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Shiite-dominated Iran has repeatedly raised concerns for the residents of Fuaa and Kafraya, who are mainly Shiites and were besieged by Sunni rebels. (Photo: AP)

68 children among 126 people killed in Syria evacuees bombing

Syria's war has left more than 320,000 people dead since erupting in 2011, with more than half the population forced...

16 April 2017 8:01 PM IST

More than 100 armed men believed to have been led by a local Muslim guerrilla commander attacked the jail to free fellow rebels. (Representational Image)

Dubai: Indian worker jailed for drinking, beating countryman to death

Presiding judge Urfan Omar said the accused, who had pleaded innocent, will be deported after serving jail term.

16 April 2017 1:33 PM IST

An officer with the anti-terrorism forces said seven soldiers suffered breathing problems and were treated in a nearby field clinic. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq: ISIS launches chlorine gas attacks in western Mosul, 7 soldiers...

US-backed Iraqi forces are currently battling ISIS militants in the more densely-populated western half of Mosul.

16 April 2017 8:21 AM IST

No one claimed responsibility for the attack but pro-government media and the opposition exchanged accusations, each pointing to foreign interference or conspiracies undermining the deal. (Photo: AP)

At least 112, including children killed in Syria car bomb explosion

No one claimed responsibility for the attack but pro-government media and the opposition exchanged accusations.

16 April 2017 8:04 AM IST

anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man, right, runs for cover from a Syrian government forces airstrike attack, in Aleppo. (Photo: AP)

Syria blast kills 43 evacuees

It was not immediately clear if rebels at the transit point were among the dead.

16 April 2017 1:14 AM IST

President Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad still has tonnes' of chemical weapons

President Bashar al-Assad deceived the UN and may still has hundreds of tonnes of chemical stockpile.

16 April 2017 1:07 AM IST

At least 14 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing in the capital of southern Helmand province. (Photo: Representational)

Aleppo: Suicide car bombing kills at least 24 Syrian evacuees

It was not immediately clear if rebels at the transit point were among the dead.

15 April 2017 9:23 PM IST

Four bodies were found floating in homes in France and Germany in flash floods that left water lapping at the doors of one of the Loire Valleys most famous chateaux.

Flash floods leave 35 dead, 8 missing in northwestern Iran

Torrential rains lashed East Azerbaijan province, with state television showing images of rivers bursting banks, flooded...

15 April 2017 5:03 PM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: AP)

Turkey referendum: What are the main issues and process?

Turkey holds national referendum speculating constitutional reforms to replace parliamentary system with presidential...

15 April 2017 4:00 PM IST

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)

Assad calls gas attack fabrication', says Syrian forces does not use...

He also said his forces had not been diminished by the US strike.

13 April 2017 8:39 PM IST

The deceased, Shruthi, was a resident of Anandpura in T.C. Palya. Shruthi was earlier living with transgenders Ashwini, Myna, Sonu and Sheethal in Amruthahalli. (Representational Image)

HRW urges Saudi Arabia to probe Pak transgender woman's death

The HRW said it confirmed the death by reviewing official documents and on assertions by a family member that she was...

13 April 2017 7:36 PM IST

She claimed that her family wanted to kill her and that Philippines and Saudi governments violated human rights and international law. (Photo: Videograb)

They'll kill me if I go back: Woman fleeing Saudi forced onto plane at...

Dina Ali had her passport confiscated, was gagged, tied with duct tape, wrapped in a sheet by two men at Manila airport...

13 April 2017 6:20 PM IST