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Amsterdam: Authorities in the Netherlands tried on Tuesday to defuse a Russian threat to close Russian air space to Dutch planes in a dispute over landing...

Beirut: Russia has invited the Kurdish-led authorities in northern Syria to its proposed congress of Syria's rival parties in November, a senior Kurdish...

Washington/New Delhi: India on Tuesday jumped 30 places to rank 100th in the World Bank's 'ease of doing business' ranking, sending the jubilant...

Chennai: Widespread rains were forecast for Tamil Nadu in next 24 hours though there was some respite on Tuesday for the city and neighbouring districts, a...

Brussels: Catalonia's ousted leader Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday accepted the snap election called by Spain's central government when it took...

Solan(Himachal Pradesh): Two-time chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal was on Tuesday declared the Bharatiya Janata Party's chief ministerial candidate for...

New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his predecessor Manmohan Singh and former president Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday paid tributes to Indira...

New Delhi: In a veiled attack on Opposition Congress ahead of Gujarat state polls, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said some parties and...

Ankara/Baghdad/Erbil: Iraqi troops deployed on Tuesday at one of the main land crossings with Turkey, gaining a foothold at the Kurdish-held frontier for...

New Delhi: India's apex court on Tuesday sought to know the rate of conviction of country's politicians in criminal cases and whether its direction...