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Parts of AirAsia Flight 8501 is seen on the deck of rescue ship Crest Onyx at Kumai port in Pangkalan—AP

Divers find black box of AirAsia plane

Indonesian divers on Sunday found the crucial black box flight recorders of the AirAsia plane that crashed in the Java...

12 Jan 2015 2:36 AM IST

China detains 25 passengers for opening plane doors

China detains 25 passengers for opening plane doors

Twenty-five angry passengers on board a plane in southwest China were detained after they opened emergency exit doors...

12 Jan 2015 2:32 AM IST

Schoolgirls sell eggs to infertile couples

Schoolgirls sell eggs to infertile couples

School-girls in China are being offered large sums of money by organised gangs to donate eggs for infertile couples, a...

12 Jan 2015 2:31 AM IST

Asians ease cross-culture connect, go for English names

Asians ease cross-culture connect, go for English names

“Hi. I am Liao Liang. But, you can call me Lorraine. That is my English name.”

12 Jan 2015 2:29 AM IST

Army to reshuffle lower-rank officers

Army to reshuffle lower-rank officers

In a first, Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered People’s Liberation Army to switch posts at the grassroots...

12 Jan 2015 2:26 AM IST

Australia cafe siege victim was killed by police

Australia cafe siege victim was killed by police

One of the victims of Australia’s Lindt Cafe stand-off was reportedly killed by a police bullet when she was...

12 Jan 2015 2:25 AM IST

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena gestures as he arrives to address the nation in the central town of Kandy—AFP

Maithripala Sirisena wants all parties in unity government

Sri Lanka’s new President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday invited all the political parties to join his national...

12 Jan 2015 2:23 AM IST

As many as 3.3 million people gathered on the Place de la Republique (Republic Square) before start of the rally—(Photo: AFP)

3.3 million at Paris march to honour attack victims

Dozens of world leaders, including Muslim and Jewish statesmen, linked arms leading an estimated 3.3 million French...

12 Jan 2015 2:09 AM IST

Coup averted in Sri Lanka: New government

Coup averted in Sri Lanka: New government

Sri Lanka’s new government on Sunday accused toppled strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa of having tried to stage a coup...

12 Jan 2015 1:47 AM IST

Shutdown takes its toll on White House operations

The partial government shutdown is taking its toll on the White House, where about 3 out of 4 staffers are being kept...

8 Oct 2013 2:14 PM IST

North Korea warns US of ‘disaster’ over joint naval drill

North Korea warns US of ‘disaster’ over joint naval drill

North Korea on Tuesday warned the United States of a “horrible disaster” and put its troops on alert over a...

8 Oct 2013 2:09 PM IST

Anarchist group turns teachers’ march in Rio violent

Anarchist group turns teachers’ march in Rio violent

Thousands marched in Rio de Janeiro Monday to support teachers seeking pay hikes before masked anarchists turned to...

8 Oct 2013 2:01 PM IST