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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas

Lebanon builds wall near Palestine camp

The wall is causing psychological pressure for the Palestinian refugees, said Mr Maqdah.

23 Nov 2016 1:00 AM IST

Turkeys Prime Minister Binali Yildirim

Over 15000 sacked in coup purge

In total, 15,726 people have been dismissed under the latest decrees.

23 Nov 2016 12:53 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Trump cancels meeting with New York Times

Trump accused the organisation of changing the conditions for the session at the last moment.

22 Nov 2016 6:41 PM IST

ISIS school textbooks have given an insight into jihadists efforts to brainwash young children dubbed Cubs of the Caliphate. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Make sentences from bomb, vest, explode: ISIS school book

Textbook for 5th graders asks students to fill in missing words in sentences such as I can shoot, __I and He can bomb,...

22 Nov 2016 6:20 PM IST

Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan searches for powerful new army chief

Raheel Sharif's successor will face challenges ranging from an increasingly hostile India to the conflict in...

22 Nov 2016 6:11 PM IST

If Britain triggers the two-year divorce process in March 2017 as Prime Minister Theresa May has promised, then formal negotiations are unlikely to start until May 2017. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Brexit talks have 15-month window: EU negotiator

European Union leaders have ruled out any formal Brexit negotiations before Britain invokes Article 50 of the EU's...

22 Nov 2016 5:59 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Ministers Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz. (Photo: AFP)

Credible minimum deterrence needed for regional stability: Sartaj Aziz

Sartaj Aziz claimed that Pakistan is maintaining minimum nuclear deterrence for peace and stability in the region.

22 Nov 2016 5:11 PM IST

Pakistan Army chief Raheel Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

Pak SC approached to elevate Sharif as Field Marshal

Appellant Adnan Mazari, made PM Nawaz Sharif, the government and the Defence Ministry as respondents.

22 Nov 2016 4:50 PM IST

68,000 Iraqis displaced in Mosul offensive: UN

68,000 Iraqis displaced in Mosul offensive: UN

A million-plus civilians were thought to still live inside Mosul, before the operation was launched.

22 Nov 2016 4:38 PM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump blasts media, calls them deceitful liars

He told the group sitting around a conference table that they had failed to provide their viewers with fair and accurate...

22 Nov 2016 4:27 PM IST

Investigators were looking at speed very, very strongly as a factor in the crash, police said. (Photo: AP)

US: School bus driver charged in Tennessee crash

The crash killed at least 5 children and more than 20 children went to hospitals for their injuries.

22 Nov 2016 4:16 PM IST

Government troops, backed by Russian and Iranian forces and Lebanons Shiite Hezbollah group, were battling rebels on several fronts inside opposition-held districts. (Photo: AP)

Civilians flee as Syria regime advances in rebel Aleppo

The renewed fighting has killed more than 140 civilians in east Aleppo.

22 Nov 2016 3:55 PM IST