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A member of the Syrian Civil Defense group running as he holds a child who was wounded during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces in the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus, Syria (Photo: AP)

White House accuses Russia of killing civilians in Syria

The WH said Russian military aircraft took off and carried out at least 20 daily bombing missions in Damascus and Ghouta...

5 March 2018 11:17 AM IST

Mark Lowcock, the UN under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said there has been no change in the situation around the rebel-held enclave in the Damascus suburbs despite a ceasefire resolution Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

Aid convoy blocked in Syria despite UN ceasefire order

The US representative Kelley Currie accused Syrian regime of violating the ceasefire, while Russian Ambassador Nebenzia...

1 March 2018 12:54 PM IST

The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) runs five night shelters in the Sarai Kale Khan area, with a capacity of nearly 750 beds.

India to be among 3 countries to witness maximum urban growth by 2050:...

By 2050, India, China and Nigeria will account for more than a third of the projected growth in the world's urban...

17 May 2018 10:03 AM IST

Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

US, 14 other EU countries expel Russian diplomats over UK spy attack

Ukraine, Poland, France, Germany and Lithuania are among countries that have expelled Russian diplomats.

26 March 2018 7:25 PM IST

Millets gobi manchurian

Miraculous millets

Often termed as sick food or food of the poor, it's about time millets get their rightful place on our dinner tables.

25 March 2018 12:45 AM IST

Indias Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin. (Photo: PTI)

Syed Akbaruddin says world can learn from 'frenemies' India, China

'We at times work with China and at times, we agree to disagree and move on,' India's Permanent Representative to UN,...

22 March 2018 6:16 PM IST

Government troops have advanced rapidly across farmland in Eastern Ghouta in the past week and had wrested control of 40 percent of the enclave as of early Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Syrian rebels 'forced' to leave besieged town in eastern Ghouta...

The government-controlled Military Media Centre says 1,500 rebels and 6,000 civilians will leave Harasta on Thursday.

22 March 2018 2:20 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Nuclear tests and the futility of it all

According to sources, Pakistan today is actually ahead of us in terms of the number of nuclear devices it has produced.

13 May 2018 5:40 AM IST

The rare variety of fruit harvested at Anils farm

Homeland beckons

Anil K. quit his job as an energy consultant and moved back to India to pursue farming.

10 May 2018 6:30 AM IST

A peacock strutting and roaming around the hallowed premises of the Palais de Nations, Geneva

Why India's national bird, the peacock, finds pride of place at UN's...

The Palais de Nations is a symbolic representation of the famous Spirit of Geneva .

10 May 2018 1:27 AM IST

Libyan policemen check the damage at the Libyan electoral commission headquarters in the capital, Tripoli, after it was targeted by suicide bombers on May 2, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

14 killed as Islamic State militants attack Libyan election commission

The 2 bombers infiltrated building in central Tripoli, fired on people inside and detonated their explosives when their...

3 May 2018 11:06 AM IST

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

Libya: 11 dead in suicide attack on national election commission

Eyewitnesses earlier said shots were heard and black smoke could be seen rising from the headquarters of the national...

2 May 2018 7:52 PM IST