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40 arrested in raids linked to migrant crime

40 arrested in raids linked to migrant crime

The German police said they have arrested 40 men in raids in Duesseldorf linked to a long-running investigation of...

18 Jan 2016 6:00 AM IST

Chinese couple to face trial for double murder

Chinese couple to face trial for double murder

It started with a nannying job and ended with the parents chopped up in the bathtub: a Chinese couple go on trial in...

18 Jan 2016 5:58 AM IST

US secretary of state John Kerry with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna on Sunday. — AFP

US, EU lift embargo on Iran, unblock $100 billion

John Kerry: Mark this as day of a safer world

18 Jan 2016 5:53 AM IST

The attack comes four days after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Pakistan consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad.

Afghanistan: 11 dead, 14 injured in a suicide attack in Jalalabad

Jalalabad: At least 13 people were killed and 14 others wounded when a suicide bomber struck the home of a prominent...

17 Jan 2016 5:15 PM IST

US President Barack Obama speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Towards end, as at beginning, Barack Obama pulls out Hanuman

A statuette of Lord Hanuman is among the few items that US President Barack Obama carries in his pocket and seeks...

17 Jan 2016 5:53 AM IST

Before Nuclear-deal is final, Iran frees 4 US prisoners

Before Nuclear-deal is final, Iran frees 4 US prisoners

US secretary of state John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart met in Vienna on Saturday to finalise the details ahead of...

17 Jan 2016 5:52 AM IST

Pakistan mulls ban on charity run by Hafiz Saeed

Pakistan mulls ban on charity run by Hafiz Saeed

Pakistan is considering a ban on the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), a charity organisation run by Jamaatud Dawa...

17 Jan 2016 5:38 AM IST

Pro-independence party wins Taiwan polls

Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen prepares to cast her vote at a polling...

17 Jan 2016 5:37 AM IST

Mohamed Nasheed

Maldives lets jailed ex-President travel to UK for surgery

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, who was jailed for 13 years following a controversial trial in 2015, has been...

17 Jan 2016 5:35 AM IST

Jakarta identifies 5 militants, others held

Indonesian policemen remove floral tributes from the damaged police outpost opposite Starbucks coffee shop in central...

17 Jan 2016 5:34 AM IST

Xi Jinping launches AIIB, to rival World Bank, Asian Development Bank

Xi Jinping launches AIIB, to rival World Bank, Asian Development Bank

China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), in which India is the second-largest shareholder, was...

17 Jan 2016 5:32 AM IST

North Korea demands peace treaty to stop tests

US deputy secretary of state Antony Blinken (from left), Japanese vice-foreign minister Akitaka Saiki and South...

17 Jan 2016 4:36 AM IST