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Kolkata: The high-voltage campaign for Sunday's crucial second phase of polls in 56 Assembly constituencies in the east Indian state of West Bengal...

Geneva: Almost 6,000 migrants and refugees have sailed from Libya to Italy in the past three days in what appears the start of a wave of at least 100,000...

New York: Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders built on a combative US presidential debate, pressuring front-runner Hillary Clinton on Friday over...

Berlin: Germany's Angela Merkel agreed on Friday to allow prosecutors to pursue a case against a German comedian who read out a crude poem about...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir continued to be on the boil on Saturday with one more youth getting killed and three others being injured in firing by security...

London: Mars Food plans to tell customers to eat some of its Dolmio pasta sauces and macaroni cheese only once a week to maintain a balanced diet because of...

Kunduz (Afghanistan): Hundreds of Taliban insurgents have launched an offensive to seize the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, which they captured and held...

Seoul: North Korea attempted and failed to launch what experts believe was an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Friday in defiance of UN sanctions and...

Tokyo: A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck southern Japan early on Saturday morning, triggering a tsunami advisory. The quake's epicentre was near the...

Tokyo: Chacha the chimpanzee made his own great escape on Thursday, fleeing from a zoo in northern Japan and leading authorities on a dramatic chase. The...