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Air India, Indigo and other airlines flights from Hyderabad to Delhi in the morning were delayed by two to three hours due to fog at Delhi airport. (Representational image)

South Sudan jet burns after crash

It was unclear, however, if the rest of the those on board were alive or dead.

21 March 2017 1:49 AM IST

The aircraft was completely burned out except for the tail, clearly bearing the insignia of local carrier South Supreme Airlines. (Photo: Facebook)

Plane with 45 onboard crash-lands in south Sudan, 14 injured

It was not clear if the rest of the passengers were alive or dead.

20 March 2017 8:48 PM IST

The aircraft was completely burned out except for the tail, clearly bearing the insignia of local carrier South Supreme Airlines. (Photo: Facebook)

Plane with 45 onboard crash-lands in south Sudan, 14 injured

The manager of South Supreme Airlines said he did not have any information except that there were 40 passengers and 5...

20 March 2017 7:39 PM IST

This will be Abdel-Fattah el-Sissis first visit to Washington since taking office in 2014. (Photo: AP)

Egypt's el-Sissi to meet Trump in Washington in early April

El-Sissi and Trump have already shown a bond when they met in September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

19 March 2017 7:29 PM IST

The violence has triggered a dire humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria. (Photo: AP)

4 dead in northeastern Nigeria suicide bombing, 8 injured

Among the dead was a local vigilante and a woman and her two children.

19 March 2017 3:38 PM IST

Man sexually abused Dalit minor in Tamil Nadu. (Representational Image)

Zimbabwe: 4-yr-old's eyes gouged out by stepmother for bed-wetting

The incident took place in Masvingo province in Central Zimbabwe.

18 March 2017 2:33 PM IST

Boko Harams elusive leader Abubakar Shekau. (Photo: Videograb)

Boko Haram's Abubakar Shekau reappears, criticises Cameroon 'lies'

Abubakar Shekau spoke for nearly 20 minutes of a 27-minute video obtained by AFP on Friday.

17 March 2017 9:01 PM IST

In this photo taken from video footage, Sierra Leones Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray hands a diamond during a meeting with delegates of Kono district, where the gem was found, at the presidential office in Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Photo: AP)

Sierra Leone pastor unearths 706-carat diamond, possibly 10th largest...

The diamond was presented to President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday before being locked in Freetown's central bank...

17 March 2017 11:50 AM IST

Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar

Libya strongman launches offensive on oil terminals: spokesman

-"Ground, sea and air forces launched joint attacks to liberate Ras Lanuf from terrorist groups,-" Khalifa al-Abidi.

14 March 2017 4:28 PM IST

Many Egyptians who lived through Mubaraks rule view it as a period of autocracy and crony capitalism. (Photo: AP)

Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak to be released from jail after 6...

Mubarak was originally sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for conspiring to murder 239 demonstrators during the 18-day...

14 March 2017 4:01 PM IST

South African woman arrested for faking month-old daughters kidnapping

South African woman arrested for faking month-old daughter's...

After the police was informed, they set up a roadblock at a toll plaza and found the baby in a car.

14 March 2017 1:14 PM IST

Police officers are seen at the scene of a garbage landslide

Death toll reaches 62 in Ethiopia landfill collapse

Hundreds of waste-pickers work at the landfill every day, and others find cheap housing there.

13 March 2017 9:13 PM IST