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Mumbai: India needs a housing law that is rooted in human rights as bulging cities and rising inequality make housing unaffordable for ever more people,...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday urged the members of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) to forge closer cooperation to...

London: Prime Minister Theresa May wants to see legislation giving her the right to trigger talks for Britain to leave the European Union approved by...

Brussels: European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday presented options for reforming the bloc to shore up its unity and popular support...

Balasore/New Delhi: India on Wednesday successfully test-fired an indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile capable of destroying any incoming...

Ballia (Uttar Pradesh): Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday joined the war of acronyms in Uttar Pradesh, calling BJP 'Bharat Jalao...

New Delhi: India on Wednesday released 39 Pakistani prisoners including 18 fishermen, after Pakistan confirmed their nationality. Announcing their release,...

Oslo: An Argentine research base near the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula has set a heat record at a balmy 17.5 degrees Celsius (63.5° Fahrenheit),...

Dubai: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan agreed on Wednesday to improve ties, including in the fight against...

New Delhi: Holding of more than 10 notes of the junked Rs500 and Rs1,000 currency is now illegal, with a new law coming into effect after the...