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Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

Putin a ‘picture of corruption’: US

Kremlin demands proof of Prez corruption claims

27 Jan 2016 6:40 AM IST

President Barack Obama (Photo: AP)

Barack Obama virtually endorses Hillary Clinton as President nominee

US President Barack Obama has virtually endorsed Hillary Clinton in the bitterly-contested race for Democratic...

27 Jan 2016 6:38 AM IST

Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury to pay $1 million in sexual abuse case

Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury to pay $1 million in sexual abuse case

Prominent Indian-American Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury has been asked to pay $924,500 as compensatory damages to his...

27 Jan 2016 6:36 AM IST

In this file photo, Holocaust survivor Mirjam Bolle looks out of the window of her house in Jerusalem. — AP

Survivor sheds light on divisive WWII Jewish councils

Throughout the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, and while incarcerated in two prison camps, Mirjam Bolle wrote letters to...

27 Jan 2016 6:32 AM IST

ISIS enjoyed Turkish money for oil: Israel MP

ISIS enjoyed Turkish money for oil: Israel MP

Israel’s defence minister Moshe Yaalon said on Tuesday that Islamic State militants had been funded with...

27 Jan 2016 6:31 AM IST

Syria Opposition to meet in Riyadh, doubt on talks

Syria Opposition to meet in Riyadh, doubt on talks

The Syrian Opposition cast doubt on whether it would go to peace talks planned for Friday, throwing UN diplomatic...

27 Jan 2016 6:29 AM IST

Khomeini’s grandson excluded from polls

Khomeini’s grandson excluded from polls

Iran has excluded Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the founder of the Islamic republic and a cleric with ties to reformist...

27 Jan 2016 6:25 AM IST

Lee Ok-sun (left) and Kang Il-chul, South Korean women abused by Japan’s wartime brothel system. -AP

2 former sex slaves demand Abe apology

Two elderly South Korean women abused by Japan’s wartime military-run brothel system are in Japan to reject a...

27 Jan 2016 6:23 AM IST

Malaysia confirms debris in Thailand not from MH370

Malaysia confirms debris in Thailand not from MH370

Malaysia confirmed on Tuesday that debris found on the coast of southern Thailand was not from Malaysia Airlines flight...

27 Jan 2016 6:21 AM IST

Pakistan orders blocking of 400,000 porn sites

Pakistan orders blocking of 400,000 porn sites

Pakistan has asked Internet companies to block more than 400,000 pornography websites, officials said on Tuesday, as...

27 Jan 2016 6:21 AM IST

Thai junta vows 2017 polls even if statute rejected

Thai junta vows 2017 polls even if statute rejected

Thailand’s junta chief on Tuesday vowed to hold a general election in the summer of 2017 even if a new...

27 Jan 2016 6:20 AM IST

Pak cops say defused bomboutside school

Pak cops say defused bomboutside school

The police in Pakistan on Tuesday claimed to have thwarted a terror bid by defusing a five kilogramme pressure cooker...

27 Jan 2016 6:19 AM IST