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Washington: President Barack Obama toasted Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland at a star-studded state dinner on Friday, lauding the nations for...

Istanbul: Turkish war planes destroyed 98 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant targets in Turkey and northern Iraq in nine air strikes on Friday,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday pitched for a permanent solution to the vexed fishermen issue during his talks with Sri Lankan President...

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday upheld the constitutional validity of the 156-year-old penal laws on defamation, saying “reputation of one cannot be...

New Delhi: Buoyed by his victory in the floor test, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Friday ruled out possibility of snap polls saying his state...

Mumbai: In a complete U-turn, the National Investigation Agency(NIA) on Friday dropped all charges against Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and five others in the 2008...

Beirut: Insurgents killed at least 19 civilians believed to be from families of fighters loyal to the Syrian government after capturing a village from...

Tikrit: Shooting and bomb attacks claimed by IS killed at least 16 people in northern Iraq on Friday, days after IS's deadliest blasts so far this year...

Washington: The US Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned Aguila Saleh, the president of Libya's internationally recognised parliament in Tobruk, over...

Khartoum: Sweat drips from Arafat Abkar's brow as she dodges blows in an open-air arena in Khartoum's searing summer heat. Wearing only shorts and a...