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The likely winner -- by a distance -- is the liberal former Democratic Party leader Moon Jae-In who enjoys 36 percent of popular support. (Photo: AP)World
S Korea's Moon Jae-In vows new history' after Park's impeachment

A presidential election is to be held within 60 days of the ruling, with local media suggesting May 9 as the most likely...

13 March 2017 10:31 AM IST

Theresa May, UK Prime MinisterWorld
Brexit set to begin as bill enters final stages

The prime minister promised months ago to invoke Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, starting the two-year withdrawal...

13 March 2017 10:03 AM IST

An American national who was allegedly drugged and gangraped at a hotel in Delhi in April, has returned to India to record her statement and identify the accused. (Representational image)World
US scientist who covertly filmed 360 women blames Parkinson's meds,...

Dr Jeremy Allington-Smith had also downloaded several thousands of vulgar pictures of kids and sketched images of...

12 March 2017 8:53 PM IST

Representational image (Photo: File)World
Rome: 'Jealous' Italian confesses to burning homeless man alive

The attack was captured by security cameras and posted on websites of several Italian media.

12 March 2017 7:35 PM IST

Iraqi Federal police forces advance towards the western side of Mosul. (Photo: AP)World
Iraqi forces recapture one-third of west Mosul

After recapturing east Mosul, Iraqi forces last month set their sites on the west, where hundreds of thousands of...

12 March 2017 7:31 PM IST

The city of Varanasi (Photo: Representational/File)World
US: Hindu groups ask CNN to apologise for Hinduphobic' show

Dozens of Hindu organisations in New York protested against the show that depicted Varanasi as a "city of death."

12 March 2017 7:28 PM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: AP)World
Erdogan compares Dutch rally ban to Nazism as row spirals

His comments came after The Hague said it would refuse Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's plane permission to land for...

12 March 2017 1:28 PM IST

US President Donald Trump issued a revised travel ban order on Monday. (Photo: AP)World
Trump barrels ahead with plan to gut 'Obamacare'

Barack Obama's signature health insurance reform bill was the crowning domestic achievement of his presidency.

12 March 2017 1:19 PM IST

Twin explosions Saturday near religious shrines frequented by Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian capital Damascus killed dozens of people on Saturday. (Photo: AP)World
Twin bombs kill 59 people in Damascus

The explosions killed 47 pilgrims, most of them Iraqi Shiites, and 12 Syrian pro-government fighters.

12 March 2017 12:32 PM IST

Image for representational purpose onlyWorld
Florida man tries to burn store run by Indian-Americans, mistakes them...

The accused, who wanted to "run Arabs out of our country" pushed a dumpster in front of the Port St. Lucie store and set...

12 March 2017 9:12 AM IST

Brazilian President Michel Temer, seen at Alvorado Palace in 2016. (Photo: AFP)World
'Ghosts' drive Brazil's president from residency

Brazil's President Michel Temer, 76, and his 33-year-old wife Marcela, find the cavernous, glass-fronted building...

12 March 2017 9:05 AM IST

India-born US attorney Preet Bharara (Photo: file)World
Trump administration fires' Indian origin attorney Preet Bharara

Bharara was fired after he refused to quit following orders to the 46 Obama administration-appointed attorneys to resign...

12 March 2017 8:59 AM IST

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