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An Iraqi Kurdish soldier (Photo: AFP)World
Chemical threat: Iraqi Kurds say Islamic State used chlorine gas...

Iraqi Kurdish authorities said on Saturday they had evidence that Islamic State had used chlorine gas as a chemical...

16 March 2015 10:21 AM IST

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13-year-old 'hit boy', armed with AK-47, arrested by Mexican Police

Mexican police arrested a 13-year-old boy who was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle, a pistol, weapon cartridges and...

16 March 2015 9:49 AM IST

China Premier Li Keqiang. (Photo: AFP)World
China’s PM says one child policy will ease further

Beijing: China is considering further changes to its family planning laws, Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday, after a...

16 March 2015 9:39 AM IST

A Pakistani Christian family mourns next to the body of a boy who was killed in a suicide bombing attack near 2 churches—APWorld
Lahore church blasts kill 15

At least 15 people were killed and over 80 wounded when twin blasts — targeting two churches — rocked a...

16 March 2015 1:55 AM IST

Asterix raises 150,000 euros for Charlie Hebdo victimsWorld
Asterix raises 150,000 euros for Charlie Hebdo victims

An original page of artwork from the 1971 comic Asterix and the Laurel Wreath went under the hammer in Paris for 150,000...

16 March 2015 1:29 AM IST

US President jokes about Clinton’s private emailWorld
US President jokes about Clinton’s private email

President Barack Obama took aim at his Republican opponents and his gaffe-prone vice-president on Saturday in a...

16 March 2015 1:28 AM IST

Outrage in Indiana over ‘baby box’ planWorld
Outrage in Indiana over ‘baby box’ plan

It could easily be mistaken for a mailbox, except that one side of it is riddled with air holes. It’s a...

16 March 2015 1:24 AM IST

Mitch McConnellWorld
Republicans target Barack Obama again on Iran deal

US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday that President Barack Obama was on the verge of making a...

16 March 2015 1:23 AM IST

Pakistan defence minister snubs MQMWorld
Pakistan defence minister snubs MQM

Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Mohammed Asif has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was complaining only...

16 March 2015 1:20 AM IST

Iran: Former President Rafsanjani’s son gets 15 years in prisonWorld
Iran: Former President Rafsanjani’s son gets 15 years in prison

The son of Iran’s former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after being...

16 March 2015 1:17 AM IST

High Court quashes Mohammed Nasheed’s appeal against arrestWorld
High Court quashes Mohammed Nasheed’s appeal against arrest

Mohammed Nasheed, sentenced to 13 years in jail under anti-terrorism laws, on Sunday suffered another blow when the...

16 March 2015 1:15 AM IST

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Vanuatu cyclone sounds alarm over climate change

In this photo provided by China’s Xinhua news agency, locals walk past debris in Port Vila, Vanuatu, after Cyclone...

16 March 2015 1:12 AM IST

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