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Syrian rebel ambush killed 76 soldiers

Syrian rebel ambush killed 76 soldiers

An ambush by Syrian rebels on pro-regime forces near Damascus this week killed 76 fighters, a monitor said on Saturday,...

14 Feb 2016 5:32 AM IST

Syrian Army edges close to ISIS bastion

Syrian Army edges close to ISIS bastion

Syrian government forces were poised to advance into the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa province and allied Russian jets kept...

14 Feb 2016 5:31 AM IST

Russia decries ‘new Cold War’

Russia decries ‘new Cold War’

The world has plunged into a “new Cold War”, the Russian Premier said on Saturday, as East-West tensions...

14 Feb 2016 5:28 AM IST

EU refugee crisis almost ‘existential threat’: John Kerry

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko (left) and US secretary of state John Kerry greet each other as they meet...

14 Feb 2016 5:25 AM IST

Ted Cruz removes ad featuring adult film actress

In an embarrassing move, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has pulled a recent campaign commercial after it...

14 Feb 2016 5:20 AM IST

Six UN peacekeepers were killed and some 30 wounded on Friday when suspected Islamists attacked their base in northern Mali.

Islamist group Ansar Dine claims attack on Mali UN base

Ansar Dine named the suicide bomber who blew himself up with a truck bomb as Muhammad Abdullah bin Hudhayfa al Hosni...

13 Feb 2016 3:43 PM IST

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Demand for end to Pakistani occupation of Balochistan

The White House protest was organised by the Baloch National Movement (BNM) to condemn the cold-blooded murder of its...

13 Feb 2016 3:40 PM IST

The F-7/2 sector where Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi was seized is a high security area that houses politicians

Former Afghan governor kidnapped in Islamabad

Wahidi was going to a restaurant in the market with his grandson when he was abducted by unidentified men.

13 Feb 2016 2:54 PM IST

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. (Photo: AP)

World has slipped into 'new Cold War': Russian PM

Medvedev criticised the expansion of NATO and EU influence deep into formerly Soviet-ruled Eastern Europe since the end...

13 Feb 2016 2:42 PM IST

Pope Francis greets people upon his arrival in Mexico City. (Photo: AFP)

Pope in Mexico after historic talks with Russian patriarch

President Enrique Pena Nieto welcomed Pope Francis at the airport while a mariachi band played.

13 Feb 2016 2:41 PM IST

The actress playing that woman is none other than Amy Lindsay, best known for her softcore porn roles in “Beverly Hills Bordell

Ted Cruz campaign pulls US ad featuring softcore porn actress

The campaign quickly removed the commercial featuring Lindsay, who says she is a Cruz supporter.

13 Feb 2016 10:36 AM IST

North Korean soldiers stand on a boat on the Yalu River in the North Koreantown of Sinuiju. (Photo: AFP)

N Korea lacks technology for anti-US nuclear strike: Pentagon

Pentagon report also said N Korea is continuing to sell weapons to other countries, circumventing sanctions by using...

13 Feb 2016 10:32 AM IST