Sharad Yadav says Third front is not possible

New Delhi: Senior socialist leader Sharad Yadav has said that he does not see any possibility of a third front emerging before the 2019 general electi...

Family of suicide bombers target Indonesia churches in ‘barbaric’ attack

At least 13 people have died in suicide attacks on churches in Indonesia’s second-largest city, carried out by a family of six that included two young...

Hawaii volcano stokes fears of West Coast eruptions

Kurdish women fighters film sparks claims of 'misogyny' at Cannes

Girls of the Sun, which follows a platoon of Yazidi women battling the extremists who had enslaved them and their children, was premiered at the same ...

Paris knife attacker was French citizen born in Chechnya

An attacker who stabbed and killed a 29-year-old in central Paris on Saturday night was a naturalised Frenchman born in Russia’s Chechnya region in 19...

20 Muslim Brotherhood Suspects Placed on Terrorist Lists in Egypt

A Cairo court in Egypt ordered on Saturday that 20 Muslim Brotherhood members be placed on terrorist lists for the next five years.The court based its...

Vladimir Putin deploys Cossacks to Moscow for first time in a century to suppress protests

Russia’s minority opposition is by now used to many things – but few of its members were prepared for the scene that greeted them last Saturday.Instea...

Jerusalem strengthens security measures ahead of US Embassy opening

Thousands of Israeli soldiers are sent to the border with the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, as well as to Jerusalem, to strengthen security measures a...

Modi, Shah in touch with me, 100 per cent confident of victory, says Yeddyurappa

A day after he announced the date of his swearing-in ceremony, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief-ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa reiterated his ...

Bahrain launches new $1bn energy fund

TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) – Iran and Sri Lanka signed 5 memoranda of understanding in the presence of the two countries’ presidents in Tehran on Sunday to ...

Iran, Sri Lanka ink 5 MoUs

India says too soon to know impacts of Iran sanctions

India says it cannot yet determine the impacts of returning US sanctions on its plans to import oil from Iran.India’s Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told...

Lawmakers sign Jerusalem Oath in defense of sacred city

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Michael Cinco gown steals Cannes limelight

Dubai-based Filipino designer Michael Cinco is known for his extravagant gowns, and the work of art he created for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Cannes app...

Observatory: 19 Iranians Killed in 2 Days of Israeli Strikes on Syria

At least 11 Iranians were among those killed in unprecedented Israeli strikes on Syria on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Satur...

At Least 19 Killed in Fighting Between Myanmar Army, Rebels

North Korea to Destroy Nuclear Test Site before US Summit

Ramadan bazaars help set the scene for the holy month

JEDDAH: With Ramadan almost upon us, preparations for the holy month are at their peak. Families are preparing food in advance for luscious iftars, de...

8 dead, nearly 40 wounded as bombs hit 3 Indonesian churches

JAKARTA: Three attacks including one by a suicide bomber disguised as a churchgoer targeted three churches in Indonesia's second largest city of Surab...

Muslim woman asked to remove burkha, stopped at Karnataka polling booth

A Muslim woman was stopped from entering the polling booth in Karnataka's Belagavi after she refused to remove the veil of her 'burkha' for identifica...

Controversial poster of Tej Pratap and Aishwarya Rai on their wedding.

A controversial poster congratulating Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tej Pratap and Aishwarya Rai on their wedding has sparked a massive row online. What man...

Chandigarh International Airport was closed from today untill May 31

The Chandigarh International Airport was closed for all air traffic on Saturday until May 31 to carry out runway expansion and repairs, officials said...

Two people were killed and 41 injured as members of two communities clashed in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.

Two people were killed and 41 injured as members of two communities clashed in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, on Friday night.The 41 injured people also inc...

A 13-year-old boy was married off to a 23-year-old woman in Kurnool district to fullfill mom's wish.

A 13-year-old boy was married off to a woman ten years his senior at Upparahal village in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district late last month, police sa...

Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet abolishes stamp duty on sale of properties in women's name

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government today abolished stamp duty on sale of properties registered in the name of women.The state Cabinet, in a me...

Karnataka polls: 11 per cent polling recorded in first two hours

Bengaluru: About 11 per cent polling was today recorded in the first two hours of voting in Karnataka. which is witnessing a three-cornered contest am...

NASA plans to send mini-helicopter to Mars

Tampa: The US space agency said on Saturday it plans to launch the first-ever helicopter to Mars in 2020, a miniature, unmanned drone-like chopper tha...

KCR to meet with government employee unions on May 16

The Telangana government is likely to accept all demands put forth by state government employees’ unions. Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is likely...

Slow works at Mecca Masjid irks Waqf Board

The deadline to complete renovation work at Mecca Masjid, especially on its roof, before Ramzan has started, the Telangana State Waqf Board (TSWB) sai...

GHMC appeals to hoteliers to maintain Haleem quality

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), on Friday, appealed to hoteliers to take all precautionary measures while preparing the Ramzan special...