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Maldives presidential elections postponed

MALE: Presidential elections due to be held in Maldives on Saturday have been postponed after police declared the vote illegal and blocked ballot papers...

Obama nominates Jeh Johnson as next secretary of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON: The 56-year-old Jeh Johnson has been nominated by the US President Barack Obama as the next secretary of Homeland Security. In a statement, Obama...

Iran, six world powers begin fresh nuclear talks in Geneva

GENEVA: A new round of talks between Iran and the United States‚ Russia‚ China‚ France‚ Britain and Germany on Tehran’s nuclear energy program began...

NSA spying on email accounts, contact lists

WASHINGTON: The US National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal email and instant messaging accounts belonging to...

73 killed as 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes southern Philippines on Oct 15, 2013

MANILA: A massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southern Philippines early on Tuesday, killing at least 73 persons. However, there was no threat of a Pacific-wide...

Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller win 2013 Nobel Prize for Economics

STOCKHOLM: The 2013 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to three Americans Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller for...

20 killed in car bomb in northern Syria

DAMASCUS: At least 20 persons were killed and dozens others injured on Monday in a car bomb explosion in the northern Syrian town of...

Hundreds arrested after anti-migrant riots erupt in Moscow’s Biryulyovo district

MOSCOW: Police arrested at least 380 persons while 23 sustained injuries during the anti-migrant riots which broke out in the Biryulyovo district of Moscow,...

India seizes US ship, detains crew members

CHENNAI: India has seized a US ship and arrested all its 35 crew members on board after they failed to produce the necessary documents...

Dobbins, Aziz discuss agenda of Nawaz-Obama meeting, Afghanistan situation

ISLAMABAD: US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan James Dobbins called on Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj...

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