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Ukraine denounces referendums, Russia says respects results

KIEV: The Ukrainian interim President Oleksandr Turchynov on Monday slammed the independence referendums held in country’s eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as a...

Rouhani says Iran will not accept nuclear apartheid

TEHRAN: The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that his country will not accept nuclear apartheid but is willing to offer more transparency over...

Eastern Ukraine referendum: Pro-Russian rebels declare victory in Donetsk

KIEV: Pro-Russian rebels have declared victory in Sunday’s referendum on self-rule for Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk, claiming that 90 percent of votes cast...

Indian elections 2014: Voting for final phase of Lok Sabha elections underway

NEW DELHI: The polling is underway for the final phase of the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections in India on Monday. More than 60 million eligible...

Ukraine’s eastern regions to hold independence referendum on Sunday

KIEV: A referendum will be held on Sunday in the eastern Ukraine regions of Donetsk and Luhansk on their freedom from the country. In a...

Ukraine, NATO protest Putin’s Crimea visit

MOSCOW: The Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday visited Crimea and addressed sailors in Sevastopol harbour as part of celebrations marking the 1945 Soviet...

Thai protesters demand ouster of caretaker govt

BANGKOK: Thousands of anti-government protesters in Thailand on Friday took to the streets of Bangkok in an effort to bring down the caretaker government...

Ousted Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra indicted over rice subsidy program

BANGKOK: The National Anti-Corruption Commission in Thailand on Thursday indicted the ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on charges of dereliction of duty in overseeing...

Afghan Taliban announce new wave of attacks against foreign forces

KABUL: The Afghan Taliban have announced that they will start their annual spring offensive against the US-led foreign forces in the war-torn country from...

Indian elections 2014: Voting for eighth phase of Lok Sabha elections underway

NEW DELHI: The polling for 64 seats of India’s Lok Sabha elections across seven states in eighth phase is underway on Wednesday, during which...

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