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Rockets land near Baghdad airport, no initial reports of casualties

Sources said the rockets were fired from an area west of the airport

30 Oct 2015 10:53 AM IST

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US strike kills former German rapper who joined Islamic State

Born in Berlin, Denis Cuspert was once a popular rapper known As 'Deso Dogg'

30 Oct 2015 10:50 AM IST

Chinese grandparents and grandchildren play in a park in Dafeng, in east Chinas Jiangsu province (Photo: AP/File)

China's easing of birth limit a boon to couples, companies

The decision might help defuse economic stresses caused by an aging population

30 Oct 2015 10:11 AM IST

US Senator Tim Kaine (Photo: AP/File)

Not surprised by Musharraf's remarks on support to LeT: US Senator

Washington: A top American senator has said the remarks of former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf that his country...

30 Oct 2015 10:08 AM IST

Russia no longer a superpower: United States

Washington: Russia is no longer a superpower as its deteriorating economy is ranked -"somewhere behind Spain-", the...

30 Oct 2015 10:04 AM IST

China, in a significant shift, abandons one-child policy

China, in a significant shift, abandons one-child policy

Grappling with a major demographic crisis and an economic slowdown, the Chinese Communist Party on Thursday scrapped its...

30 Oct 2015 4:17 AM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo: AP)

Queen Elizabeth II to host lunch for Modi

A lunch with Queen Elizabeth II, an address to the Indian diaspora at the iconic Wembley stadium and a...

30 Oct 2015 2:16 AM IST

Afghanistan-Pakistan victims desperate for aid

Afghanistan-Pakistan victims desperate for aid

Pakistani earthquake survivors look out from a damaged decorated room of a bridegroom in the Meadan area of Lower Dir...

30 Oct 2015 2:16 AM IST

China ends 1-child policy, now allows 2

China ends 1-child policy, now allows 2

China announced the end of its hugely controversial one-child policy on Thursday, after decades of strict, sometimes...

30 Oct 2015 2:13 AM IST

No anti-China bloc in the making: US

No anti-China bloc in the making: US

The US has said there is no anti-China grouping in the works as its recent military manoeuvres in South China Sea...

30 Oct 2015 2:09 AM IST

‘Kerry wants to test Russian willingness to nudge Assad out’

‘Kerry wants to test Russian willingness to nudge Assad...

US secretary of state John Kerry will meet his Ir-anian counterpart in Vien-na on Thursday ahead of a fresh round of...

30 Oct 2015 2:08 AM IST

2 Palestinians shot dead in Israel

2 Palestinians shot dead in Israel

New knife attacks on Israelis in the West Bank left a soldier lightly injured on Thursday, while two Palestinian...

30 Oct 2015 2:07 AM IST