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Mosul: Iraqi special forces and police fought IS militants to edge closer to the Al Nuri mosque in western Mosul on Wednesday, tightening their control...

Bari/Milan: Italian police broke up a protest by environmentalists trying to prevent the removal of a grove of olive trees dating back centuries standing in...

New Delhi: The government proposes to set up a separate board for Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) which will help them conduct exams and award...

Stockholm: Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will receive his Nobel Literature Prize diploma and medal in the next few days in Stockholm, where is he due to...

New Delhi: The queues at the designated Reserve Bank of India (RBI) offices seem to be spilling over as the deadline for exchange of invalid notes by...

Paris: Former French prime minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday he would vote for Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election, the biggest Socialist...

Bangkok: Images of Indochinese tigers and cubs captured on camera in Thailand's eastern jungle have confirmed the existence of the world's second...

Seoul: If ousted South Korean president Park Geun-hye is arrested this week, she will be sent to a solitary cell where she will be expected to rise at...

Kabul: Afghanistan plans to double the number of elite special forces from 17,000 troops, officials said, part of a long-term strategy to bolster units...

Chicago: A paralysed man in Cleveland fed himself mashed potatoes for the first time in eight years, aided by a computer-brain interface that reads his...