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Maldives rejects FBI report on boat bomb blast 01 Nov 2015 - 12:48 pm

A Maldives soldier displays suspected bomb-making materials found on the sea bed off an island during investigations into a September 28 speed boat...

Huge crowds gather for Myanmar opposition rally 01 Nov 2015 - 12:39 pm

Volunteers listen to local election officials at a school compound in Yangon, during training of volunteers for election duties. AFP Yangon: Tens of...

Uneasy Turks vote in crucial election 01 Nov 2015 - 12:30 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu casts his ballot with his wife Sare at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Konya, Turkey,...

Dark lives of China's 'black children' 01 Nov 2015 - 12:27 pm

Li Xue flanked by her sister Li Bin (R) and mother Bai Xiuling (L) as she talks about being born in violation of...

Kerala local governmnent polls to be closely watched 01 Nov 2015 - 11:50 am

Elections would be a referendum on the four and a half years of CM Oommen Chandy governance Thiruvananthapuram: The local government polls in...

Saradha accused minister walks out of hospital after bail 01 Nov 2015 - 11:37 am

West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra Kolkata: A day after he was granted bail in the multi -crore Saradha scam, West Bengal Transport...

US defence chief calls on North Korea to avoid provocations 01 Nov 2015 - 10:55 am

South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo (L) and his US counterpart Ashton Carter (R) visit the Observation Post Ouellette in the Demilitarized Zone...

Kaziranga National Park opens for tourists 01 Nov 2015 - 10:44 am

A file photo of the Kaziranga National Park Guwahati: Assam Minister Atuwa Munda on Sunday opened the Kaziranga National Park for tourists for...

Returning awards is symbolic gesture: Shabana Azmi 01 Nov 2015 - 10:42 am

File Photo of veteran actress Shabana Azmi Mumbai: Veteran actress Shabana Azmi says the decision of several artistes and filmmakers to return their...

3 dead, 4 injured when car plows into NYC trick-or-treaters 01 Nov 2015 - 10:39 am

First responders examine an automobile after its driver lost control and plowed into a group of trick-or-treaters in New York, Saturday, Oct. 31,...

27 percent vote in first four hours in Bihar 01 Nov 2015 - 10:33 am

Patna: About 27 percent of the electorate had voted on Sunday in the first four hours of the fourth round of Bihar's assembly...

Last person jailed in Waco biker shooting to be released 01 Nov 2015 - 10:21 am

In this image made from surveillance video, members of a motorcycle club react to a shooting at a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco,...

Bomb kills at least three on Pakistan train: officials 01 Nov 2015 - 10:20 am

Quetta, Pakistan: At least three people were killed and 12 wounded when a passenger train hit a bomb planted on a railway track...

Bangladesh teachers, students rally against latest killing 01 Nov 2015 - 10:02 am

Bangladeshi activists take part in a protest in Dhaka on November 1, 2015 against the attacks on secular writers and publishers. AFP Dhaka:...

5.3-magnitude quake shakes New Zealand 01 Nov 2015 - 09:57 am

Wellington: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook New Zealand's North Island on Sunday, Xinhua quoted the US Geological Survey as saying. IANS

Dozens of Palestinians suffocate during clashes with Israeli forces 01 Nov 2015 - 09:52 am

Israeli border policemen beat a Palestinian journalist during clashes with Palestinian protesters near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the West Bank...