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COPENHAGEN/LONDON: Danish shipping company Maersk said on Wednesday the crew of the Maersk Tigris container ship were safe and "in good spirits" after...

    Cilacap, Indonesia--Indonesia on Wednesday staunchly defended its execution of seven foreigners including two Australians as a vital front of its "war" on drugs...

  New Delhi--The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has told the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Centre that till March...

  New Delhi--In its bid to boost skill development, government is working to use thousands of Army personnel retiring every year at a relatively...

  New Delhi--The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed authorities in Delhi and NCR to impose a fine of Rs 5,000 on anyone caught burning...

  Jaipur--Ajeet Singh Beniwal, president of Maharaja Agrasen College students union, was murdered in broad daylight on Tuesday at the local bus stand in...

  New Delhi--The opposition BJP and the Congress on Tuesday upped the ante against Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar, a day after Tilka Manjhi...

  Manila, Philippines — The last-minute reprieve for a Filipina drug convict facing execution in Indonesia sparked an outpouring of euphoria and disbelief on...

  As they walked to face the firing squad on an Indonesian prison island, eight condemned drug traffickers defiantly sang praise to God, witnesses...

  Filipino overseas worker Mary Jane Veloso was granted a temporary reprieve by the Indonesian government minutes before she was scheduled to be executed...

  Malacañang on Wednesday assured that despite the resignation of Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla, work at the Department of Energy (DOE) will not...

  CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – “I did not surrender because I am guilty of all the accusations [being hurled] against me,” said Maria...

DOHA: The world is doing far too little to combat the misuse of antibiotics which is fuelling drug resistance and allowing long-treatable diseases...

  Ankara---Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces on Wednesday left the key Syrian town of Kobane near the Turkish border after a half-year deployment to fight...

  MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday that 2015 will be an election year.   Speaking to reporters, Qureshi...

  VEHARI: Authorities on Wednesday executed one more death row convict here at the District Jail.  Abdul Ghaffor was handed down death sentence after...

  RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is not depending upon military assistance from Pakistan or Egypt for its likely ground offensive in Yemen, spokesman said on...

  LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron has praised Pakistan’s efforts in the war against terror and said everyone has to play a role...