World

French defence minister says Islamic State can be eradicated 21 Apr 2016 - 10:01 am

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian reacts during a news conference at the French Defence Ministry in Paris, France, January 20, 2016. REUTERS/CHARLES...

Three dead, dozens injured in blast at chemical plant in Mexico 21 Apr 2016 - 09:59 am

Smoke rises from the explosion site at Mexican national oil company Pemex's Pajaritos petrochemical complex in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz state, Mexico, April 20, 2016....

Ecuador's president announces economic measures in wake of killer quake 21 Apr 2016 - 09:42 am

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa looks on as he attends a press conference in Quito, Ecuador, 20 April 2016. EPA/FREDY CONSTANTE Quito: Ecuador's president...

Turkey has frozen assets of former Yemeni President Saleh: Official gazette 21 Apr 2016 - 09:33 am

Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh talks during an interview with Reuters in Sanaa May 21, 2014. REUTERS/ KHALED ABDULLAH ISTANBUL: Turkey has...

Malnutrition still major health concern in N. Korea: UN 21 Apr 2016 - 09:15 am

Malnutrition rates continue to be a concern, with significant gaps remaining in nutritional intake, particularly among women and children under-five. Reuters Seoul: Malnutrition...

Australian TV crew fly home after Beirut kidnap deal 21 Apr 2016 - 09:08 am

Australian TV presenter Tara Brown (back) and Sally Faulkner, an Australian woman accused of abducting her children from her ex husband, are released...

Three militants killed in Kashmir gunfight 21 Apr 2016 - 08:54 am

Srinagar: Security forces on Thursday killed three militants in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district which officials said was still...

Island states come to UN ready to move on climate deal 21 Apr 2016 - 08:50 am

Participants are seen in silhouette as they look at a screen showing a world map with climate anomalies during the World Climate Change...

Australia admits government hack attacks, boosts cyber security 21 Apr 2016 - 08:23 am

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces the federal government's Cyber Security Strategy at the Australian Technology Park in Sydney, Australia, 21 April 2016....

Ukraine warns it may take 'years' to end separatist war 21 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Stepan Poltorak, Ukraine's defence minister . Reuters Kiev: Ukraine's defence minister warned Wednesday it may take years to settle the ex-Soviet republic's pro-Russian...

After 16 years in captivity: Tripura man's surprise homecoming 21 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala: As his family was at its wits end to obtain 50-year-old Ranjan Saha's death certificate, the banana seller startled...

Do more in Iraq, US Pentagon boss tells Gulf 21 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

(From L to R) Kuwaiti Defence Minister Sheikh Khaled al-Jarrah al-Sabah, Qatari Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Khalid bin Mohamed...

UN starts to evacuate 500 people from besieged Syria towns 20 Apr 2016 - 06:31 pm

(File photo) Zabadani Zabadani, Syria: Twenty-five men were evacuated from a rebel-held stronghold west of the Syrian capital Wednesday, an AFP reporter said,...

Lessons of Ukraine's Chernobyl disaster, 30 years on 20 Apr 2016 - 06:26 pm

Ukranian Svitlana Shmagailo, a 42-year-old teacher affected by Chernobyl's disaster, poses for media in Barcelona, Spain, on 20 April 2016. EPA/ALEJANDRO GARCIA Vienna: ...

Podemos lawmakers on hunger strike in Spain in favour of refugees 20 Apr 2016 - 06:02 pm

Foreign spokesman of Spanish Podemos party, Pablo Bustinduy, intervenes at a Parliamentary session at the Lower House in Madrid, Spain, on 20 April...

Seven policemen guarding polio team killed; polio workers spared in Pakistan 20 Apr 2016 - 05:30 pm

pakistani security personnel gather around a police van after an attack by gunmen on security members guarding a polio vaccination team in Karachi ...

Syrian peace talks in quagmire as rebels prepare for more war 20 Apr 2016 - 04:59 pm

A rebel-fighter monitors the sky holding a FN-6 man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) in the Syrian village of Teir Maalah, on the northern outskirts...

Philippine army urges no payments to free foreign captives 20 Apr 2016 - 04:50 pm

MANILA: The Philippines discouraged ransom payments on Wednesday for captives held by Islamist militants in a bid to stop a kidnap "industry" emerging...