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Dehradun: Soaring temperatures in Uttarakhand reignited forest fires in the hill state on Wednesday, with nearly 180 hectares of green cover gutted in the...

Kampala: Uganda's main opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been ordered detained until June 1 on charges of treason, a judicial official said, days...

Kolkata: During Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the most discussed political...

Bangkok: Child rights groups welcomed a new law in the Philippines requiring special emergency plans to protect children after disasters and said the...

London: Queen Elizabeth unveiled plans by British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday to overhaul prisons and help the poor under a social reform...

Quito: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Ecuador's coast overnight on Wednesday, causing minor injuries and light damage in the same region where a 7.8...

Colombo: More than 150 people are feared dead after they were buried under two landslides triggered by more than three days of heavy rain in central Sri...

London: The Zika virus, an infectious disease linked to severe birth defects in babies, may spread into Europe as the weather gets warmer, although the risk...

Beijing: China's Defence Ministry said recent military drills on its southeastern coast were annual exercises, after Chinese media had suggested they...

Washington: After splitting wins in contests on Tuesday, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders head into the final stretch of a longer than expected...