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News Analysis: A year after Lok Sabha battle, churning in Uttar Pradesh 03 Nov 2015 - 06:14 pm

Lucknow: Just over a year after the BJP wiped out everyone else in the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh, the panchayat polls...

US satellite detected heat flash at time of Egypt crash: media 03 Nov 2015 - 06:09 pm

Washington: A US military satellite detected a heat flash over the Sinai at the time a Russian airliner crashed, killing all 224 people...

Basque separatists submit bill for Spanish region's 'future' 03 Nov 2015 - 06:05 pm

A supporter holds up a Basque flag in a rally in Bilbao northern Spain. Madrid: A Basque separatist coalition said Tuesday it had...

Taiwan launches digital map on dengue outbreak 03 Nov 2015 - 05:26 pm

Taipei: Taiwan's health department on Tuesday released a map that informs the public of dengue fever outbreaks. The map divides the island into...

Israel conducts arrest campaign 03 Nov 2015 - 04:53 pm

Hebron: Israeli forces arrested 10 Palestinians in West Bank today. Palestinian sources said that the occupation forces have arrested a young man and...

Myanmar president warns of Arab Spring-style violence 03 Nov 2015 - 04:40 pm

Yangon: A video posted on the Facebook page of Myanmar's president, raising the spectre of bloodshed and chaos akin to the Arab Spring...

Mozambique forces in deadly clashes with Renamo: police 03 Nov 2015 - 04:35 pm

Maputo: Fresh clashes between Mozambican government forces and the main opposition Renamo party resulted in several deaths, police said Tuesday, while denying reports...

Bali flights grounded after ash cloud closes airport 03 Nov 2015 - 04:33 pm

Denpasar, Indonesia: Ash spewing from a volcano forced Indonesian authorities to close the international airport on Bali on Tuesday, an official said, temporarily...

Iran arrests two pro-reform journalists: report 03 Nov 2015 - 04:27 pm

Tehran: The Iranian authorities have arrested two pro-reform journalists, the ILNA news agency said, one of whom has been critical recently of supreme...

Turkish warplanes bomb Kurdish rebel bases: army 03 Nov 2015 - 04:21 pm

Ankara: Turkish warplanes have bombed bases of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Turkey and northern Iraq, the army said on Tuesday....

Chalabi: Iraqi dissident who enabled US-led invasion 03 Nov 2015 - 04:15 pm

Baghdad: Ahmed Chalabi was a key figure in enabling and encouraging the US-led invasion of Iraq, but came to embody the poor American...

Experts begin examining black boxes of crashed Russian jet 03 Nov 2015 - 03:43 pm

Debris from crashed Russian jet lies strewn across the sand at the site of the crash, Sinai, Egypt, on 31 October 2015. Cairo:...

Bangladesh writers stage freedom rally despite fear of attack 03 Nov 2015 - 03:37 pm

Bangladeshi activists march in the street during a nationwide strike called by activists to protest against recent attacks on blogger and publishers in...

Nepal Maoist party on verge of split 03 Nov 2015 - 02:16 pm

Former Pm Baburam Bhattarai is now forming a new political party. Kathmandu: The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist, which led a decade long...

SC allows 2G accused to move Delhi High Court 03 Nov 2015 - 02:02 pm

New Delhi: Modifying its earlier order, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the accused in 2G cases to approach the Delhi High Court...

Britain returns £28 mn corruption assets to Macau 03 Nov 2015 - 01:42 pm

Macau's ex-transport and public works minister Ao Man-long is currently serving 29 years in jail Macao: Britain has returned 28 million pounds ($43...