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New Delhi: Newly sworn-in union ministers on Monday assumed charge of their offices, listing priority areas and vowing to carry forward the National...

Guwahati/Agartala/Kolkata/Lucknow: Torrential rains on Monday led to inundation of large swathes of land in Tripura and landslides in Sikkim, even as the...

Nairobi: Kenya's election commission on Monday set October 17 as the date for a new vote ordered by the Supreme Court when it annulled an August poll...

Rome: A Malta-based humanitarian group that has been rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean for three years said on Monday it was suspending operations...

Vienna: Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said on Monday benefits for migrants should be cut and capped, tapping into concerns about immigrants...

Seoul/Washington: he United States on Monday said countries trading with North Korea were aiding its "dangerous nuclear intentions" as the United...

Santiago: Conservative presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera is maintaining a wide lead in the polls ahead of Chile's November election, though the...

Xiamen: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed ways for boosting bilateral trade and...

Tripoli: France's Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian was in Libya on Monday to meet rival political leaders and offer support for a deal aimed at...

Beirut: With a sudden lunge through extremist lines, the Syrian military and its allies on Monday came to within three kilometres of relieving the Euphrates...