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UNITED NATIONS: Russia would veto a US draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that would declare a planned referendum on independence...

KIEV: In an attempt to boost the country’s defenses, the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday voted to create a 60,000-strong National Guard on the basis...

KABUL: Unknown persons have kidnapped four election coordinators in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, a commissioner with the Independent Election Commission Sareer Ahmed...

NEW YORK: An explosion followed by the collapse of a large residential building in New York City on Wednesday left several persons injured.The US...

SIMFEROPOL: The Crimean parliament on Tuesday voted for independence from Ukraine, paving the way for the upcoming referendum for the Crimean Autonomous Republic and...

RAIPUR: At least 20 security personnel were killed and several others injured in a gun battle after Maoist rebels ambushed a joint team of...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced on Monday that the country’s general elections will be held on September 20.“I’m announcing the election...

BEIJING: A Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew crashed in the South China Sea on Saturday, while it was travelling...

MOSCOW: The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry and said that the United States...

  Saudi Arabia declares Muslim Brotherhood, three other militant groups as terrorist organisations RIYADH: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has declared three Sunni radical organisations as...