World

Kejriwal offers Rs.551 crore loan for salaries; civic workers continue strike 04 Feb 2016 - 09:30 am

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Bengaluru/New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced a Rs.551-crore loan to pay out pending salaries of...

SC declines to intervene in Delhi civic employees' strike 04 Feb 2016 - 09:28 am

Supreme Court of India New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea seeking direction to three civic bodies in...

Five arrested for assaulting Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru 04 Feb 2016 - 09:27 am

Bengaluru: Five people suspected of assaulting a Tanzanian woman were arrested early on Thursday, Police Commissioner N.S. Megharik said. "We have arrested the...

North Korea may be preparing separate missile launch: NHK 04 Feb 2016 - 09:25 am

Tokyo: North Korea may be preparing a ballistic missile launch from a base on its east coast in addition to its announced plans...

US accuses Damascus, Moscow of seeking military solution in Syria 04 Feb 2016 - 09:07 am

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry accused Moscow and Damascus of seeking a military solution to the war in Syria rather than...

Colombia rebels snatch military official 04 Feb 2016 - 08:52 am

Bogota, Colombia Bogota: Colombia's second-largest insurgency snatched a military intelligence official overnight from a power plant in the northwest, army sources and authorities...

Britain pledges $1.74 bn in aid for Syria and neighbours 04 Feb 2016 - 08:50 am

British government announced £1.2 billion in aid that will fund education, jobs and humanitarian relief in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey (AFP Photo/Khalil...

Obama hails signing of huge US-led Pacific rim trade deal 04 Feb 2016 - 08:48 am

Washington: President Barack Obama hailed the signing of one of the biggest trade deals in history, saying the Trans-Pacific Partnership would give the...

Syrian talks suspended as regime, Russia hit rebels hard 04 Feb 2016 - 08:43 am

Geneva: Talks aimed at securing peace in Syria were suspended Wednesday as President Bashar al-Assad's regime secured a major battlefield victory against rebels...

Rand Paul ends US presidential run, Santorum next? 04 Feb 2016 - 08:27 am

Washington: Senator Rand Paul suspended his US presidential campaign Wednesday after a poor showing in Iowa, while Rick Santorum, who won the coveted...

Study grants for virgins 'illegal', says South African minister 04 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Johannesburg: A South African cabinet minister on Wednesday slammed as "illegal" a new scholarship scheme for female students who must pass virginity tests...

Irish PM calls election for February 26 04 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Dublin: Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Wednesday called parliamentary elections for February 26 in a poll that could see disillusioned voters turn...

Syria regime forces cut rebel supply route in Aleppo: source 04 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Aleppo, Syria: The Syrian army on Wednesday cut the last supply route linking opposition forces in the northern city of Aleppo to the...

Sweden's Sami minority wins symbolic court victory 04 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Sami, dressed in traditional clothes, walk through downtown Stockholm November 23, 2007. Reuters/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson Stockholm: Sweden's indigenous Sami community scored a symbolic court...

“Implosion” in Muslim world fuelling refugee crisis: UK ex-foreign minister 04 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

LONDON: Civil wars crippling many Muslim states and fuelling a global refugee crisis are driven in part by major struggles within Islam that...

Aid convoy enters regime-besieged town near Damascus: ICRC 04 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Damascus: A convoy of medical and food aid entered a regime-besieged town near the Syrian capital on Wednesday, the Red Cross announced. "We...

Aid convoy enters regime-besieged town near Damascus: ICRC 04 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Damascus: A convoy of medical and food aid entered a regime-besieged town near the Syrian capital on Wednesday, the Red Cross...

Jerusalem attack kills policewoman, attackers shot dead 04 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Jerusalem: Three Palestinians armed with rifles, knives and explosives attacked Israeli police outside Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday, killing one officer and wounding...