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British PM David Cameron meets rescue workers in York, England. (Photo: AFP)

David Cameron visits flood-hit York

British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the flood-hit historic city of York on Monday as cities, towns and villages...

29 Dec 2015 6:23 AM IST

South Korea, Japan to end ‘comfort women’ row

Former South Korean sex slaves, who were forced to serve for the Japanese Army during World War II, wait for results of...

29 Dec 2015 6:20 AM IST

Nepal parties to forge consensus to tweak statute

Nepal’s three major political parties Monday decided to reach a consensus on a bill to amend the new Constitution...

29 Dec 2015 6:12 AM IST

Nepal, India embassy pay tribute to Ghalib

A special programme was organised here to pay tribute to noted Indian poet Ghalib on his 218th birth anniversary for his...

29 Dec 2015 6:10 AM IST

An Iraqi policeman monitors the area next to a burning tank after a suicide bomb attack on the Taji gas plant. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq declares Ramadi liberated from ISIS

Iraqi security forces with the national flag enter central Ramadi, 115 kilometres west of Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday. ...

29 Dec 2015 6:07 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

In a year of crises, ‘Mama Merkel’ emerges EU hero

In a year of crises for Europe, from the Ukraine war to Greece’s debt turmoil to the historic refugee influx,...

29 Dec 2015 5:48 AM IST

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide car bomb attack near the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Afghanistan: One killed, 4 injured in suicide car bomb blast near...

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the insurgents were behind the suicide attack on a foreign forces convoy,...

28 Dec 2015 12:02 PM IST

Army personnel and rescue teams help evacuate people from flooded properties after the River Ouse burst its banks in York. ---AP

David Cameron calls emergency meet over floods

Hundreds evacuated from Yorkshire, Lancashire

28 Dec 2015 6:17 AM IST

Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

Afghan fighters behead 4 of ISIS

Local village militia members loyal to a powerful Afghan legislator beheaded four Islamic State (ISIS) fighters and...

28 Dec 2015 6:14 AM IST

Iraq forces in Ramadi near victory

Iraqi security forces enter the heavy-damaged Huz neighbourhood in Ramadi (115 km west of Baghdad), Iraq, on Saturday....

28 Dec 2015 6:03 AM IST

Gujarat batsman Parthiv Patel (right) and pacer R.P. Singh at a training session on Sunday. (Photo: Shashidhar B)

Ukrainian parish turns into battlefield

The quiet village of Ptycha has become an unlikely battleground for the Orthodox faithful in western Ukraine, where the...

28 Dec 2015 5:59 AM IST

Statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College, Oxford.

FW De Klerk slams Cecil Rhodes statue removal plan

South Africa’s last white President F.W. De Klerk on Saturday criticised a campaign to remove the statue of...

28 Dec 2015 2:05 AM IST