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New Delhi: India is at the second position among countries with the highest increase in their contribution to high-quality scientific research, according to...

Yangon: Myanmar soldiers have killed at least four men during a sweep of villages following deadly attacks on police posts along the northwestern border...

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who turned 74 on Tuesday, said it is time for people to express solidarity with the Indian soldiers when they are coming...

Singapore/Zurich: Singapore's central bank on Tuesday shut down a second Swiss bank in the city-state and fined banks DBS and UBS in its biggest...

Geneva: A Chinese academic, jailed for life two years ago for campaigning for the rights of the Muslim Uighur people, has won a prestigious annual human...

Pretoria: South African prosecutors issued Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan with a formal summons on Tuesday to appear in court on Nov. 2 in relation to the...

Brussels / Paris: Outraged by Russia's intensified air strikes on rebels in Syria, the European Union is now less likely to ease sanctions on Moscow...

Paris/Strasbourg: Russian President Vladimir Putin has cancelled a visit to Paris next week after President Francois Hollande said he would see him only for...

RABAT: Morocco's King Mohammed on Monday named moderate extremist leader Abdelilah Benkirane as prime minister for a second term after his party won the...

CAROLINA BEACH (N.C): Floodwaters left hundreds of people stranded in their homes and on rooftops in North Carolina early on Monday, and officials warned...