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New Delhi: Delhi woke up to the season's worst air quality as smoke from diwali fireworks, coupled with moisture and nearly stagnant wind movement,...

Istanbul: Turkish police detained the editor and a dozen senior staff from the main secularist opposition newspaper on Monday, a day after 10,000 more civil...

Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Monday granted opposition politician Imran Khan permission to hold anti-government protests in the capital this week, but...

Kinnaur/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Rs55 billion has been paid for implementing the OROP scheme, an issue that has been hanging...

Madrid: Mariano Rajoy faces the first test of a tough second term as Spanish prime minister this week, as he unveils a new cabinet that must build...

San Salvador: El Salvador's former President Antonio Saca was arrested Saturday on corruption charges alleging misuse of public funds, the attorney...

Bucharest: Thousands of Romanians marched in silence through the capital Bucharest on Sunday to mark one year since a nightclub fire killed 64 people, a...

Abidjan: Voters in Ivory Coast cast their ballots in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to approve a new constitution that President Alassane Ouattara...

Karachi: China's Shanghai Electric power company will buy a controlling stake in K-Electric, a power generation and distribution company in...

Thiruvananthapuram: A severe drought is looming large over Kerala as the state has received deficient rainfall during the south-west monsoon. There has been...