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Twin blasts strike train in southeastern India; one killed, nine injured

NEW DELHI: A woman passenger was killed while nine others sustained injuries when two explosions took place on a train at Chennai central railway...

Thailand to go for fresh polls on July 20

BANGKOK: Thailand will hold a new general election on July 20, the country’s election commission announced after meeting with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and...

60 militants killed in southeastern Afghanistan

KABUL: At least 60 militants were killed in a gun battle with the afghan troops who had the support of Western air power in...

Iraqi parliamentary polls underway amid militant threats

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi people are casting their votes on Wednesday in the country’s first parliamentary elections since the 2011 withdrawal of US forces. It is...

Indian elections 2014: Polling underway for seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections

NEW DELHI: The polling for the seventh phase of the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections is underway in India on Wednesday as almost 139 million...

IAEA experts to visit two of Iranian nuclear sites next week

TEHRAN: A team of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts will visit two of Iranian nuclear sites within the next week as part...

South Korean president apologizes for ferry disaster

SEOUL: The South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday apologized for her government’s failure to prevent a ferry disaster that left hundreds of people...

Syrian presidential election: President Assad declares his candidacy

DAMASCUS: The Syrian President Bashar Assad hasdeclared his candidacy for the presidential election scheduled to be held across the country on June 3, the...

Egyptian court sentences Muslim Brotherhood chief among 683 to death

CAIRO: An Egyptian court has awarded death sentence to Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 683 other activists over charges relating to an attack...

Afghan presidential elections 2014: No candidates secure 50% votes, elections go to run-off

KABUL: The Afghan election commission on Saturday announced preliminary results of presidential elections held across the country on April 5, according to which no...

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