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18 killed, several injured in India stampede

MUMBAI: At least 18 persons were killed and more than 50 others sustained injuries during a stampede on occasion of burial of the Dawoodi...

Indian minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife found dead in New Delhi

NEW DELHI: Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, the wife of Indian senior minister Shashi Tharoor, was found dead in a five-star hotel in New Delhi on...

India – an unsafe destination for women travellers

NEW DELHI: The UK foreign office issued a travel advisory cautioning its citizens on travel in India whose image as an unsafe destination for...

Russia not to allow any discrimination during Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games: Putin

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that his country will not allow any form of discrimination during the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi...

28 injured as blast hits Thai opposition protest march

BANGKOK: At least 28 persons were injured in a bomb blast that struck an anti-government protest march in the Thai capital Bangkok on Friday. The...

20th session of al-Quds committee begins in Morocco

MARRAKESH: The twentieth session of the al-Quds committee, an offshoot of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), will be held on Friday in...

Iran willing to take part in Geneva II conference but unconditionally: Zarif

MOSCOW: Iran said on Thursday that it wants to participate in the upcoming Geneva II talks on the Syrian crisis but any preconditions set...

Egypt constitution overwhelmingly approved

CAIRO: The Egypt’s interior ministry has said that preliminary results of the two-day referendum on a new constitution showed that 95 percent of participants...

Afghanistan appoints first ever female police chief

KABUL: A 50-year-old Colonel Jamila Bayaz has been appointed as first female district police chief in Kabul, one of the most important areas of...

US forces kill several Afghan civilians including children

KABUL: US forces have killed a number of Afghan civilians including children and injured several others in the country’s northern Parwan Province, prompting Afghan...

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