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European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker (Photo: AP)

Celebrate closer EU union? Not with all that division

The 28-nation EU has been rocked by the British exit referendum, and acrimonious relations with some eastern members.

9 Dec 2016 9:00 PM IST

A worker arranges bodies in various stages of decomposition at the morgue of Henrys Funeral Homes in Manila. (Photo: AFP)

Undertakers bear the brunt in Philippine drug war

While there are vocal critics of the drug war at home and abroad, surveys show an overwhelming majority support...

9 Dec 2016 4:48 PM IST

A villager stands near the wreckage of a passenger plane crash in Gug near Havelian. (Photo: AP)

Faulty engine caused Pak airlines crash

The plane had descended in an unsymmetrical manner after which it lost altitude in the few moments before it crashed.

9 Dec 2016 3:16 PM IST

Turkish troops heading to the Syrian border, in Karkamis, Turkey. (Photo: AP/File)

Turkey sends 300 extra commandos to Syria

The Syrian towns of Jarabulus, Al Rai and Dabiq were retaken from the IS jihadists in lightning moves in the early weeks...

9 Dec 2016 2:57 PM IST

President-elect Donald Trump and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, right, walk into the lobby to speak to members of the media at Trump Tower in New York. (Photo: AP)

Experts ask Trump to connect early with India

The think-tank said that the benefits to the US, of stronger ties with India, are growing with each new avenue of...

9 Dec 2016 2:57 PM IST

Worlds most famous fictional spy James Bond with all his bravado, wit and oodles of charm would still not make the cut as a real world special agent, according to the new chief of Britains secret service MI6. (Photo: AP)

James Bond would not get job with real MI6: UK spy chief

The spy chief said that Ian Fleming's famous character had helped popularise Britain's secret service, yet it has no...

9 Dec 2016 2:54 PM IST

A ball of fire rises following an air strike hits insurgents positions in eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria. (Photo: AP)

Syrian troops shell Aleppo's rebel enclave

Civilians continued to stream out of the ever-shrinking enclave, residents and opposition groups said.

9 Dec 2016 2:46 PM IST

In this photo provided by World Vision Solomon Islands, a house in Kirakira, Solomon Islands, is damaged after an earthquake. (Photo: AP)

Residents take to the hills as powerful quake hits Solomon Islands

The huge underwater quake triggered a tsunami warning for a wide swath of the South Pacific.

9 Dec 2016 1:16 PM IST

South Korean President Park Geun-hye. (Photo: AP)

South Korean President Park impeached in stunning fall

The chances of the court reinstating Park are considered low because her charges are much graver.

9 Dec 2016 1:10 PM IST

Omar immigrated to the United States after spending part of her childhood in a Kenyan refugee camp. (Photo: Facebook)

Was called 'ISIS' by DC cabbie, says Somali-American lawmaker

Omar, 33, says she is troubled by growing animosity toward Muslim people.

9 Dec 2016 8:24 AM IST

Slain Al Qaeda chief Bin Ladens half-sister, Sana Mohammed Bin Laden, her mother, Raja Bashir Hashim, and his brother-in-law, Zuhair Hashim, were killed, along with pilot Mazen Al-Aqeel Dajah Salem. (Photo: PTI)

Pilot ferrying Laden's family may have had 'mental overload': inquiry

The 57-year-old pilot and three passengers survived the crash but died in a severe fire.

9 Dec 2016 8:20 AM IST

cottish National Party MP Michelle Thomson told colleagues she was attacked by an acquaintance following a youth event, as the House of Commons marked the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. (Photo: YouTube Screengrab)

British MP recounts rape ordeal at 14 to parliament

Too afraid to tell her parents, the attack left the MP feeling

9 Dec 2016 8:18 AM IST