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Four million tourists visited Cuba in 2016 31 Dec 2016 - 09:52 pm

Cuba welcomed a record four million tourists in 2016, up 13 percent over last year, with much of the increase thanks to a...

Cyprus urges Turkey to face up to responsibilities 31 Dec 2016 - 09:50 pm

Nicosia: Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades yesterday urged Turkey to live up to its responsibilities and help to reunify the divided island when crucial...

Italy to deport more migrants 31 Dec 2016 - 09:50 pm

Rome: Italy will seek to deport more migrants who have no right to be in the country and will open new detention centres...

French workers win 'right to disconnect' 31 Dec 2016 - 09:45 pm

Paris: French companies will be required to guarantee a "right to disconnect" to their employees from today as the country seeks to tackle...

Opinion: Good riddance to a bad year 31 Dec 2016 - 09:41 pm

The dogs of war have peed all over this year’s calendar. Every month. Every week. Every day. Entire cities and communities have been...

New AIADMK General-Secretary after Jayalalithaa's death 31 Dec 2016 - 08:45 pm

New Delhi: The party of Jayalalithaa Jayaram, a powerful Indian politician who died earlier this month, picked one of the former leader's closest...

BJP forms govt in Arunachal Pradesh 31 Dec 2016 - 08:43 pm

Itanagar: The BJP yesterday said it was now at the helm in Arunachal Pradesh after 33 legislators, including Chief Minister Pema Khandu, of...

Modi offers sops to poor, farmers and traders 31 Dec 2016 - 08:43 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday announced a slew of sops for the poor, farmers and small traders, the groups perceived to...

New chiefs of Indian Army and IAF take charge 31 Dec 2016 - 08:41 pm

Panaji: General Bipin Rawat and Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa yesterday took over as the Chief of Army Staff and Chief of...

Samajwadi Party revokes Akhilesh's suspension 31 Dec 2016 - 08:41 pm

Lucknow: In an anti-climactic development for its political rivals, the Samajwadi Party yesterday revoked the expulsion of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Ram...

Anil Baijal takes oath as Delhi's Lt Governor 31 Dec 2016 - 08:41 pm

New Delhi: Former Union Home Secretary Anil Baijal yesterday took over as the new Lt. Governor of Delhi. Baijal was administered the oath...

Call to establish accountability panel 31 Dec 2016 - 08:16 pm

Islamabad: Expressing disappointment over the present accountability system, Pakistan Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani has suggested formation of an independent and powerful commission to...

Justice Yahya becomes youngest chief justice 31 Dec 2016 - 08:16 pm

Peshawar: Justice Yahya Afridi took oath as the youngest chief justice of the Peshawar High Court yesterday. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra...

Terror attacks decreased last year 31 Dec 2016 - 08:16 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan witnessed another year of decline in militant attacks and resultant deaths. However, number of injured increased. Balochistan was most troublesome province...

Nine industrial zones to be set up under CPEC 31 Dec 2016 - 08:14 pm

Following a meeting of the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal...

Putin likely to visit Pakistan in May 2017 31 Dec 2016 - 08:11 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to visit Pakistan in May next year to inaugurate the $2bn Liquefied National Gas (LNG) pipeline project...

Island off Gwadar disappears 31 Dec 2016 - 08:11 pm

Islamabad: A small island said to have been created in the Arabian Sea by a huge earthquake that hit parts of Pakistani province...

Syrian rebels threaten to abandon truce if violations continue 31 Dec 2016 - 07:20 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian rebel groups threatened on Saturday to abandon a two-day-old truce if violations continued, and urged the U.N. Security Council not to...