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Turkey, EU stand their ground in visa deal impasse

Turkey, EU stand their ground in visa deal impasse

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ratcheted up the pressure on Europe over a landmark migrants deal on Thursday,...

13 May 2016 5:23 AM IST

Syria rebels seize Alawite village, kidnap civilians

Syria rebels seize Alawite village, kidnap civilians

Insurgents captured an Alawite village from government control in western Syria on Thursday and abducted civilians...

13 May 2016 5:15 AM IST

Silvio Berlusconi

Lesbian sex at Berlusconi’s ‘inelegant’ dinners:...

Young women attended “inelegant” dinner parties at ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s luxury homes for...

13 May 2016 5:14 AM IST

Donald Trump (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump, GOP leaders hold ‘positive’ talks

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump fell short of winning an endorsement from House speaker Paul Ryan on...

13 May 2016 5:10 AM IST

80 per cent city dwellers breathe bad air

80 per cent city dwellers breathe bad air

Over 80 per cent of the world’s city dwellers breathe poor quality air, increasing their risk of lung cancer and...

13 May 2016 5:05 AM IST

Pope Francis mulls opening door to female clergy

Pope Francis mulls opening door to female clergy

Pope Francis said on Thursday he would set up a commission to study the possibility of women entering the Catholic...

13 May 2016 5:00 AM IST

UK tackles ‘dirty’ property at anti-graft meet

UK tackles ‘dirty’ property at anti-graft meet

British Prime Minister David Cameron kicked off a global anti-corruption summit on Thursday with a plan to stop the flow...

13 May 2016 4:58 AM IST

Barbarians need lesson in Chinese manners: Paper

Barbarians need lesson in Chinese manners: Paper

The British media is riddled with “barbarians” who would benefit from a lesson in manners from China’s...

13 May 2016 4:57 AM IST

Jamaat-e-Islami party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami. (Photo: AP/File)

Pak, B'desh summon each other's envoys over Nizami's execution

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami was executed by Bangladesh for 1971 war crimes.

12 May 2016 8:12 PM IST

British Prime Minister David Cameron (Photo: AFP)

David Cameron apologises to Muslim cleric for Islamic State remark

The UK PM had claimed ex-imam Suliman Gani was a supporter of terror group ISIS.

12 May 2016 8:11 PM IST

At 66 metres (217 feet), it is the widest cruise ship ever built. (Photo: AFP)

World's biggest cruise ship set for delivery in France

The ship is capable of accommodating more than 8,000 passengers and crew.

12 May 2016 8:10 PM IST

Honour killings are common in Pakistan and women defying family for love or marriage are often killed. (Representational image)

Pak journalist gunned down for supporting love marriage

Police have arrested one of the killers while two others were still at large.

12 May 2016 5:49 PM IST