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Sri Lanka to allow Chinese port cityWorld
Sri Lanka to allow Chinese port city

Sri Lanka is to go ahead with a $1.4 billion Chinese-backed real estate project after some changes to its terms, a...

13 Jan 2016 5:53 AM IST

ISIS burns its fighters alive over Ramadi fallWorld
ISIS burns its fighters alive over Ramadi fall

ISIS militants who lost a key town to Iraqi forces were burned alive in full public view by their own men after they...

13 Jan 2016 5:49 AM IST

Premature to speak on asylum for Assad: PutinWorld
Premature to speak on asylum for Assad: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday it was premature to say whether Moscow would grant asylum to embattled...

13 Jan 2016 5:47 AM IST

Suffering in Madaya is unprecedented: UNWorld
Suffering in Madaya is unprecedented: UN

The suffering in the Syrian town of Madaya is the worst seen in the country’s civil war, the United Nations said...

13 Jan 2016 5:45 AM IST

Syria Army fully captures strategic town in LatakiaWorld
Syria Army fully captures strategic town in Latakia

Syria’s Army and allied forces on Tuesday took full control from rebel groups of the strategic town of Salma, in...

13 Jan 2016 5:37 AM IST

ISIS recruit lists job skills on LinkedInWorld
ISIS recruit lists job skills on LinkedIn

An Islamic State (ISIS) recruit from New Zealand has reportedly set up a LinkedIn account, describing himself as an...

13 Jan 2016 5:36 AM IST

US Sikhs get government promise on safetyWorld
US Sikhs get government promise on safety

In a rare gesture, the Obama administration has assured American Sikhs of their safety and security amid a recent spike...

13 Jan 2016 5:32 AM IST

UK police recruit Syrian refugee momsWorld
UK police recruit Syrian refugee moms

The British police have recruited Syrian refugee mothers as the face of a new campaign to prevent young girls and women...

13 Jan 2016 5:20 AM IST

Pope Francis addresses the crowd during his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican. — AFPWorld
Strike by doctors hits UK hospitals

Tens of thousands of junior doctors in England went on strike on Tuesday, causing major disruption to hospitals across...

13 Jan 2016 3:54 AM IST

Cardinal, clown, convict back Pope’s missionWorld
Cardinal, clown, convict back Pope’s mission

Italy’s best known comic, a cardinal and a Chinese convict teamed up on Tuesday to launch a book-length interview...

13 Jan 2016 3:52 AM IST

Emergency responders work beside victims at the site of a blast in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet district, Turkey. (Photo: AFP)World
Istanbul attack strikes tourists, 10 die

A Syrian suicide bomber on Tuesday struck the heart of Istanbul’s busiest tourist district, killing 10 people,...

13 Jan 2016 1:16 AM IST

US Congress stalls sale of F-16s to PakistanWorld
US Congress stalls sale of F-16s to Pakistan

In a setback for Pakistan, Republican-controlled US Congress has stalled sale of eight F-16 fighter jets to Islamabad,...

13 Jan 2016 12:42 AM IST

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