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ISIS booby-trapped houses

ISIS booby-trapped houses

About 700 ISIS fighters are believed to be hiding in the centre and eastern outskirts of Ramadi days after Iraqi forces...

31 Dec 2015 5:41 AM IST

Tehran struggles with air pollution

More than two weeks of heavy pollution led Iranian officials to ban all outdoor sport and impose new traffic...

31 Dec 2015 5:38 AM IST

Anguish as New Year brings Mein Kampf reprints

Anguish as New Year brings Mein Kampf reprints

The copyright of Hitler’s Mein Kampf expires Friday, with plans by several publishers for annotated reprints...

31 Dec 2015 5:34 AM IST

Volunteers form a human chain as they help load sandbags in St. Louis, Missouri, on on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

After tornados, US faces floods in Missouri & Illinois; toll 13

Rain-swollen rivers across Missouri were still rising on Wednesday, with widespread flooding forcing the evacuation of...

31 Dec 2015 3:46 AM IST

Belgium, Holland to exchange land

Belgium, Holland to exchange land

Throughout history, borders have caused unfathomable bloodshed, ageless feuds and decades- old legal disputes, which...

31 Dec 2015 3:41 AM IST

New York, London tighten security for New Year’s Eve

New York, London tighten security for New Year’s Eve

Scotland Yard Wedneday stepped up security in time for New Year’s Eve here amid heightened fears of a terror...

31 Dec 2015 3:34 AM IST

Margaret Thatcher

Maggie’s fears on AIDS awareness adverts revealed

Britain’s former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was concerned that an AIDS awareness campaign in the 1980s would...

31 Dec 2015 3:31 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law boosted by $1.75 billion state loan

The son-in-law of Vladimir Putin stands to benefit from $1.75 billion in cheap finance from the Russian state, a Reuters...

31 Dec 2015 2:28 AM IST

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump answers a question during the debate. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump to spend millions on ads in GOP race

Billionaire Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he plans to spend at least $2 million a week on...

31 Dec 2015 2:23 AM IST

The journey of Akubra hats

The journey of Akubra hats

The image is seared into Australian lore — under a hot desert sun, a mounted soldier pours the last of his water...

31 Dec 2015 2:20 AM IST

Documents reveal ISIS ‘war spoils’ department

Many of the seized files are fatwas, or religious rulings, covering issues from rape of female prisoners and the...

30 Dec 2015 6:43 AM IST

Pakistani mourners transport the victim of a suicide blast from the hospital in Mardan on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

23 killed in Pakistan government office blast

At least 23 people were killed on Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the main gate of the National...

30 Dec 2015 6:11 AM IST