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ISIS horror: Girls get peddled like petrol barrels, says UN envoy

ISIS horror: Girls get peddled like petrol barrels, says UN envoy

Beirut: In another despicable revelation, the extremist group ISIS is said to be publishing pamphlets with price list for captured women and kids who are sold to fighters and affluent Middle Easter

Aug 5, 2015 - 01:06 PM IST
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Power struggle in Taliban, Mullah Omar's son killed in Pakistan?

Power struggle in Taliban, Mullah Omar's son killed in Pakistan?

Kabul: Just days after the reports of former Taliban chief Mullah Omar's death surfaced, Afghanistan government on Tuesday said that his son Mullah Yaqub was killed last week in Pakistan's Quetta,

Aug 4, 2015 - 05:06 PM IST
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Saudi King Salman leaves French Riviera resort after controversy over beach closure

Saudi King Salman leaves French Riviera resort after controversy over beach closure

Paris: Saudi King Salman's planned three-week luxury trip to France was curtailed to an 8-day stay after over 150,000 beachgoers signed a petition lodging protest over the closure of the beach at F

Aug 3, 2015 - 10:17 AM IST
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Watch: President Obama grooving to tunes of Lipala dance in Kenya

Watch: President Obama grooving to tunes of Lipala dance in Kenya

Nairobi: US President Barack Obama proved to be quiet a showman at a state dinner organised by Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta as he got grooving to the lilting tunes of a modernised folk dance.

Jul 27, 2015 - 02:32 PM IST
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Turkey PM rules out sending troops to Syria, hails air strikes on ISIS as game changer

Turkey PM rules out sending troops to Syria, hails air strikes on ISIS as game changer

Ankara: Even as Turkish warplanes continue to pound ISIS and PKK targets in Syria with "game-changer" air strikes, Turkey has called for a special NATO meeting to discuss the security threats by th

Jul 27, 2015 - 12:36 PM IST
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Iran's Khamenei threatens US, tweets Obama's silhouette picture with a gun to his head

Iran's Khamenei threatens US, tweets Obama's silhouette picture with a gun to his head

Tehran: In what highlights the persistent bitterness in relations between Tehran and Washington despite a historic nuclear accord signed recently, Supreme Leader Ayatollah al Khamenei in a tweet th

Jul 27, 2015 - 09:56 AM IST
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US throws its weight behind its NATO ally as Turkey strikes ISIS, PKK in Syria

US throws its weight behind its NATO ally as Turkey strikes ISIS, PKK in Syria

Ankara: US has thrown its weight behind its NATO ally Turkey as warplanes from Ankara launch air strikes in Syria aiming to bomb Islamic State and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets

Jul 26, 2015 - 03:45 PM IST
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Will Parliament soon scrap canteen food subsidy? BJP, Congress agree

Will Parliament soon scrap canteen food subsidy? BJP, Congress agree

New Delhi: In wake of growing chorus against the eye-popping low prices for the food items being served in the Parliament's canteen, both the BJP and Congress are in favour of abolishing the subsid

Jul 23, 2015 - 06:43 AM IST
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Father, son flash toothy grin in new pic released to mark Prince George's 2nd birthday

Father, son flash toothy grin in new pic released to mark Prince George's 2nd birthday

London: Admirers of Prince George's royal expressions were in for another visual delight on Tuesday as the Kensington released a heart-warming picture of the royal father-son-duo to mark the happy

Jul 22, 2015 - 04:12 AM IST
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'Female ISIS suicide bomber' suspected in Turkey attack; PM vows to boost Syria border security

'Female ISIS suicide bomber' suspected in Turkey attack; PM vows to boost Syria border security

Ankara: After a suicide attack at a group of young activists killed 30, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has called for beefing up of security along the country's porous border with Syria as

Jul 21, 2015 - 06:38 AM IST
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