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Pentagon to unveil Guantanamo closure plan

The Pentagon this year sent a team of experts to review US sites

12 Nov 2015 12:42 PM IST

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have been battling Islamic State militants across northern Iraq. (Photo: AFP)World
Iraq Kurds launch major offensive to retake Sinjar from Islamic State

Sinjar is located on a key IS supply line linking Mosul

12 Nov 2015 11:47 AM IST

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Myanmar's president pledges peaceful power shift

Myanmar has been dominated by the military for half a century through direct junta rule

12 Nov 2015 11:44 AM IST

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Slovenia putting up fence along border with Croatia to control migrant...

The continent is grappling with its biggest influx of migrants

12 Nov 2015 10:30 AM IST

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif (Photo: AFP)World
Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif invites himself to the US

Pentagon has received requests for a meeting from Pakistani Embassy

12 Nov 2015 9:57 AM IST

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Myanmar says Obama congratulates govt on 'free and fair' poll

Foreign election observers have broadly endorsed Sunday's poll results

12 Nov 2015 9:47 AM IST

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Kremlin admits TV stations showed 'secret' nuclear torpedo plan

Moscow: The Kremlin admitted Wednesday that Russian television had accidentally shown secret plans detailing a nuclear...

12 Nov 2015 9:42 AM IST

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Indian-origin journalist Hasan Suroor arrested in paedophile sting in...

Suroor was caught on camera as he allegedly waited for a 14-year-old girl

12 Nov 2015 9:37 AM IST

Chinese tycoon coughs up $170 million for Modigliani!World
Chinese tycoon coughs up $170 million for Modigliani!

Shanghai: A taxi driver turned financier, Chinese tycoon Liu Yiqian, has stunned the art world with his record-setting...

12 Nov 2015 9:18 AM IST

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Vladimir Putin orders action over explosive doping claims

Moscow: Vladimir Putin Wednesday ordered an inquiry into allegations of -"state-supported-" drug abuse in athletics...

12 Nov 2015 9:17 AM IST

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US arrests Venezuela first lady nephews over cocaine: report

New York: US agents have arrested two nephews of Venezuela's first lady for allegedly conspiring to smuggle 800 kilos...

12 Nov 2015 9:16 AM IST

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German intelligence spied on French minister, FBI, UN bodies: report

BND has allegedly spied on phone numbers, email and IP addresses for surveillance

11 Nov 2015 4:10 PM IST

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