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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: Twitter)

Narendra Modi inaugurates new Afghan Parliament built by India in...

Modi will inaugurate Afghanistan’s new Parliament building, constructed by India.

25 Dec 2015 11:37 AM IST

Indonesian police officers put a police line outside a house where a suspected militant was arrested in Bekasi, West Java.

Indonesia arrests two over New Year suicide terror plot

The arrests come at a time of alert after police arrested several other extremists.

25 Dec 2015 11:32 AM IST

Narendra Modi greets Nawaz Sharif on his birthday

The relations between India and Pakistan witnessed some positive developments.

25 Dec 2015 10:47 AM IST

Making history: Father-to-be carries baby of transgender partner

Argentina has gone further with legislation guaranteeing free hormone treatment.

25 Dec 2015 10:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during signing of MOU at Kremlin Moscow (Photo: PTI)

India and Russia to manufacture military choppers, announces Modi in...

Moscow: In a major push to their strategic ties, India and Russia on Thursday decided to expand cooperation in various...

25 Dec 2015 9:58 AM IST

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100 people killed in gas tanker truck fire in Nigeria

Abuja: A gas tanker truck ignited an inferno at a crowded industrial gas plant in Nigeria, killing scores of people...

25 Dec 2015 9:51 AM IST

Islamic State sanctioned organ harvesting in fatwa: US intelligence

Washington: The terrorist group Islamic State has sanctioned the harvesting of human organs in a previously undisclosed...

25 Dec 2015 9:50 AM IST

firefighters responding to a fire at a hospital in Jizan, Saudi Arabia. (Photo: AP)

Saudi hospital fire leaves 25 dead, hurts 123

A fire ripped through a hospital in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, killing at least 25 people and injuring 123, the...

25 Dec 2015 6:05 AM IST

Defiant Turkey editor still writes in jail

Imprisoned a month ago on charges of spying and revealing state secrets, the editor of Turkey’s leading Opposition...

25 Dec 2015 5:55 AM IST

Video grab released by the Italian Coast Guard shows migrants and refugees sitting in a boat during a rescue operation. -AFP

18 migrants drown off Turkey

At least 18 migrants drowned when their overcrowded bo-at sank in the Aegean Sea on Thursday on the way to the Greek...

25 Dec 2015 2:37 AM IST

Refugee girl who cried after Merkel’s comments can stay

A 14-year-old Palestinian girl who burst into tears when Chancellor Angela Mer-kel told her she might be deported has...

25 Dec 2015 2:32 AM IST

A storm-damaged home outside Atkins, Arkansas, on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

7 die as harsh storms strike southeast US

Storms and tornadoes killed at least seven people and left dozens injured when they ripped through large swathes of the...

25 Dec 2015 2:27 AM IST