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Nepal district chief wins in Integrity Idol title in show

Nepal district chief wins in Integrity Idol title in show

Nepali bureaucrat Pradip Raj Kandel on Sunday clinched the title of Integrity Idol, a televised talent show-styled...

11 Jan 2016 3:21 AM IST

Sean Penn interview led to Guzman’s capture

A clandestine meeting between US actor Sean Penn and Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in the Mexican jungle helped...

11 Jan 2016 3:20 AM IST

Arab League says Iran provocative

Arab League says Iran provocative

Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi accused Tehran of “provocative acts” as top Arab diplomats met on Sunday...

11 Jan 2016 3:17 AM IST

Al Qaeda abducts media activists in Syrian town

Al Qaeda abducts media activists in Syrian town

Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliate stormed a radio station and abducted two prominent media activists from a rebel-held...

11 Jan 2016 3:14 AM IST

Josip Broz Tito

Iran warns of reciprocal steps in US visa row

Iran’s Parliament Speaker said on Sunday that new US visa regulations amounted to “harassment” and...

11 Jan 2016 3:10 AM IST

Josip Broz Tito’s relatives await news of inheritance

Josip Broz Tito’s relatives await news of inheritance

For 35 years since the death of Communist Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito, tens of thousands of the extravagant...

11 Jan 2016 3:00 AM IST

Paris honours victims of 2015 terror attacks

French President Francois Hollande hugs a man (left) as he greets the families of the victims and survivors of the...

11 Jan 2016 2:55 AM IST

‘If Brits want, govt to work for European Union exit’

‘If Brits want, govt to work for European Union exit’

If Britons vote to leave the European Union at a membership referendum due by the end of 2017, the government will have...

11 Jan 2016 2:44 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)

Angela Merkel forced to change refugee stance

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been forced to modify her liberal stance toward refugees, after a spate of assaults...

11 Jan 2016 2:37 AM IST

Zambian President Edgar Lungu with Pope Francis during a private audience at the Vatican on Friday. — AFP

Pope Francis says he’s ‘a sinner in need of God’s...

Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the window of the Apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter’s square during his...

11 Jan 2016 2:35 AM IST

US Secretary of State John Kerry with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AP)

John Kerry, Nawaz Sharif discussed the need to stay focused on the...

Carry out investigation in ‘transparent’ manner, Kerry to Sharif on Pathankot

10 Jan 2016 3:42 PM IST

Great white shark dies in Japan aquarium

A great white shark which was captured and exhibited in a Japanese aquarium, one of only a few such sharks to ever be...

10 Jan 2016 4:53 AM IST