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South African cricket team captain Hashim Amla addresses the media at Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium . (Photo: PTI)World
Pakistan set to hang man in wheelchair

Pakistan is set to execute a disabled man as activists said it was nearing its 300th hanging in under a year, with...

24 Nov 2015 10:54 PM IST

Facebook backs Phuc Dat BichWorld
Facebook backs Phuc Dat Bich

Australian man Phuc Dat Bich, who became an Internet sensation after complaining his Facebook page kept being shut down,...

24 Nov 2015 10:51 PM IST

Asif Ali Zardari gets reprieve in five casesWorld
Asif Ali Zardari gets reprieve in five cases

A Pakistani court on Tuesday acquitted former President Asif Ali Zardari in five corruption cases.

24 Nov 2015 10:50 PM IST

China snubs sea dipute arbitrationWorld
China snubs sea dipute arbitration

China on Tuesday reaffirmed that it will “not accept” a judicial arbitration on the South China Sea, as an...

24 Nov 2015 10:48 PM IST

Taliban capture 13 Afghan troopsWorld
Taliban capture 13 Afghan troops

Taliban insurgents captured 13 Afghan government soldiers on Tuesday after their helicopter crashed in territory under...

24 Nov 2015 10:48 PM IST

US lauds Sri Lanka for Tamil reconciliationWorld
US lauds Sri Lanka for Tamil reconciliation

The United States has praised Sri Lanka’s new government for speeding up efforts towards reconciliation with...

24 Nov 2015 10:47 PM IST

John Kerry condemns Palestinian attacksWorld
John Kerry condemns Palestinian attacks

A Palestinian rammed a vehicle into Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank early on Tuesday, wounding three of them...

24 Nov 2015 10:45 PM IST

Brussels alert extendedWorld
Brussels alert extended

Brussels will stay at the highest security threat level for another week over fears of an imminent attack, the Belgian...

24 Nov 2015 10:44 PM IST

ISIS kills 2 judges, 3 cops in Egypt bombingWorld
ISIS kills 2 judges, 3 cops in Egypt bombing

ISIS’ Egyptian branch claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed five people in a hotel in North Sinai on...

24 Nov 2015 10:43 PM IST

‘Rebels kill one pilot, 2nd missing’World
‘Rebels kill one pilot, 2nd missing’

One Russian pilot of a warplane downed by Turkey over Syria on Tuesday was killed by rebels and the second is missing...

24 Nov 2015 10:42 PM IST

We are not involved in shooting of jet: USWorld
We are not involved in shooting of jet: US

The US military was not involved in the Turkish downing of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border Tuesday, a US...

24 Nov 2015 10:41 PM IST

Russia called the downing of its warplane by Turkey a very serious incident (Photo: Twitter)World
One Russian pilot of downed jet dead; NATO calls for emergency meet

Videos circulating online show the dead pilot surrounded by rebels from different factions

24 Nov 2015 5:55 PM IST

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