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Cairo: Egypt imposed a big security clampdown in its cities on Friday as mass demonstrations called to protest against austerity measures failed to take...

New Delhi: Government on Friday extended use of old Rs500 and Rs 1,000 notes for paying household utility bills, fuel, taxes and fees as well as purchases...

Kokjali/Baghdad: Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from IS militants using civilians as cover, and...

Bengaluru/Allahabad: Various High Courts have dismissed petitions filed against demonetisation of Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes. This comes ahead of the Supreme...

New Delhi: The Defence Ministry could in the next "few months" finalise higher defence reforms to bring in jointness among the three armed...

London: French President Francois Hollande and Britain's Prince Harry led commemorations as the two nations marked Armistice Day on Friday to remember...

Washington/New York: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised demonstrators for being passionate about their country, just hours after he accused...

Los Angeles: Leonard Cohen, rock music's man of letters has died at age 82, a statement on his Facebook page said. "It is with profound sorrow we...

Harare: A Zimbabwean court has thrown out charges against a local hunter accused of failing to stop the killing of the country's most prized lion by an...

Diyarbakir (Turkey): A Turkish district governor wounded in a bomb attack on his office in the largely Kurdish southeast has died in hospital and police...