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An Iraqi policeman monitors the area next to a burning tank after a suicide bomb attack on the Taji gas plant. (Photo: AFP)World
Iraq declares Ramadi liberated from ISIS

Iraqi security forces with the national flag enter central Ramadi, 115 kilometres west of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday. ...

29 Dec 2015 6:07 AM IST

Rare Syrian evacuation as blasts hit HomsWorld
Rare Syrian evacuation as blasts hit Homs

A rare UN-backed deal between Syria’s warring sides saw hundreds of fighters and civilians evacuate three towns on...

29 Dec 2015 6:05 AM IST

Soils: Blowing in the windWorld
Soils: Blowing in the wind

As the International Year of Soils (2015) draws to an end it may be pertinent to ask, how clean is our soil. Soil and...

29 Dec 2015 6:02 AM IST

21 killed in Nigerian mosque bombWorld
21 killed in Nigerian mosque bomb

An attack blamed on Boko Haram killed 21 people in the key northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Sunday, a top...

29 Dec 2015 6:02 AM IST

In a first, Russia closes Red Square for New Year’s EveWorld
In a first, Russia closes Red Square for New Year’s Eve

Moscow’s Red Square, traditionally a place where people gather to ring in the New Year, will be closed to...

29 Dec 2015 6:00 AM IST

Milan, Rome ban cars over rising smogWorld
Milan, Rome ban cars over rising smog

Rome has banned every other car on Monday and Tuesday and in Milan, cars, motorbikes and scooters have been banished for...

29 Dec 2015 5:52 AM IST

Attack on Sikh man probed as hate crimeWorld
Attack on Sikh man probed as hate crime

A 68-year-old Sikh man has been brutally assaulted by two persons in California, prompting the police to launch a...

29 Dec 2015 5:50 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela MerkelWorld
In a year of crises, ‘Mama Merkel’ emerges EU hero

In a year of crises for Europe, from the Ukraine war to Greece’s debt turmoil to the historic refugee influx,...

29 Dec 2015 5:48 AM IST

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide car bomb attack near the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)World
Afghanistan: One killed, 4 injured in suicide car bomb blast near...

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the insurgents were behind the suicide attack on a foreign forces convoy,...

28 Dec 2015 12:02 PM IST

Army personnel and rescue teams help evacuate people from flooded properties after the River Ouse burst its banks in York. ---APWorld
David Cameron calls emergency meet over floods

Hundreds evacuated from Yorkshire, Lancashire

28 Dec 2015 6:17 AM IST

Taliban deny talks with Russia on ISISWorld
Taliban deny talks with Russia on ISIS

The Taliban have denied they held talks with Russia about countering the spread of Islamic State (ISIS) in Afghanistan,...

28 Dec 2015 6:17 AM IST

Pakistan agrees to revive Afghan talksWorld
Pakistan agrees to revive Afghan talks

Pakistan’s powerful Army Chief General Raheel Sharif Sunday held wide-ranging talks with Afghanistan’s top...

28 Dec 2015 6:15 AM IST

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