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Karachi/Lahore: Taxi-hailing service Careem introduced women drivers in Pakistan on Wednesday, a rare initiative in a country where women account for only...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha will have a four-day holiday starting this weekend, with the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) Wednesday deciding to have a holiday on...

Beirut: Syrian rebels in besieged eastern Aleppo called for an immediate five-day ceasefire, negotiations about the future of the city and for medical and...

Chennai: At the end of the Gandhi Mandapam road in Chennai, at the point where the road meets the Kotturpuram bridge over the Adyarriver, is the Vinayaka...

Chennai: Masses of grieving supporters wailed, beat their chests and cast flowers on Tuesday as actress-turned-politician Jayaram Jayalalithaa, one of...

Beirut/Geneva: Syria's army and allies closed in on areas near Aleppo's Old City on Tuesday, looking closer than ever to achieving their most...

NEW YORK: US President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday costs for a new Air Force One - one of the most prominent symbols of the US presidency - were out...

Baghdad/Erbil: Iraqi army units surged towards the centre of Mosul on Tuesday in an attack from the city's southeastern edges that could give fresh...

BRUSSELS: The European Union's chief negotiator set a target of agreeing a Brexit deal with Britain by October 2018, assuming London keeps a promise to...

ESSEN (Germany): German Chancellor Angela Merkel won re-election as chairwoman of her Christian Democrats (CDU) on Tuesday with 89.5 percent of votes cast...