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Comedian Jimmy Morales takes office as Guatemala's new President

Morales was previously best known for a television role as a country bumpkin who nearly becomes president.

15 Jan 2016 9:53 AM IST

After Ansari went missing, his mother had filed a complaint at a police station in Mumbai. (Photo:PTI)World
Missing Mumbai man who went to meet girlfriend faces military trial in...

He had befriended a Kohat-based woman through social media and had crossed over into Pakistan from Afghanistan.

15 Jan 2016 9:50 AM IST

Investigators inspect the wreckage of a bus that crashed after running off a road in Nagano, central Japan. (Photo: AFP)World
At least 14 dead in Japan ski bus accident

The fully loaded bus with 41 people on board was driving from Tokyo to a ski resort in Nagano prefecture.

15 Jan 2016 9:49 AM IST

UN chief Ban Ki-moon. (Photo: AFP)World
Nuclear weapons existential threat to humanity: UN chief Ban Ki-moon

The Secretary General said that the risks multiply with the emergence of violent and unaccountable non-state actors.

15 Jan 2016 9:39 AM IST

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US slaps sanctions against Afghanistan-Pakistan based ISIS group

The senior leadership of ISIL-K has pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

15 Jan 2016 9:37 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. (Photo: AFP)World
Pakistan seals JeM seminary after raid over Pathankot attack

Raid came after JeM activists were arrested following leads provided by India over Pathankot air base attack.

15 Jan 2016 9:36 AM IST

ISIS have proven that they offer nothing, no alternative but their own destruction, John Kerry said. (Photo: AFP)World
ISIS attacks will lead to its own demise: John Kerry

The US politician stressed that terror attacks would not 'intimidate nation-states from protecting their citizens.'

15 Jan 2016 9:35 AM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar (Photo: AFP)World
Pak minister says JeM chief Masood Azhar under ‘protective...

Will arrest Masood Azhar if his Pathankot involvement is 'proved', says Rana Sanaullah.

15 Jan 2016 9:26 AM IST

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Three arrested for possible links to Jakarta attack

The police chief told MetroTV that the men were arrested at dawn at their homes in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta.

15 Jan 2016 9:24 AM IST

Michelle Obama (Photo: AFP)World
Michelle Obama not running for presidency: Barack Obama

The First Lady would continue her work on issues like obesity even after they demit the office next January.

15 Jan 2016 9:20 AM IST

Tamara said that Twitter knowingly let the terror group use its network to spread propaganda, raise money and attract recruits.World
US widow sues twitter for giving voice to ISIS

Tamara Fields' husband, Lloyd, died in the November 9 attack on the police training centre in Amman.

15 Jan 2016 9:18 AM IST

cartoonist Maung Maung Aung draws a cartoon at his house in Yangon. — AFPWorld
Myanmar cartoonists sharpen pencils as satire returns

With a flourish of his pencil, cartoonist Maung Maung Aung skewers a pampered politician in a sketch, an image that just...

15 Jan 2016 6:27 AM IST

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