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NEW DELHI:  As many as 58 bureaucrats faced penalty, including dismissal from services, compulsory retired and pension cut, for unsatisfactory...

BEIJING:  On a key visit to China after his predecessor was denied visa, the head of Indian Army's Northern Command...

VATICAN CITY:  Pope Francis today warned Catholics against fraudsters who would have them pay to pass through "Holy Doors" at...

WASHINGTON:  The White House celebrated the birth anniversary of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak with top aides of President Barack Obama...

Gunmen kidnapped 26 members of a Qatari hunting party in southern Iraq. BAGHDAD:  Gunmen kidnapped 26 members of a Qatari...

BANGKOK:  Thailand today cremated the kingdom's top Buddhist leader more than two years after he died, in a long and...

Today's launch is the 50th launch of a big rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota; it is...

ANKARA, TURKEY:  Amnesty International says Turkey has rounded up scores of refugees and asylum-seekers since September and transported them to...

Cuban President Raul Castro to visit Paris in February. (AFP) PARIS:  Cuban President Raul Castro will make an official visit...

VIENNA:  Austrian police have arrested two people with suspected links to the Paris attacks, prosecutors said today, with an Austrian...