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EU approves new Syria sanctions, adds 10 officials

EU approves new Syria sanctions, adds 10 officials

The European Union on Thursday added 10 top Syrian officials to its sanctions blacklist for their role in the...

28 Oct 2016 7:02 AM IST

From ISIS sex slaves to EU prize winners

Iraqi Yazidis Nadia Murad Basee, left, and Lamiya Aji Bashar, right, survived sexual enslavement by the Islamic State...

28 Oct 2016 7:01 AM IST

Bin Laden aide among 2 killed by Hellfire missiles

Bin Laden aide among 2 killed by Hellfire missiles

US drone strikes targeted two top Al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan, American officials said, calling it the most...

28 Oct 2016 6:51 AM IST

Nawaz Sharif delivers a yorker to Imran Khan

Nawaz Sharif delivers a yorker to Imran Khan

The police on Thursday night stormed a youth convention of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) here and arrested scores of...

28 Oct 2016 6:50 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP)

China’s CPC names Xi Jinping ‘core’ leader, akin to...

President Xi Jinping was elevated as the “core leader” of China’s ruling Communist Party on Thursday,...

28 Oct 2016 4:02 AM IST

Pakistan radio show confronts ‘endemic’ ogling of women

In this photograph, Anila Ansari, a programme manager at Islamabad-based Power 99 FM radio, presents an on air...

28 Oct 2016 12:29 AM IST

For UK’s Europeans, post-Brexit attacks bring shock and fear

A Polish and EU flag fly outside the Polish embassy in London. Polish ambassador to Britain Arkady Rzegocki has said he...

28 Oct 2016 12:29 AM IST

First UK legal ruling on Brexit due tomorrow

The campaigners argue Brexit cannot be imposed on Northern Ireland because the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

27 Oct 2016 9:22 PM IST

US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew

US treasury chief warns on 9/11 law during Saudi visit

It allows attack survivors and relatives of terrorism victims to pursue cases against foreign governments in US federal...

27 Oct 2016 3:26 PM IST

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Turkey orders detention of 73 air force pilots: state media

The pilots are suspected of links to the group led by Fethullah Gulen whom Turkey accuses of ordering the July 15 putsch...

27 Oct 2016 2:48 PM IST

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US general says 800-900 IS fighters killed in Mosul offensive

Earlier US estimates had put the population of IS fighters in Mosul itself at between 3,500 and 5,000.

27 Oct 2016 2:47 PM IST

A total of 60 attacks were recorded on schools in 2015. (Photo: AP)

UNICEF says school attack in Syria a potential war crime

The civil defense said there were two schools in the area where the airstrikes hit around midday.

27 Oct 2016 2:46 PM IST