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Taliban meet to pick Mansour successor

Senior Afghan Taliban figures were meeting on Monday to agree on a successor to Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the leader of the...

24 May 2016 4:59 AM IST

Pakistan-US ties on razor edge after killing

Pakistan-US ties on razor edge after killing

Pakistani civil society activists shout slogans during a demonstration in Multan on Monday against the US drone strike...

24 May 2016 4:44 AM IST

Indian dies, 2 others missing on Mount Everest

An Indian climber has died on Mount Everest and two others have gone missing, expedition organisers said Monday, taking...

24 May 2016 4:40 AM IST

US lifts arms ban on Vietnam

US lifts arms ban on Vietnam

US President Barack Obama and national security adviser Susan Rice (right) walk with chairwoman of the National Assembly...

24 May 2016 4:36 AM IST

US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia arrive at Andrews Air Force Base.- AP

US President Barack Obama: No Hiroshima apology

US President Barack Obama will not apologise for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on his landmark visit this week, he...

24 May 2016 4:36 AM IST

Mohamed Nasheed

UK grants refugee status to Mohamed Nasheed

Britain has granted refugee status to Mohamed Nasheed, the former President of the Maldives who was jailed in 2015 after...

24 May 2016 4:30 AM IST

Syrians inspect damage after a bomb attack at a bus station, in the coastal town of Tartous. (Photo: AP)

ISIS bombs kill 148 in 2 Syrian cities

Bomb blasts killed scores of people in Jableh and Tartous on Syria’s Mediterranean coast on Monday and wounded...

24 May 2016 4:25 AM IST

Syria: Suicide attacks kill 45 Army recruits

Syria: Suicide attacks kill 45 Army recruits

A pair of suicide bombings killed at least 45 people in Yemen’s southern city of Aden on Monday, security...

24 May 2016 4:14 AM IST

Angela Merkel: Turks won’t get EU visa waiver by July 1

Angela Merkel: Turks won’t get EU visa waiver by July 1

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday warned that it was unlikely that Turks would benefit from visa-free travel to...

24 May 2016 4:11 AM IST

MH17 victims’ lawyer: Vladimir Putin is responsible

MH17 victims’ lawyer: Vladimir Putin is responsible

The US aviation lawyer who won compensation for victims of the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing and is now seeking $330...

24 May 2016 4:10 AM IST

Alexander Van der Bellen

Austria far-right narrowly loses presidential election

Austria’s Norbert Hofer narrowly failed on Monday to become the EU’s first far-right President, after his...

24 May 2016 4:08 AM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: AFP)

Israel’s PM rejects French peace effort

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a multilateral French peace initiative as he met his French...

24 May 2016 4:06 AM IST