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Greek conservatives elect new leader to challenge PM Alexis Tsipras

Greek conservatives elect new leader to challenge PM Alexis Tsipras

11 Jan 2016 10:02 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AFP)

Vladimir Putin says he wants global cooperation against terrorism

Russia's air force is attacking targets in Syria and Moscow says it aims to undermine Islamic State.

11 Jan 2016 9:58 AM IST

French police are seen near the Rue de la Goutte dOr in the north of Paris. (Photo: AFP))

Paris police station attacker was serial asylum seeker with criminal...

The revelations are likely to fuel criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door policy for refugees.

11 Jan 2016 9:17 AM IST

Joaquin El Chapo Guzman is made to face the press as hes escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by soldiers and marines at a

Sinaloa drug cartel lives on despite El Chapo's capture

The 58-year-old Guzman now faces the prospect of being extradited to the United States.

11 Jan 2016 9:16 AM IST

Amid drought, Africa reviews GMO crops

The drought, which extends to South Africa, the continent’s biggest maize producer, has been exacerbated by an El...

11 Jan 2016 5:17 AM IST

An NGO worker teaches children about the ways to fight the water-born parasite — Guinea worm.

Flesh-burrowing nearing end in South Sudan

Health workers on Friday celebrated a key step towards eradicating the flesh-burrowing guinea worm after South Sudan,...

11 Jan 2016 5:13 AM IST

MI5 tried to recruit ‘Jihadi’ Siddhartha Dhar

MI5 tried to recruit ‘Jihadi’ Siddhartha Dhar

Britain’s intelligence services had tried to recruit Indian-origin ISIS terror suspect Siddhartha Dhar as a double...

11 Jan 2016 3:55 AM IST

A US Air Force B-52 bomber flies over the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Sunday. — AP

US flies bomber over South Korea

The US sent a heavy bomber over South Korea on Sunday in a show of force as North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un insisted his...

11 Jan 2016 3:45 AM IST

Pakistan will list Taliban keen on dialogue

Pakistan will list Taliban keen on dialogue

Pakistan will present a list of Taliban willing to negotiate with Kabul at a meeting this week aimed at reviving the...

11 Jan 2016 3:44 AM IST

17 alleged members of ISIS held in Lahore

17 alleged members of ISIS held in Lahore

Seventeen suspected members or recruiters of ISIS, including an engineer and an IT professional, have been arrested here...

11 Jan 2016 3:34 AM IST

Mohammed Bin Salman

Saudi prince to discuss anti-terror pact in Pakistan

Saudi Arabian prince and defence minister Mohammed Bin Salman was in Islamabad on Sunday to discuss Pakistan’s...

11 Jan 2016 3:25 AM IST

4 dead in missile strike on MSF clinic in Yemen

4 dead in missile strike on MSF clinic in Yemen

Aid agency Doctors Without Borders condemned a missile strike on one of its clinics on Sunday in northern Yemen, saying...

11 Jan 2016 3:23 AM IST