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Police raid Ugandan mosque; arrest 18 27 Dec 2016 - 10:45 pm

Uganda Police has confirmed the arrest of 18 people found at Nakasero mosque during an early morning raid in central Kampala yesterday. A...

Cambodia convicts exiled opposition leader 27 Dec 2016 - 10:45 pm

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday over a post on his Facebook page, a conviction that...

Japan culls 90,000 more birds for avian flu 27 Dec 2016 - 10:41 pm

Tokyo: Japan began killing some 90,000 chickens yesterday to contain another outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said. The...

Idlib overwhelmed by influx of Aleppo’s wounded 27 Dec 2016 - 10:41 pm

When surgeon Mounir Hakimi operated on five-month-old Maram in the Syrian province of Idlib last week, the horrific extent of her injuries quickly...

3,000 return to hometown reclaimed from Boko Haram 27 Dec 2016 - 10:41 pm

Maiduguri: More than 3,000 people in northeast Nigeria who were forced to flee the seven-year insurgency waged by Islamist militants have returned to...

Taiwan warns of rising threats from China 27 Dec 2016 - 10:36 pm

Taipei: Taiwan warned yesterday that "the threat of our enemies is growing day by day", as Chinese warships led by the country's sole...

Six found dead after robbery in Indonesia 27 Dec 2016 - 10:36 pm

Jakarta: Police in the Indonesian capital found yesterday six people, including a nine-year-old child, dead from suffocation in a tiny bathroom where armed...

Australian bitten by taipan snake dies 27 Dec 2016 - 10:35 pm

Sydney: A MAN has died a week after being bitten by taipan, one of the world's deadliest snakes in his living room in...

Where students attend classes in graveyard and play among graves 27 Dec 2016 - 10:34 pm

Islamabad: Students at the government high school in the Thatta Khalil union council in Taxila city attend classes sitting in a graveyard, which...

Pakistan rejects call to scrap Rs5,000 note 27 Dec 2016 - 10:32 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan’s government has dismissed a recommendation from the Upper House of Parliament to scrap the Rs5,000 ($48) bank note to cut the...

Islamabad police told to use Facebook 27 Dec 2016 - 10:32 pm

Islamabad: Islamabad Police Inspector General (IGP) Tariq Masood Yasin has directed all police stations to create own Facebook pages in order to enhance...

FM Sushma Swaraj wants Norway child united with parents 27 Dec 2016 - 10:30 pm

New Delhi: Foreign minister yesterday urged Norway to return a five-year-old boy to his Indian-origin parents after authorities took the child into their...

Rao asserts he is Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary & raps state govt 27 Dec 2016 - 10:30 pm

Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary P Rama Mohana Rao, who was removed after he came under the Income Tax Department's scanner and...

Major accident averted at Delhi Airport 27 Dec 2016 - 10:25 pm

A major mishap was averted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here yesterday morning after an Indigo and a SpiceJet aircraft came face...

Four held for assaulting US woman 27 Dec 2016 - 10:23 pm

New Delhi court yesterday sent four persons including a tourist guide, who were arrested on the charge of sexually assaulting a US tourist...

Efforts on to free priest in Yemen: Govt 27 Dec 2016 - 10:22 pm

New Delhi: Government said yesterday it will "spare no effort" to secure the release of a priest kidnapped in Yemen, after video footage...

War of words erupts in Kerala's Congress 27 Dec 2016 - 10:21 pm

Thiruvananthapuram: The faction-ridden Congress party in Kerala, which is passing through tough times since the severe drubbing it got during the May assembly...

PM calls for innovative approaches to budget 27 Dec 2016 - 10:20 pm

Dehradun: In his first such interaction with a set of noted economists and experts organised by Niti Aayog, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday...