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They’re my kids: Biological dad 02 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Siddharth Das (left) speaks to the media as he sits on his motor-cycle at the side of a busy road in Kolkata, yesterday....

US remains top enemy, says chief Iran cleric 02 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Head of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, attends a session of Iran’s Assembly of Experts yesterday. Tehran: The United States remains...

Spain police free kidnapped man 01 Sep 2015 - 07:05 pm

MADRID: Police in Spain said Tuesday they freed a young Spaniard kidnapped and held for a ransom of 35,000 euros ($39,000) for six...

Kuwait charges 24 with plotting attacks 01 Sep 2015 - 06:42 pm

A Kuwaiti special forces vehicle outside the constitutional court 4, 2015 (AFP) KUWAIT: Kuwait on Tuesday charged 24 people suspected of links to...

7 people killed in violence in India's northeast 01 Sep 2015 - 06:30 pm

A vehicle carrying armed security personnel in the north eastern Indian state of Manipur. (AFP) NEW DELHI: Hundreds of protesters clashed with police...

India has 100.69 crore total telephone subscribers 01 Sep 2015 - 04:00 pm

NEW DELHI: The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 100.20 crore at the end of May 2015 to 100.69 crore at...

More than 350,000 migrants cross Mediterranean this year: IOM 01 Sep 2015 - 03:50 pm

Migrants wait to be rescued from an overcrowded boat off the coast of Libya on August 23, 2015. GENEVA: More than 350,000 migrants...

Four killed, dozens wounded, in suicide attack on Pakistan forces 01 Sep 2015 - 02:59 pm

By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A suicide bomber killed at least four people and wounded dozens on Tuesday in northwest Pakistan, where security...

China slowdown historic opportunity for India: Arvind Subramanian 01 Sep 2015 - 02:54 pm

New Delhi: Pointing to investment from companies like Foxconn of Taiwan and Xiaomi of China, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian on Tuesday...

China's Xi calls indicted Sudanese leader Bashir 'old friend' 01 Sep 2015 - 02:50 pm

BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping on Tuesday welcomed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir -- who has been indicted for war crimes by the International...

Why India ignores a $16 bn smoking-led health crisis 01 Sep 2015 - 02:25 pm

By Charu Bahri NEW DELHI: In January, the government asked for public opinion on tougher new laws to curb smoking: To raise the...

Malaysian police summon anti-PM protest organisers 01 Sep 2015 - 02:18 pm

File Photo: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak KUALA LUMPUR: The organisers of a massive weekend demonstration demanding the Malaysian prime minister's removal over...

Indonesia is better prepared to face global volatility-IMF head 01 Sep 2015 - 02:12 pm

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R) talks to The International Monetary Fund managing director, Christine Lagarde (L) during a join press conference after their...

Migrants protest as Hungary shutters Budapest train station 01 Sep 2015 - 02:09 pm

Migrants wait to board a train to Germany at the Keleti Railway Station in Budapest, Hungary, September 01, 2015. BUDAPEST: Hundreds of angry...

Migrant trains reach Germany as EU asylum system creaks 01 Sep 2015 - 01:45 pm

Trainloads of migrants arrived in Austria and Germany from Hungary on Monday as European Union asylum rules collapsed under the strain of a...

Refugee benefits may cost Germany 3.3 billion euros more in 2016: minister 01 Sep 2015 - 01:17 pm

BERLIN: The German government expects that between 240,000 and 460,000 extra people will be entitled to social benefits next year due to the...

Turkish police raid conglomerate with close links to cleric Gulen 01 Sep 2015 - 01:06 pm

Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen is pictured at his residence in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania September 24, 2013 By Daren Butler and Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL: ...