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KABUL: The Afghan air force is limited not only by its size. Despite numbering only 130 aircraft, there are not enough pilots and crews to fly them all. The...

MOSCOW: Russia used Iran as a base from which to launch air strikes against Syrian militants for the first time on Tuesday, widening its air campaign in...

New Delhi: Driven by costlier food items, WPI-based inflation soared to 23-month high of 3.55 per cent in July, prompting demands for strong government...

New Delhi: People keeping 'benami' properties to evade taxes will get up to seven years rigorous imprisonment and fine, as per a new law aimed at...

Srinagar: Four persons were killed and several others injured in security forces action against stone-pelting protesters in Budgam and Anantnag districts of...

Beijing: China on Tuesday launched the world's first quantum satellite, which will help it establish "hack-proof" communications between space...

Istanbul: Turkish police launched simultaneous raids on 44 companies in Istanbul on Tuesday and had warrants to detain 120 company executives as part of the...

Bangkok: A Thai military court issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for a second suspect in connection with a wave of deadly bomb attacks last week that...

Diyarbakir (Turkey): A car bomb killed six people including four police officers and a child outside a police station in southeastern Turkey on Monday,...

Lusaka: Zambian President Edgar Lungu narrowly won re-election on Monday in a vote his main rival said was rigged. Hakainde Hichilema's United Party for...