France's Mont-Saint-Michel recovers its island status 31 Oct 2015 - 05:01 pm

French President Francois Hollande claps as he innaugurates the Couesnon Dam constructed in the bay of the Mont Saint-Michel, in Normandy, northwestern France,...

Oman, Yemen warn coastal areas as severe cyclone approaches 31 Oct 2015 - 04:51 pm

A picture made available by NASA on 01 November 2015 shows a satellite image acquired by MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite of...

Russian airliner crashes in Egypt's Sinai, all 224 aboard 'killed' 31 Oct 2015 - 04:46 pm

Relatives of passengers of MetroJet Airbus A321 stand at an informstion desk at Pulkovo II international airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, 31 October...

Secular Bangladesh publisher killed in separate attack 31 Oct 2015 - 04:40 pm

Dhaka: The publisher of an atheist writer killed earlier this year by suspected Islamists was hacked to death in Bangladesh Saturday, hours after...

AAP files complaint against Jung with ACB 31 Oct 2015 - 04:34 pm

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday lodged a complaint with ACB against Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung for his attempt to shield...

Vice president of Congo elections commission resigns 31 Oct 2015 - 04:31 pm

The vice president of Democratic Republic of Congo's election commission resigned on Saturday, a source at the presidency said, throwing the country's troubled...

Saudi FM: Assad's future among sticking points on Syria deal 31 Oct 2015 - 04:11 pm

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks at the International Institute of Strategic Studies conference "Manama-Dialogue 2015 at Manama, Bahrain October 31, 2015. REUTERS ...

Special forces in Syria don't mean USA entering civil war: Kerry 31 Oct 2015 - 03:44 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev shake hands during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the US...

UN's Ban says Syrian talks 'hostage' to Assad's future 31 Oct 2015 - 03:26 pm

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said talks on the Syria crisis had unacceptably been taken "hostage" by the question of President Bashar al-Assad's...

Rocket hits mosque in eastern Afghanistan, six killed 31 Oct 2015 - 03:23 pm

A rocket apparently fired by fighters from the radical Islamic State movement has hit a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, killing six worshippers and...

Catalonia cannot claim right to self-determination: UN chief 31 Oct 2015 - 03:17 pm

Madrid: The United Nations does not view Spain's separatist-ruled Catalonia region as having the right to self-determination, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in...

Stakes high for BJP-led NDA in Bihar poll's fourth round 31 Oct 2015 - 03:07 pm

By Imran Khan Patna: Caste arithmetic will be on test on Sunday as electors in 55 constituencies in Bihar's flood prone fertile belt...

Tolerance can take offence out of a debate: Raghuram Rajan 31 Oct 2015 - 03:03 pm

Mumbai: Tolerance can take the offense out of a debate and instil respect, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Saturday,...

Small blasts hit Zanzibar after poll anulled 31 Oct 2015 - 02:58 pm

Soldiers from Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) secure the site of a controlled detonation of a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) on October...

Syria Kurdish-Arab alliance launches first anti-IS attack 31 Oct 2015 - 02:45 pm

Beirut: A coalition of US-backed Kurdish militia and rebel groups has launched its first operation against territory controlled by the Islamic State jihadist...