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Warsaw: Several thousand people protested yesterday outside the presidential palace in Warsaw over alleged vote fraud and the rightwing government’s plans to impose...

Paris: FRANCE has postponed a proposed Middle East peace conference in Paris to January next year, its ambassador to the United Nations said,...

Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma, taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making a comment on former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, asked him...

Mumbai/New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (pictured) yesterday said that no change has been made in tax laws to bar income tax...

New Delhi: The central government yesterday said that it is trying to double the number of operational airports in the country from 75...

The BJP yesterday said that Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's  (pictured) promise at a rally on Friday to take action against corrupt party leaders...

Chennai: DMK President M Karunanidhi (pictured) will have to be in hospital for some more days for treatment and party members, friends and...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's foreign ministry said yesterday that it will express strong condemnation during an upcoming regional meeting organized by Myanmar to discuss...

Kandahar: Gunmen on motorcycles shot dead five female airport workers and their driver in southern Afghanistan yesterday, underlining the dangers facing employed women...

New Delhi: India and Tajikistan yesterday discussed cooperation in the fight against terrorism and working closely on developing trade and transport links through...

Abuja: West African leaders called yesterday for a swift resolution of the political impasse in The Gambia after disputed elections in which long-term...

Kinshasa: Congolese crisis talks to ensure a peaceful political transition were suspended yesterday, Catholic church mediators said, announcing they would resume only a...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told the United States yesterday to prepare for repeal of an agreement on deployment of troops and equipment...

Seoul: Tens of thousands of protestors turned out in Seoul for the eighth straight week yesterday, pushing for the swift and permanent removal...

Beijing: Beijing's city government has ordered 1,200 factories near the Chinese capital, including an oil refinery run by state oil major Sinopec and...

Qayyarah: The battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group is leaving a legacy of environmental damage and health risks that will...

BEIRUT: Death in Aleppo was personal for Modar Sheikho. He lost his sister to government bombing early in the revolt. His brother was...

GAZA: The Palestinian Hamas group in Gaza blamed Israel yesterday for the killing in Tunisia this week of a Tunisian national it described...