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Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav   Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday sacked eight cabinet ministers and withdrew portfolios...

People including polictical leaders eating beef fry in Kerala House.   New Delhi: In the wake of a political furore over the 'raid' by...

Presidential candidates Donald Trump (2nd L) speaks while Sen. Marco Rubio (L-R), Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Sen. Ted Cruz look on during the...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari addresses delegates during The India-Africa Summit in New Delhi on October 29, 2015.   ABUJA: Nigeria's Senate confirmed the remaining...

John Magufuli   Dar es Salaam: Tanzania's ruling party candidate John Magufuli won hotly contested presidential elections, officials announced Thursday, but the opposition said...

Passengers evacuate from the plane on fire at Fort Lauderdale airport, Florida on October 29, 2015.   Miami: An airliner caught fire on a...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame   Kigali: Rwanda's lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a constitutional amendment enabling President Paul Kagame to run for...

Geneva: The seasonal hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has widened to near-record size, the United Nations said Thursday, insisting though that...

Pakistani earthquake survivor Mir Wali, looks on among the rubble of his damaged house in Charun Avir village, some 65 km north of...

Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece.   Rome: Italian politicians have expressed outrage after it emerged that public broadcaster RAI paid Greece's flamboyant...

Islamabad: A key suspect in the Pakistani Taliban's deadliest attack on an army-run school was deported from Italy and handed over to the...

Islamabad: Allegations of blasphemy related to online content have registered an increase in Pakistan, a media report said on Thursday. According to the...

  Islamabad: A four-day drive against polio scheduled to be launched in Pakistan's Sindh province had to be postponed until November due to the...

  London: Britain's population is set to rise by almost 10 million people by 2039, according to official statistics released Thursday, putting it on...

A mother pushes her daughter on a swing in Beijing. China will ease family planning restrictions to allow all couples to have two...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is on a two-day visit to China. EPA   Beijing: German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed concern on Thursday about a...

About 189 lighthouses such as this one in Kovalam, Kerala, are being developed as tourist attractions. Mumbai: India has taken up an ambitious...

Another bout of severe air pollution predicted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.   Beijing: China could face another bout of severe air pollution...