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Japan, Indonesia begin talks to boost security ties

Japan and Indonesia agreed at Thursday's meeting that the South China Sea issue should be resolved through dialogue.

Dec 18, 2015

India secretly building Asia's largest military-run complex for nuclear centrifuges in Karnataka: Report

The facility will mainly be used for making hydrogen bombs.

Dec 18, 2015

Niger Government foils coup attempt: President Issoufou

Niger has declared a state of emergency in Diffa region due to numerous cross-border attacks this year from Nigeria.

Dec 18, 2015

Air India suspends pilots after engineer was sucked into aircraft engine and killed

A leaked email suggests that the accident was caused due to negligence.

Dec 18, 2015

California shooters' ex-neighbour charged with backing terrorists

According to an affidavit filed by prosecutors, the two men met in 2005 when they became neighbours.

Dec 18, 2015

Syria: Iran to deploy two squadrons of Sukhoi jets in Homs? [Video]

Iran has been sending in thousands of its soldiers to Syria to fight the rebels.

Dec 17, 2015

Arunachal Pradesh: CM urges Mukherjee, Modi to intervene in political crisis

Governor charged with playing a manipulative game in convening the Assembly session.

Dec 17, 2015

Brexit: Jean-Claude Juncker says seeking a ‘fair deal’ with UK

The European Union is seeking a fair deal that will provide a way out of a complicated question over the future of Britains membership in the bloc, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said on 17 December.

Dec 17, 2015

Ravi Shankar Prasad: 844 social media pages blocked under IT Act in 2015

Of 844 sites, 492 were blocked under Section 69A till November 2015 compared to just 10 in 2014.

Dec 17, 2015

Kejriwal, Jaitley in war of words over allegations of irregularities in DDCA

Delhi CM accuses Union Finance Minister of corruption during his stint as cricket body chief.

Dec 17, 2015

War on Terror Updates: Russia 'kill 320 terrorists in 24 hours' in Syria; Austria arrests 2 over Paris attack

Le Pen removes Isis beheading photo from Twitter following outrage.

Dec 17, 2015

PoK relief package: Refugees seek Rs 9,200 crore for rehabilitation

The refugees thanked PM Modi for the Rs 2,000 package and said it should not be seen as final.

Dec 17, 2015

Politics of cow hit cattle traders hard at Asia's largest Sonpur cattle fair

Traders are at their wits' end over the drastic fall of their business at Sonpur.

Dec 17, 2015

Mumbai: Leaked letter blames human factors, lapses for freak death of Air India staffer [Video]

The deceased has been identified as 56-year-old Ravi Subramaniam.

Dec 17, 2015

Baltimore: Night protests erupt after Freddie Gray mistrial declared

A mistrial was declared on 16 December in the case of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who’s killing sparked riots in April. The judge dismissed the jury in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Officer William Porter – the first of six officers to be tried in Grays death – after 16 hours of deliberations during which the jurors were unable to reach a verdict on any of the charges against the policeman.

Dec 17, 2015