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Aerial stunt 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Russian aerobatic group Strizhi (Swifts) performs on MIG-29 jet fighters on rehearsal day for the MAKS-2015, the International Aviation and Space Show, in...

Hurricane Danny strengthens to Category 3, due to weaken 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Hurricane Danny is seen in a NOAA image from the GOES-East satellite taken at 10:15 ET (14:15 GMT) yesterday. Washington: Hurricane Danny strengthened...

Macedonia riot police clash with migrants 22 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Migrants try to pass the cordon of Macedonian special police forces near southern city of Gevgelija, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, yesterday....

Train shooting suspect known to intel services 21 Aug 2015 - 11:10 pm

Picture shows investigators stand on a platform next to a Thalys train of French national railway operator SNCF at the main train station...

Israel pounds Syria targets in response to rocket fire 21 Aug 2015 - 08:20 pm

Picture shows UN soldiers watching the Israeli-Syrian border from Bental, Overlooking Mount in the Golan Heights, 21 August 2015 (EPA ) JERUSALEM: Israel...

Far left splits from Tsipras as Greece heads to elections 21 Aug 2015 - 03:19 pm

Panagiotis Lafazanis, former Energy Minister of the SYRIZA coalition government, addresses to journalists during a press conference in the Parliament building, in Athens,...

Former President Jimmy Carter to be treated for brain cancer 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is followed by his wife Rosalynn as he arrives for a news conference to discuss his recent cancer...

Qaeda hostages run to freedom 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Rescued Philippine Coast Guard worker Gringo Villaruz (left) and Alan Pagaling (second left, with beard) are escorted out of the hospital after they...

S Korea shells North over rocket attack 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

South Koreans President Park Geun-hye (centre) presides over a special National Security Council meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, yesterday. Seoul:...

All 54 Indonesia plane crash bodies retrieved 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Indonesian rescuers recover the bodies of victims from the wreckage of the Trigana Air ATR 42-300 in Papua province, yesterday. Jayapura: The bodies...

Khyber Pakhtunkwa councillors will be sworn in on August 29 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed August 29 for administration of oath to the councillors elected during the May 30...

PM launches construction of two Chinese nuclear plants 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Karachi: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday held a groundbreaking ceremony for two controversial Chinese nuclear plants near the coastal city of Karachi which...

Act East policy focuses on Pacific islands 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other officials with guests during a photo call as part of a ceremonial reception at the Presidential Palace...

Govt will give Rs3,030cr for AP’s higher education 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Hyderabad: The central government proposes to invest over `3,030cr in higher education in Andhra Pradesh, Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani said...

Allan: A symbol of resistance 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Maazouze Allan (right), the mother of Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan held by Israel without trial, walks outside his room following a visit to...

4 Hamas activists abducted in Sinai 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

GAZA/ISMAILIA: Four members of Hamas’ armed wing were abducted in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday after the bus they were on was stopped...

Turkey heads for snap polls on November 1 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Ankara: Turkey’s election board yesterday proposed holding snap legislative polls on November 1, adding to tensions amid a grave security crisis and sending...

Army starts Assam relief operation 21 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Army personnel rescue people in flood-hit Assam, yesterday. Guwahati: The Indian Army yesterday launched flood relief operations in Assam, rescuing over 2,000 people...