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Balasore (Odisha): India on Tuesday test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile, which is capable of carrying 500kg to 1000kg of warheads, as...

Beijing/Tokyo: China rapped Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Tuesday ahead of her visit to Beijing after she said Australia recognised the...

Geneva: The top United Nations human rights official urged China on Tuesday to release all lawyers detained since July, including 15 arrested last month,...

Baghdad: An Iraqi army helicopter crashed due to a technical malfunction during a routine flight on Tuesday, killing all nine crew members, a military...

Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye pledged on Tuesday further "strong" measures against North Korea, after suspending operations at a...

Mumbai/New Delhi: Within days of being given a diphtheria jab during a school vaccination drive, 5-year-old Meraj Shabbir Khan's leg became so swollen...

New Delhi: Unfazed by public outcry, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday defended his senior in the Home Ministry, Rajnath Singh, saying there were enough...

Brussels: Bosnia formally applied for membership of the European Union on Monday, although Brussels says it must carry out a series of reforms before the...

Prague/Budapest: About two out of three Czechs oppose taking in refugees from war zones, according to an opinion poll published on Monday, reflecting...

Karachi/Islamabad: More than 100,000 health workers fanned out across Pakistan on Monday, stepping up a drive to eliminate the polio virus this year from...