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Turkey: Curfew lifted in largest southeastern city as Kurds celebrate new year

The curfew was lifted in the Diyarbakir city as the counter-insurgency operation by the government forces was complete.

Mar 21, 2016

Kerala chief electoral officer defers free rice scheme implementation

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy had in the state budget announced distribution of free rice to all BPL families.

Mar 21, 2016

Video footage shows man trying to escape Brussels police raid

Video footage shows man trying to escape Brussels police raid

Mar 21, 2016

New Paris attack accomplice identified by Belgian prosecutors

Najim Laachraoui, 24, was named as a suspect by Belgium's federal prosecutors Monday.

Mar 21, 2016

West Bengal election: TMC first to debut campaign song on Facebook

Ankhi Das, public policy director, Facebook India, South & Central Asia, said that the Trinamool Congress song was "catchy."

Mar 21, 2016

Vying for foothold in Nepal: India, China offer to build rail lines

Landlocked Nepal wants to connect itself with its neighbours, while lessening its dependence on India.

Mar 21, 2016

Ukrainian pilot Savchenko trial underway

Savchenko was accused of relaying the coordinates of two Russian journalists who were then killed in artillery fire near Ukraine's Lugansk in 2014.

Mar 21, 2016

Indonesia summons Chinese ambassador after stand-off over fishing boat

Indonesian officials arrested eight crew members of a Chinese boat Saturday for allegedly illegally fishing in its waters.

Mar 21, 2016

South Africa's ruling party backs President Zuma, begins probe on Indian-origin businessmen

The party took serious cognisance of the allegations of political interference by the Indian-origin businessmen, the Gupta brothers.

Mar 21, 2016

North Korea fires missiles into sea; Pyongyang can conduct fifth nuclear test any time, says Seoul

A U.S.-based monitoring website reported "continued activity" at North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site.

Mar 21, 2016

Obama makes historic Cuba visit; Castro's absence at Havana airport criticised by Donald Trump

Barack Obama became the first American president to visit Cuba in 88 years, after he touched down in Havana Sunday.

Mar 21, 2016

Brazil's Rousseff lacks Senate votes to defeat impeachment: Senator

The leading member of PMDB said the coalition could not rally the one-third of votes needed stop Rousseff being dismissed.

Mar 21, 2016

Spain: 14 killed as student bus rammed into car

Injured students, mostly in their twenties, were from Britain, Switzerland, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine and Barcelona.

Mar 20, 2016

Tibetans vote to elect head of govt-in-exile

Exiled Tibetans vote to elect the new leader of the Central Tibetan Administration, which is not recognised by the world community.

Mar 20, 2016

Egypt: ISIS militants kill 13 policemen in Sinai

In a statement released on social media, the Islamic State group said the attack was to avenge "insults" to Muslim women at checkpoints.

Mar 20, 2016