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Washington: The United States and Russia announced plans for a cessation of hostilities in Syria would take effect on Saturday but exclude militants from...

Varanasi: Citing global problems of climate change, energy crisis and deadly diseases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked the Indian students to...

New Delhi: Under severe attack for handling of the Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) row, police was on Monday cautious in dealing with five students accused...

New Delhi: Opposition on Monday debunked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's contention that a conspiracy to destabilise the government and...

Havana: President Raul Castro called on all Cubans to help eradicate the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus on Monday and ordered 9,000 army troops to...

Dubai: Iran negotiated with Russia at the weekend over buying an upgraded version of the S-300 surface-to-air missile defence system, which it requires to...

Tripoli: Libya's oil facilities are likely to suffer further attacks unless a United Nations-backed unity government is approved, the head of the...

San Francisco: Apple Inc on Monday urged the creation of a government panel on encryption to help resolve a standoff over national security and data privacy...

Stockholm: Lawyers for Julian Assange have asked a Swedish court to overturn an arrest warrant for the Wikileaks founder following a ruling by a UN panel...

Athens/Morahalom (Hungary): Thousands of migrants were stranded in northern Greece on Monday after neighbouring Macedonia demanded additional identification...