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Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed a new ceasefire with Maoist-led guerrillas, who declared a truce several hours before, ahead of...

New Delhi/Mumbai: India's government promoted Urjit Patel, a deputy governor in charge of monetary policy at the Reserve Bank of India, to serve as its...

New Delhi: Opposition leaders led by former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday called on President Pranab Mukherjee requesting him to urge upon the...

Jaipur: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Saturday called upon the BRICS countries to present a united front for successful implementation of the...

Istanbul: Turkey will take a more active role in addressing the conflict in Syria in the next six months to prevent the war-torn country from being divided...

Kochi: Lamenting that Congress is losing its mass base in Kerala due to infighting, senior party leader A. K. Antony on Saturday batted for a generational...

Srinagar: Curfew remained in force in Srinagar district and two south Kashmir towns even as normal life in the Valley was paralysed for the 43rd day on...

Cairo: A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidised baby milk. But rising prices mean his...

Kabul: The Afghan Taliban captured a strategic district in the northern province of Kunduz on Saturday, forcing troops to retreat to the provincial capital...

New Delhi: Nepal on Friday conveyed to India the steps being taken by Prime Minister Prachanda to promote political stability by resolving all contentious...