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Delhi govt wants body to clean Yamuna 20 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

New Delhi: The Delhi government yesterday demanded a special body to clean the Yamuna river. Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendar Jain said the...

Would-be child bride calls police to stop wedding 20 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

Chennai: Karnataka Police have rescued a schoolgirl who called them for help after learning she was to be married to a much older...

Confusion over deposit curbs draws opposition flak 20 Dec 2016 - 10:09 pm

New Delhi: The government yesterday drew flak from the opposition amid confusion over RBI's new curbs on depositing more than Rs5,000 in scrapped...

Norway replaces oil and justice ministers 20 Dec 2016 - 10:07 pm

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg replaced the ministers for energy, EU affairs and justice in her right-wing government yesterday in a reshuffle nine...

France urges DR Congo to 'respect human rights' 20 Dec 2016 - 10:07 pm

France called on the Democratic Republic of Congo government to "respect human rights" after clashes erupted as the president's mandate ended with no...

Britain's Queen reduces royal duties 20 Dec 2016 - 10:07 pm

London: Queen Elizabeth II will stand down as patron of 25 bodies including the Wimbledon tennis championships and the Rugby Football Union, handing...

Kuwait's Warba Bank picks nine to arrange $250m sukuk 20 Dec 2016 - 09:49 pm

Dubai: Kuwait’s Warba Bank has mandated nine banks to arrange an Islamic bond, or sukuk, of up to $250m that will boost its...

Sri Lanka probes 'plot' by Rajiv Gandhi's would-be assassin 20 Dec 2016 - 08:16 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka said Tuesday it was investigating a former navy sailor convicted of attempting to assassinate India's Rajiv Gandhi nearly three decades...

Modi’s holy city shows $1 trillion hidden economy is stalled 20 Dec 2016 - 08:05 pm

In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political base of Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, weaver Zainul Abedin stares at the uneven mud floor of his...

India's war on cash needed a very different approach 20 Dec 2016 - 07:42 pm

As India continues its scorched-earth campaign against cash, the question baffling many analysts is why a country so unfamiliar with digital payments would...

Envoy's killing in Turkey exposes Russia tensions 20 Dec 2016 - 07:04 pm

Istanbul: The killing of the Russian ambassador to Ankara has exposed deep divisions in policy and hostility to Moscow among some in Turkish...

Erdogan opens first road tunnel under Istanbul's Bosphorus 20 Dec 2016 - 07:04 pm

Istanbul: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday opened the first ever road tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, the latest project in...

Jordan policeman killed in shootout in Karak 20 Dec 2016 - 05:55 pm

Amman: Gunmen on Tuesday killed a Jordanian policeman in a shootout in the city of Karak where a weekend attack claimed by the...

At least 12 police killed in Peru bus crash: official 20 Dec 2016 - 05:51 pm

Lima: At least 12 police officers were killed Tuesday in Peru when the bus transporting them plunged off a cliff, falling some 700...

Police fire at anti-Kabila protesters in South Africa 20 Dec 2016 - 05:21 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Police in South Africa’s capital Pretoria have fired rubber bullets to disperse about 400 Congolese protesters who had gathered outside their embassy...

Erdogan: Turkey will not be 'hitched' to terror agenda 20 Dec 2016 - 05:09 pm

ANKARA: The assassination of Moscow’s ambassador to Ankara, Andrey Karlov, was a “provocation” against “Turkish-Russian relations”, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday....

Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri officially assumes premiership 20 Dec 2016 - 04:50 pm

BEIRUT: Newly-appointed Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri formally assumed his prime ministerial responsibilities Tuesday. At a ceremony in Beirut, Hariri officially received his...