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Mumbai: In a marginal relief to wedding families, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday relaxed one of several conditions for withdrawal of Rs250,000 from...

BRUSSELS: The European Parliament on Tuesday backed an EU plan to deepen coordination of member states' defence policies and rely less on the United...

New Delhi/Kolkata: As the demonetisation entered the third week,the political fight further intensified on Tuesday with an united opposition deciding to...

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump will not pursue investigations against his former Democratic rival for the White House, Hillary Clinton, over...

Occupied West Bank: An Israeli security guard shot and killed a Palestinian who tried to stab him at a busy checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday,...

ANKARA/ISTANBUL: Turkey dismissed 15,000 more state employees on Tuesday, from soldiers and police officers to tax inspectors and midwives, and shut 375...

Washington: India's "sweeping change" in currency policy is unlikely to have lasting benefits without new measures to combat corruption and...

Beirut: The Syrian army on Tuesday accused rebels in besieged east Aleppo of possessing food stores and told them to distribute rations to alleviate...

HONG KONG: Walt Disney will expand its loss-making Hong Kong Disneyland theme park with a $1.4 billion investment to try to attract more visitors, the U.S....

FRANKFURT: Lufthansa said it was seeking a temporary injunction on Tuesday to avert a strike after cancelling nearly a third of its flights on Wednesday due...