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Paris climate deal: Nearly 200 nations adopt first global pact to...

Le Bourget, France: Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the...

13 Dec 2015 11:46 AM IST

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar welcomed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at COP21 in Le Bourget. (Photo: PTI)

Chapter of hope: India hails climate deal, says it protects interests...

India hailed the adoption of a landmark climate change deal as a "historic day" which promises a "better future" and...

13 Dec 2015 11:31 AM IST

Google chief slams Donald Trump, supports Muslims

Google chief slams Donald Trump, supports Muslims

After Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s India-born head Sundar Pichai has come out in support of...

13 Dec 2015 5:01 AM IST

‘UN deal blow to fossil fuels’

French President Francois Hollande (from left), foreign affairs minister Laurent Fabius and United Nations...

13 Dec 2015 4:31 AM IST

Blankets cover Swiss glacier in bid to halt ice-melt

Blankets cover Swiss glacier in bid to halt ice-melt

From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow...

13 Dec 2015 4:28 AM IST

848 casualties after Taliban September attack

848 casualties after Taliban September attack

At least 848 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded following a Taliban attack on the northern city of Kunduz in...

13 Dec 2015 4:05 AM IST

2 Spaniards die in Kabul siege

2 Spaniards die in Kabul siege

At least four Afghan policemen and two Spaniards were killed in an hours-long Taliban siege near the Spanish embassy in...

13 Dec 2015 4:03 AM IST

Pakistan to ‘influence’ Taliban over pipeline security

Pakistan to ‘influence’ Taliban over pipeline security

Pakistan defence minister Khawja Mohammed Asif has said that Pakistan will use its influence over the Afghan Taliban to...

13 Dec 2015 3:26 AM IST

Barack Obama tells Americans not to turn against Islam

Barack Obama tells Americans not to turn against Islam

Amid increasing anti-Muslim rhetoric in the aftermath of the San Bernardino terror attack that killed 14 people,...

13 Dec 2015 3:21 AM IST

US report warns ISIS creating fake passports

US report warns ISIS creating fake passports

A US government agency report has warned that ISIS has the ability to create fake Syrian passports, a federal official...

13 Dec 2015 3:18 AM IST

French foreign minister and President of the COP21 Laurent Fabius, right, and Frances Laurence Tubiana. (Photo: AP)

Climate talks: Paris makes history with climate pact

195 nations adopt accord that aims to limit warming to 1.5°C

13 Dec 2015 3:11 AM IST

Muammar Gaddafi’s son briefly abducted in Lebanon

Muammar Gaddafi’s son briefly abducted in Lebanon

A son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi was briefly kidnapped in Lebanon by militants demanding information...

13 Dec 2015 2:49 AM IST