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When reel heroes became real heroes 05 Dec 2015 - 09:54 am

Actor Siddharth was joined by other actors to help stranded people in different parts of Chennai. Chennai: With Tamil Nadu reeling under the...

US-Afghan raid frees more than 40 from Taliban prison 05 Dec 2015 - 09:37 am

File picture for representation only. Kabul:A US-Afghan military operation backed by helicopter gunships freed more than 40 soldiers and police held captive in...

Mullah Mansour dead, new Taliban caretaker chief appointed: Pakistani Media 05 Dec 2015 - 09:30 am

Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour Islamabad: Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour has reportedly died and the Taliban has appointed Moulavi Haibatullah...

Thais celebrate king's birthday amid widening royal insult probe 05 Dec 2015 - 09:10 am

Thai well-wishers make offerings to Buddhist monks during a ceremony marking Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 88th birthday in Thailand on December 5, 2015....

Floating homes and stilts in Britain to face flood risk 05 Dec 2015 - 09:03 am

Wary of the dangers posed by climate change and a history of disastrous flooding in this pretty part of Oxfordshire, the owners opted...

Malaysia arrests five with suspected IS, al-Qaeda links 05 Dec 2015 - 08:58 am

Malaysia police chief Khalid Abu Bakar. Reuters KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's police said on Saturday that it had arrested five people, including a European ...

Ship carrying nuclear waste arrives in Australia 05 Dec 2015 - 08:49 am

The ship transporting reprocessed nuclear waste arrives at Port Kembla in New South Wales on December 5, 2015. AFP Sydney: A ship carrying...

California shooting investigated as 'act of terrorism' 05 Dec 2015 - 08:44 am

Two suspects in the December 2, 2015, mass shooting in San Bernardino: (L) an undated Student ID card photo from California State University,...

Chennai: Fish carts transported patients to hospitals 05 Dec 2015 - 08:32 am

Relatives outside MIOT hospital following media reports of patients dying as ventilators stopped working due to lack of power supply. AFP Chennai: Fish...

South African authorities deny issuing arrest warrant for Pistorius 05 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Johannesburg: An arrest warrant has been issued for Oscar Pistorius, a day after the Supreme Court of Appeal found the former athlete guilty...

Woman in shooting pledged allegiance to IS 05 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Syed Rizwan Farook who has been named as the shooting suspect in the San Bernardino shootings. Farook communicated with individuals who were under...

Accused California shooter lived in Saudi Arabia for years: Pakistani sources 05 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

San Bernardino shooting suspect Syed Rizwan Farook. By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Tashfeen Malik, one of the two accused shooters in the massacre...

Russia bombs nearly 1,500 Syrian targets, oil fields: military 05 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Moscow: Russian airforce has struck nearly 1,500 targets all over Syria over the past nine days, the military said, its bombers now flying...

Azeri workers rescued from oil platform fire in Caspian Sea - TV 05 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

BAKU: Forty two workers have been rescued from an offshore oil platform that caught fire in Azerbaijan’s sector of the Caspian Sea, Azeri...

Eight killed in Central African Republic days after pope’s visit 05 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Pope Francis,(left) and President Caterine Samba Panza of the Central African Republic (CAR), in the capital Bangui. UN Photo/Nektarios Markogiannis BANGUI: Armed men...

Alliance loyal to Sisi dominates Egypt parliamentary election 05 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi By Omar Fahmy CAIRO: An electoral alliance loyal to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has dominated the parliamentary election, the...

Want climate action? Give us cash, India tells rich nations 05 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Ajay Mathur Le Bourget, France: Rich nations responsible for the bulk of the heat-trapping gases mankind has spewed into Earth's atmosphere must provide...

US embassy warns of potential terror attacks in Nigeria 05 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria said on Friday it had received information that groups "associated with terrorism" may be planning attacks against...