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Beijing: Concentrations of airborne pollutants in a major northern Chinese city exceeded a World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline by 100 times on Monday...

Seoul: A friend of South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to Park's impeachment in parliament denied...

Washington: Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle was crowned Miss World 2016 on Sunday, winning the top prize in the 66th edition of the pageant held this...

Warsaw: Polish opposition lawmakers who accuse the ruling PiS party of undermining democracy and the constitution occupied the main hall of parliament for a...

New Delhi: Indiscipline on part of security force personnel must be "viewed seriously" and deserting work by disobeying orders of superior...

Kota (Rajasthan): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben on Sunday appreciated the demonetisation move, saying it will curb "both...

Namakkal/Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Karunanidhi, who is undergoing treatment in Chennai for breathing difficulty caused by throat and lung...

Amman: A Canadian woman was killed and several other tourists were taken hostage by gunmen who holed themselves up in a medieval castle in southern Jordan...

New Delhi: Seeking to check the use of black money and money laundering in politics, the Election Commission has recommended that the government amend laws...

Beirut/Amman: A number of buses containing fighters from east Aleppo and their families left the last rebel-held sector of the Syrian city on Sunday after a...