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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte answers journalists questions after casting his vote for the Dutch general election in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo: AP)

Turkey says no difference between Dutch liberals and 'fascist' Wilders

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu predicted that -"religious wars-" will start in Europe.

16 March 2017 5:19 PM IST

UN praises Irans exemplary refugee efforts

UN praises Iran's 'exemplary' refugee efforts

Trump's new visa ban will have a tough impact on the one million Iranians living and studying in the US.

16 March 2017 1:39 PM IST

The destruction has caused the homeless to head for increasingly crowded camps, not homes. (Photo: AP)

At wrecked Mosul airport, home is still distant for Iraq's displaced

Many Iraqis from around Mosul are unable to return because the militants rigged homes with explosives as they withdrew.

16 March 2017 12:30 PM IST

The men are accused of feeding a live cat to two dogs and uploading the gruesome video. (Videograb)

Men accused of feeding cat to dogs; asked to clean Dubai zoo for 3...

The three men were arrested on Wednesday after the Emirati man posted the gruesome video.

16 March 2017 8:54 AM IST

Two bombs planted by terrorists exploded near the Bab al-Saghir cemetery in Bab Musalla. (Photo: AFP)

Suicide bomber kills 25 at Damascus courthouse: Syrian media

The courthouse contains both an Islamic religious tribunal charged with personal matters, and a criminal court.

15 March 2017 5:57 PM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AFP)

Spat between Turkey, Germany turns ugly; Twitter a/cs hijacked with...

Erdogan has repeatedly accused the two countries of behaving like -"Nazis-", comments that have left The Hague and...

15 March 2017 5:40 PM IST

The report said that ISIS is struggling financially in Afghanistan, where it has resorted to extortion of the local population and has had to stop paying its fighters at times. (Photo: Representational Image)

Confusion over whether Syria rebels will attend Astana talks

Rebels announced earlier this week they would not attend the Astana talks because of repeated cease-fire violations by...

15 March 2017 3:54 PM IST

The UN blamed the Syrian government for purposely bombing

Syrian military deliberately bombed Idlib school, 21 children killed:...

The commission said the October 26 attack on the Haas village school complex in the rebel-held province of Idlib...

15 March 2017 8:06 AM IST

The parents of a 14-year-old boy has alleged that he was set on fire by the warden of an orphanage at Kambampadu in A. Konduru mandal.

Dissatisfied with treatment, Israeli patient burns nurse alive at...

The suspect, in his late 70s, fled the scene in his car after the incident in Holon.

14 March 2017 7:03 PM IST

The UN human rights office has raised alarm over hundreds of grotesque atrocities allegedly committed by IS as Iraqi forces have pushed their nearly month-long offensive to retake Mosul, the last jihadist bastion in Iraq. (Photo: Representational Image)

Over 80,000 Iraqis displaced in west Mosul fighting: IOM

Iraqi forces launched a major push to retake west Mosul -- the most populated urban area still held by the Islamic State...

14 March 2017 6:49 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Photo: AP)

Iran sentences son of opposition head to 6 months in jail: reports

Mehdi Karroubi has been under house arrest along with fellow opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi since 2011

14 March 2017 5:43 PM IST

Tens of thousands of people have streamed out of west Mosul since February 25. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Iraq holds detainees in 'horrendous conditions' near Mosul: HRW

Security forces are searching for ISIS jihadists trying to sneak out of the city among civilians.

14 March 2017 3:04 PM IST