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ROME: Russia is an important international partner and world leaders should consider inviting it back to the annual summit of major industrialised nations,...

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was ready to talk to US President-elect Donald Trump's new administration...

DAVOS (Switzerland): Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a vigorous defence of free trade at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday in a speech that...

New York: India is projected to grow by 7.7 per cent in fiscal 2017, remaining the fastest growing large developing economy, as it benefits from strong...

London/Benghazi: A former Libyan commander, who says he suffered years of torture by Muammar Gaddafi's henchmen after British and US spies handed him...

Lucknow: Having bagged the 'bicycle' symbol, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said he would take Mulayam Singh Yadav along,...

Mosul/Baghdad: Iraqi special forces pushed deeper into IS-held districts in eastern Mosul on Tuesday, and army units battled the militants inside a military...

Cairo: Egypt will restore hundreds of coffins dating back thousands of years to the time of the pharaohs as part of a joint American-Egyptian project to...

Tokyo/Singapore: Global shipping insurers have devised a way to ensure nearly full coverage for Iranian oil exports from next month after striking a deal to...

Islamabad: In an unusual move, Pakistani authorities have decided to exhume the bodies of the crew of a plane that crashed last month killing 48 people to...