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Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) have agreed to back Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a Social Democrat, as the...

New Delhi: Asserting that the poor in the country are supporting his demonetisation decision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took on the opposition...

Gwadar: Pakistan's prime minister and army chief welcomed on Sunday the first large shipment of Chinese goods through the renovated port of Gwadar, part...

New Delhi: With public anger rising across the country over limited cash availability, the government on Sunday night eased key restrictions including...

Mumbai:The Tata-Mistry feud flared up on Sunday, with the ousted chairman rebutting allegations of "drifting away" Tata companies during his...

LONDON: Going it alone on defence and security is not an option for either the United States or Europe, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in an...

DAKAR: A 38-year-old British man set out on Sunday on a 2,000 mile (3,200 km) swim from Senegal to Brazil, seeking to become the first person to make it...

Bawiza (Iraq): Iraqi soldiers fighting just north of Mosul, within sight of city neighbourhoods, said on Sunday they were ready to tighten the noose around...

SYDNEY: Australia has reached a resettlement deal with the United States for refugees being held in Papua New Guinea and Nauru after attempting to reach...

Dehradun: BJP national president Amit Shah on Sunday flagged-off the party's Parivartan Yatra in poll-bound Uttarakhand and appealed to people to...