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White House tells China: Hawaii is not South China Sea

White House tells China: Hawaii is not South China Sea

The US has strongly refuted the Chinese claim that what it is doing in the disputed South China Sea is akin to the...

24 Feb 2016 12:04 AM IST

Riyadh, UAE tell citizens to leave Lebanon

Riyadh, UAE tell citizens to leave Lebanon

Saudi Arabia Tuesday urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave, days after Riyadh halted a $3-billion programme funding...

24 Feb 2016 12:01 AM IST

Israeli soldiers to carry guns home after duty

Israeli soldiers to carry guns home after duty

Israeli soldiers have been ordered to take their guns with them when off duty to allow them to intervene in the event of...

24 Feb 2016 12:00 AM IST

EU court blasts Italy for CIA abduction of Egyptian imam

EU court blasts Italy for CIA abduction of Egyptian imam

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Italy over the 2003 kidnapping by the CIA of an Egyptian imam...

23 Feb 2016 11:59 PM IST

Doubts over US-Russia deal for Syria

Doubts over US-Russia deal for Syria

ISIS fighters were reported to have tightened their grip on a Syrian government supply route to Aleppo on Tuesday as the...

23 Feb 2016 11:58 PM IST

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Iraqi Kurdish troops rescue Swedish teen from IS

To this day, Mosul remains under control of IS as Iraqi forces, aided by airstrikes that are being carried out by US-led...

23 Feb 2016 7:54 PM IST

Bangladesh PM praises IAF role during war with Pak

Hasina recalled the IAF's intervention on the skylines of Dhaka when Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha called on her at her...

23 Feb 2016 7:53 PM IST

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Pakistan police kill 12 militants in Karachi

Karachi is one of the most unsafe cities in the country and is frequently the scene of religious and ethnic violence.

23 Feb 2016 6:07 PM IST

Brexit would 'threaten jobs', warn UK business leaders

Supermarket giant Tesco said in a statement that it would not pass comment on the referendum, which will take place on...

23 Feb 2016 5:06 PM IST

More than 150 passengers used escape slides to evacuate from a Japan Airlines jet after smoke appeared in the cabin.-Twitter

Cabin smoke forces evacuation by escape slides in snowstorm

The pilot reported engine trouble and smoke appeared in the cabin, prompting the emergency evacuation.

23 Feb 2016 3:51 PM IST

Nepalese oil tankers and commercial trucks stand stranded near a gate that marks the Nepalese border with India, in Birgunj

Nepalese cheer as fuel rationing ends after 5 months

Happy residents of Kathmandu lined up at gas stations to fill up their cars, and traffic resumed its usual snarl through...

23 Feb 2016 3:40 PM IST

Robert Pickton, now 66, was convicted in 2007 of six counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of sex workers. (Photo: BCTV-V

Book reportedly written by serial killer removed from Amazon

Outskirts Press, which published the book, issued a statement saying it had asked Amazon to remove the book from its...

23 Feb 2016 3:35 PM IST