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Recep Tayyip ErdoganWorld
Erdogan talks man out of suicide bid

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used his celebrated rhetorical skills to save a life on Friday, preventing a man...

26 Dec 2015 4:04 AM IST

Fernando Machado takes a selfie with his partner Diane Rodriguez in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (Photo: AP)World
Transgender pregnant with partner’s baby

A couple in Ecuador is making history with a unique pregnancy: The father-to-be is carrying the baby of his transgender...

26 Dec 2015 4:01 AM IST

‘Stop fighters coming from Turkey, Jordan’World
‘Stop fighters coming from Turkey, Jordan’

Qatar against Opp. lists before peace talks; Russia says its strikes reduce oil smuggling

26 Dec 2015 3:57 AM IST

Bombs, snipers slow Iraq forcesWorld
Bombs, snipers slow Iraq forces

Iraqi forces dodged sniper fire, car bombs, roadside bombs and booby traps as they battled Friday to root out jihadist...

26 Dec 2015 3:55 AM IST

About 100 die in Nigeria gas plant explosionWorld
About 100 die in Nigeria gas plant explosion

Tens of people were killed in an explosion at a gas plant in southern Nigeria, the presidency said on Friday, with one...

26 Dec 2015 3:53 AM IST

American hostages held in Iran in 1979 to be compensatedWorld
American hostages held in Iran in 1979 to be compensated

The 53 Americans taken hostage in Iran in 1979 will finally get financial compensation that had eluded them for decades,...

26 Dec 2015 3:52 AM IST

People wearing masks walk past a holiday display outside a shopping mall in Beijing on Friday. (Photo: AFP)World
Smog brings white Christmas to Beijing

Beijing residents woke up to a white Christmas Friday morning but with the sky obscured by thick toxic smog rather than...

25 Dec 2015 11:33 PM IST

‘Nepal mustn’t become India, China arena’World
‘Nepal mustn’t become India, China arena’

China Friday said Nepal should not become a “boxing arena” between India and China vying for influence in...

25 Dec 2015 11:29 PM IST

Afghanistan soldiers thwart Taliban onslaughtsWorld
Afghanistan soldiers thwart Taliban onslaughts

Afghan forces backed by US airstrikes pushed back a Taliban onslaught Thursday in a strategically imporstant district in...

25 Dec 2015 11:27 PM IST

Madhesis decry amendment billWorld
Madhesis decry amendment bill

Nepal’s two top Madhesi leaders Friday told Maoist supremo Prachanda, who is apparently mediating between the...

25 Dec 2015 11:26 PM IST

Afghan bus crash kills at least 24World
Afghan bus crash kills at least 24

At least 24 people were killed when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine after a head-on collision with a truck in...

25 Dec 2015 11:24 PM IST

A recipe to save HK’s dying handmade dimsumWorld
A recipe to save HK’s dying handmade dimsum

For the past 60 years, Chui Hoi has risen in the early hours of the morning to prepare bite-size steamed morsels for his...

25 Dec 2015 11:22 PM IST

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