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Barack Obama screens nominees for Supreme Court

President Barack Obama has started to interview candidates for the US Supreme Court to replace Justice Antonin Scalia,...

10 March 2016 6:15 AM IST

ISIS ‘war minister’ likely dead in US strike

A long-range Qadr ballistic missile is launched from a location in the Alborz mountain range in northern Iran on...

10 March 2016 6:14 AM IST

US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at a rally in Miami on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Sanders beats Clinton, Trump bounces back with three wins

Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton suffered a surprise loss to challenger Bernie Sanders in a major state primary...

10 March 2016 5:21 AM IST

Violence mars Joe Biden Israel visit

Violence mars Joe Biden Israel visit

US vice-president Joe Biden on Wednesday implicitly criticised Palestinian leaders for not condemning attacks against...

10 March 2016 3:06 AM IST

UN outlines March timetable for Syria talks

UN outlines March timetable for Syria talks

A new round of talks aimed at ending the war in Syria will begin in Geneva on March 14 and will last no longer than 10...

10 March 2016 3:04 AM IST

Protests in France as labour reform anger grows

Thousands of French high school students and workers protested against labour reforms on Wednesday, heaping pressure on...

10 March 2016 3:03 AM IST

Prince Harry will be on his maiden trip to Nepal. (Photo: Twitter/@KensingtonRoyal)

Prince Harry to arrive on a five-day visit to Nepal next week

Harry's trip starting from March 19 is aimed at supporting British interests in the region.

9 March 2016 8:32 PM IST

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka PM seeks probe into 'missing' wartime gold

About half the 150 kilograms of gold recovered by the military during the war is still in its hands.

9 March 2016 5:48 PM IST

A South African court temporarily abandoned a rape case against the grandson of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela (Photo: AFP)

Court withdraws rape case against Nelson Mandela’s grandson

The 25-year-old was accused of raping an underage girl at a pub in Johannesburg last year.

9 March 2016 5:47 PM IST

Pakistan Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz. (Photo: AP)

China helped Pak block India's NSG membership bid: Sartaj Aziz

NSG is a powerful multinational body concerned with reducing nuclear proliferation.

9 March 2016 5:41 PM IST

Some reports also claim that the survivor was a minor and also mentally challenged (Representational image)

Irish man jailed for raping girlfriend, her 60-year-old mother

He reportedly dug his teeth into the 60-year-old's nose and raped her for three hours.

9 March 2016 12:37 PM IST

The new president is virtually certain to be from Suu Kyis party, since it holds majorities in both chambers of parliament. -AP

Myanmar transition set, but president unlikely to be Suu Kyi

Suu Kyi cannot be president because the constitution bars anyone with a foreign spouse or children from holding the...

9 March 2016 11:52 AM IST