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Guangzhou (China): A Chinese court jailed three rights activists for up to five years on Friday, lawyers said, on charges including inciting subversion,...

Bangkok/Kuala Lumpur: Tropical Southeast Asian countries said on Friday they were bracing for the mosquito-borne Zika virus, with Malaysia saying it could...

Geneva: The United Nations said on Friday it had allegations that peacekeepers from Georgia, France and another unnamed European country physically abused...

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday decided to constitute a technical group to monitor the situation arising out of spread of Zika virus and strengthen its...

Beijing: The European Union on Friday delivered some of its strongest criticism yet of China's human rights record, calling the televised broadcasts of...

Thiruvananthapuram: Students and youth activists on Friday staged protests in front of the Secretariat here and in other parts of the state demanding...

Hyderabad: Amid the row over suicide by a Dalit research scholar at Hyderabad Central University, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday alleged that...

Itanagar/New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday termed imposition of President's rule as the "darkest" day in the history of...

Dubai/Paris: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on his arrival in Paris on Wednesday that a new chapter had began in Tehran's relations with the...

Beirut/Geneva/Paris: The Syrian opposition is awaiting a response to its demands from the United Nations before deciding whether to attend peace...