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Emergency personnel work at a light plane crashed in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

5 die as light aircraft crashes into mall in Australia

Victoria premier Daniel Andrews described it as the state's worst air accident in three decades.

21 Feb 2017 10:01 AM IST

Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin. (Photo: AP)

Russia's UN envoy Churkin dies suddenly in New York

The ministry gave no details on the circumstances of his death but offered condolences to his relatives.

21 Feb 2017 9:39 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Theresa May, centre, and Stoke Central by-election candidate Jack Brereton, left, with Emma Bridgewater during a tour of the Emma Bridgewater pottery factory in Stoke-On-Trent. (Photo: AP)

UK by-election a battle for survival in Brexit bastion

The disaffection with politics as usual is evident in West Midlands city that was once famous around world as a hub for...

21 Feb 2017 9:31 AM IST

Kamov 226T helicopters. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Russia will begin deliveries of military helicopters to India in 2019

India and Russia signed an agreement in October to jointly manufacture 200 of the KA-226T helicopters for the Indian...

21 Feb 2017 9:07 AM IST

Protestors march outside City Hall in Los Angeles, California, during a Not My President Day rally on February 20, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

'Not My President!' declare anti-Trump protesters in US on Presidents...

The protests aim to show grassroots opposition to the Republican president remains fervent one month after his January...

21 Feb 2017 8:58 AM IST

Protesters in New Yorks Times Square during a solidarity march against the travel ban on Muslim-majority countries ordered by US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AFP)

Thousands declare 'I am Muslim too' at rally in US

The I am a Muslim Too' solidarity rally drew several thousand people who raised slogans.

21 Feb 2017 6:56 AM IST

Donald mulls next NSA amid issues over autonomy

Mr Trump interviewed four finalists on Sunday and may meet with some of them again on Monday, White House spokeswoman...

21 Feb 2017 3:17 AM IST

Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf. (Photo: AP/File)

Handled Kashmir freedom fighters, says Musharraf

Musharraf said a holistic approach and planning was crucial at the moment to curb terrorism in the country.

21 Feb 2017 3:13 AM IST

Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa

Pakistan moves artillery to Afghan border

Pakistan alleges that the group, which claims to be behind the recent wave of terrorist attacks, has found safe haven ...

21 Feb 2017 3:10 AM IST

Oxford University (Photo: AFP/ File)

Oxford University to open first ever foreign campus in France

Other universities, including the University of Warwick, have also been approached with plans to build a new campus in...

21 Feb 2017 1:27 AM IST

Schneiderman also investigated Trumps family foundation, and he played a role recently in organizing legal opposition by Democratic attorneys general to Trumps travel ban. (Photo: AP)

New York attorney general bids to become Trump's No 1 enemy

New York's attorney general was a target of Trump's Twitter feed years before president's assaults on Little Marco Rubio...

20 Feb 2017 8:33 PM IST

Lyu Xiwen, former deputy chief of the Communist Party in Beijing was sentenced to 13 years in prison by the court for taking advantage of various official posts from 2001 to 2015. (Representational Image)

China sentences top official to 13 years for graft

Lyu was also fined two million yuan (USD 2,90,000) and her illegal gains shall be recovered and turned over to the state...

20 Feb 2017 8:26 PM IST