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Islamabad:Power-starved Pakistan on Wednesday received a major boost as a China-backed 340 MW nuclear power plant in its Punjab province was inaugurated by...

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a symbolic visit to Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, commemorating the...

Seoul: South Korean prosecutors put the chairman of the world's third-largest pension fund under emergency arrest on Wednesday in a widening...

Ankara/Beirut: Turkey and Russia have prepared an agreement for a ceasefire in Syria, Turkey's foreign minister said on Wednesday, adding that Ankara...

Kanpur: Over 50 passengers were on Wednesday injured when 15 coaches of the Ajmer-Sealdah Express derailed near Rura Railway Station in Kanpur Rural...

New York: Carrie Fisher, who rose to fame as Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" films and later endured drug addiction and stormy romances with show...

New Delhi: Cold and foggy weather conditions continued in parts of north India on Tuesday with most of Kashmir Valley reeling under sub-zero temperatures...

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday kept up suspense over a possible alliance in Uttar Pradesh as he skirted a question on the issue amid speculation that a...

Moscow/Beirut: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted on Tuesday as saying that the Syrian government was consulting with the opposition ahead of...

Occupied Jerusalem: The occupied Jerusalem municipality, undeterred by a UN anti-settlement resolution, is due to consider on Wednesday requests for...