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NEW DELHI, India: The US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel will pay a three-day official visit to India beginning from Thursday, as part of high-level...

GENEVA, Switzerland: Iran and the United States will hold talks over Tehran’s nuclear energy program in the Swiss capital of Geneva on Thursday.The Iranian...

 Monitoring Desk: NATO chief Anders Rasmussen  is visiting Kiev to hold meeting for Ukraine-NATO dialogue on Thursday.NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will visit Ukraine on...

BEIJING, China: The Chinese authorities have imposed a ban on people with head scarves, veils and long beards from boarding buses in Karamay city...

730,000 Eastern Ukrainians have taken refuge into Russia, says UNHCRMonitoring Desk: 730,000 Eastern Ukrainians have taken refuge into Russia, says UNHCR.UNHCR's director for Europe, Vincent Cochetel has...

KABUL, Afghanistan: At least 86 Taliban militants have been killed and 71 others injured by the Afghan police units and the army in operations...

JERUSALEM: The Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system intercepted only 8 out of nearly 120 rockets fired from the Gaza strip into the occupied...

Nine UN staff members killed in GazaJERUSALEM: As many as nine staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees...

Dobrolet suspended its operationMoscow, Russia: Dobrolet suspended its operation as a result of economic sanctions imposed by European Union and United States. Dobrolet started operations as...

MOSCOW, Russia: The five-day aerial military exercises began on Monday in the Russian central and western districts amid the crisis in neighboring Ukraine.The exercises,...