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The forum said that the papers were valid and that the complainant was indeed the legal nominee. Invoking a previous order, the forum said the complainant had filed all relevant documents. (Representational image)World
Twitter users in Saudi summoned for threatening moderate ideology of...

The country's chief prosecutor summoned the Twitter users on Sunday without naming them or specifying how many were...

14 Aug 2017 12:31 PM IST

A Syrian soldier takes aim on the outskirts of Syrias Raqa region. (Photo: Representational/AFP)World
Syria Commandos kill 25 jihadists in central Syria: monitor

The raid allowed regime forces to seize control of three villages in the area, official news agency SANA reported the...

13 Aug 2017 3:32 PM IST

Worlds oldest man Yisrael Kristal died a month before his 114th birthday. (Photo: AFP)World
Jerusalem: World's oldest man, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 114

Last year Guinness World Records awarded Kristal a certificate as the world's oldest man at his home in Haifa, Israel.

13 Aug 2017 9:23 AM IST

An MBA graduate working in the canteen of a city engineering college was found dead in suspicious circumstances in Dundigal.World
7 rescue workers shot dead in Syria

The White Helmets emerged in 2013, working to rescue civilians in rebel-held areas.

13 Aug 2017 2:06 AM IST

Qatari premier Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani. (Photo: AFP)World
Qatar crisis redraws red lines and frays age-old Gulf ties

The crisis has also upended some red lines, making what was once illegal now legal, and vice-versa.

12 Aug 2017 1:34 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: AP)World
Iran's Rouhani names female VPs as reformists slam all-male ministers

There was small comfort in the appointment of two women as vice presidents, who do not require parliamentary approval.

9 Aug 2017 6:39 PM IST

Qatari premier Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani. (Photo: AFP)World
Gulf crisis: Qatar offers visa-free entry to 80 nationalities,...

Qatar's Interior ministry official said the nationals of 80 countries would only need to provide a valid passport for...

9 Aug 2017 4:40 PM IST

Al-Jazeera has said it has come under cyberattack as well amid the diplomatic crisis. (Photo: AFP)World
Why some countries are trying to muzzle Al-Jazeera

The Israeli government called this week for the Qatar-based company's Jerusalem bureau to be closed.

9 Aug 2017 3:37 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: AP)World
Iran's President Rouhani presents new male-only cabinet, faces...

The deputy economy minister, Masoud Karbasian, also replaced his boss, Ali Tayebnia.

8 Aug 2017 9:09 PM IST

A colonel in Iraqs Joint Operations Command said an \Mi-35 training helicopter crashed as a result of a technical problem,\ but that the crew survived. (Representational Image, Photo: AFP)World
Israeli pilot killed in military helicopter crash: army

'A military helicopter crashed at an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base in southern Israel', she said that the accident...

8 Aug 2017 11:25 AM IST

A media arm of the Islamic State group, shows people inspecting damage from airstrikes and artillery shelling in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the ISIS. (Photo: AP)World
Syria army takes last ISIS-held town in Homs: monitor

Monitor says government troops have taken last ISIS-held town in Homs as army advances towards ISIL strongholds in east.

6 Aug 2017 8:07 AM IST

Incumbent President Hassan Rouhani re-elects (Photo: AP)World
Iran President Rouhani set to be inaugurated 2nd term facing criticism

The emir of Qatar, which has fallen out with its Gulf allies was notably absent despite attending Rouhani's last...

5 Aug 2017 3:20 PM IST

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