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Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim (Photo: AP/File)World
Former scribe buys Dawood’s hotel for Rs 4.28 crore

Mumbai: Former journalist S. Balakrishnan won the bid for fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar’s hotel Rounaq...

10 Dec 2015 9:36 AM IST

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US seeks transparency on alleged rapes by UN peacekeepers

Washington: The United States today called for greater transparency into alleged sexual assaults by UN peacekeepers in...

10 Dec 2015 9:30 AM IST

The file photo released by supporters of the Islamic State on an anonymous photo-sharing website. (Photo: Militant photo via AP)World
Military alone cannot defeat Islamic State

The UAE maintains that neither Daesh nor the Syrian regime can be checked on a military basis alone, and calls for...

10 Dec 2015 6:39 AM IST

Hikers walk along a path on Mount Pastoruri, sitting 16,400 feet above sea level. (Photo: AFP)World
Peruvian farmer takes climate fight to European courts

The soft murmur of water trickling from a glacier in the Peruvian Andes into the pale blue lake below is broken by the...

10 Dec 2015 6:36 AM IST

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Behind high walls, new SA city a world apart

Green, tidy, with safe public areas and winding bicycle paths — Steyn City is a vast “self-sufficient”...

10 Dec 2015 6:34 AM IST

Barack Obama calls Modi, pushes strong climate change pactWorld
Barack Obama calls Modi, pushes strong climate change pact

As major divides remained in the negotiations to hammer out an international climate pact, US President Barack Obama had...

10 Dec 2015 6:33 AM IST

Kabul seeks Pakistan aid for Taliban talksWorld
Kabul seeks Pakistan aid for Taliban talks

Afghanistan’s foreign minister called on Pakistan to help restart stalled peace talks between his government and...

10 Dec 2015 6:20 AM IST

Narendra Modi, Nawaz Sharif to meet Sunday in TurkmenistanWorld
Narendra Modi, Nawaz Sharif to meet Sunday in Turkmenistan

Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif, who recently met on the sidelines of the global climate change...

10 Dec 2015 6:19 AM IST

Fighting rages at Kandahar airport, toll 37World
Fighting rages at Kandahar airport, toll 37

At least 37 people were killed and 35 others wounded when Taliban militants stormed Kandahar airport in southern...

10 Dec 2015 6:11 AM IST

US: ‘Seriously reviewing’ Iran missile launchWorld
US: ‘Seriously reviewing’ Iran missile launch

The United States is reviewing and seeking to confirm reports that Iran launched a ballistic missile in November in...

10 Dec 2015 6:10 AM IST

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Syria Opposition begins talks in Riyadh

Syrian government forces escort buses carrying Syrian rebel fighters as hundreds of civilians and rebel forces began...

10 Dec 2015 6:08 AM IST

Russia, US, UN to hold Syria talks on FridayWorld
Russia, US, UN to hold Syria talks on Friday

Russia, the United States and the United Nations will hold three-way talks on the Syria crisis in Geneva on Friday, the...

10 Dec 2015 6:04 AM IST

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