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Facing abuse, Africans in India refuse to give in to fear 09 Jul 2016 - 09:52 am

African customers (R) speak with Indian traders at a market in New Delhi. AFP / Anna ZIEMINSKI New Delhi: Congolese student Arnold Mutumbo...

Clinton says she relied on State staff for classification decisions 09 Jul 2016 - 09:47 am

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes the stage for a campaign speech outside the shuttered Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey...

China holds combat drill in the South China Sea 09 Jul 2016 - 09:42 am

SHANGHAI: The Chinese navy conducted combat drills near its southern island province of Hainan and the Paracel islands in the South China Sea,...

"Black Lives Matter": a movement that defies definition 09 Jul 2016 - 09:35 am

A demonstrator with Black Lives Matter holds up a sign during a protest in front of the White House in Washington, US, July...

Thousands take to streets across US to protest police violence 09 Jul 2016 - 09:31 am

People sit along Market Street in San Francisco, California on July 08, 2016. AFP / Josh Edelson By Curtis Skinner SAN FRANCISCO: Thousands...

N.Korea missile fell into sea, no threat to N.America: US Strategic Command 09 Jul 2016 - 09:29 am

A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo The US Strategic...

Indian kitchens demand oil; production declines, imports soar 08 Jul 2016 - 04:23 pm

Consumption in rural households rose 40 per cent and urban 29 per cent between 2004 and 2012, and oilseed production declined seven per...

Casinos firmly entrenched; can't remove them: Goa CM 08 Jul 2016 - 04:18 pm

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Friday said his government has not been able to put an end to casino business because...

Kerala to be declared open defecation-free state in November 08 Jul 2016 - 04:13 pm

Pinarayi Vijayan assumed office on May 25 this year and Issac returned as the Finance Minister, a post that he held when V.S....

Police shooting of Black man Philando Castile near Minneapolis sparks outrage 08 Jul 2016 - 04:12 pm

Minneapolis NAACP president, Nekima Levy-Pounds, speaks outside the Governor's Mansion following the police shooting death of a black man on July 7, 2016...

Three dead in Indonesian military chopper crash 08 Jul 2016 - 04:09 pm

Investigators check the wreckage of an Indonesian military helicopter which crashed on July 8, 2016 into a suburban area just north of Yogyakarta,...

Suspect in Dallas police attack wanted to ‘kill white people’ 08 Jul 2016 - 03:59 pm

A man lays on the ground after yelling "Don't shoot me" at police during a rally in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, July 7,...

Cameron: UK won't play 'lesser' global role after Brexit 08 Jul 2016 - 03:55 pm

British Prime Minister David Cameron poses for a picture with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo following their meeting in Warsaw, Poland, July 8,...

Germany says forces in Iran trying to torpedo nuclear deal 08 Jul 2016 - 03:50 pm

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV, whose headquarters in Berlin pictured here), said in its annual...

Wary of Russia, Sweden and Finland sit at NATO top table 08 Jul 2016 - 03:44 pm

President of the European Council Donald Tusk (Bottom L), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (Bottom C) and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude...

Gambia ban on child marriage could spark backlash, activist fears 08 Jul 2016 - 03:18 pm

Representative image. Reuters By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR: Women’s rights activists on Friday welcomed Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s decision to ban child marriage, but...

Spain charges Volkswagen with fraud over emissions 08 Jul 2016 - 03:13 pm

Madrid: A Spanish judge has charged Volkswagen with fraud and damage to the environment over an emissions-cheating scandal which has plunged the German...