Run-off for Afghan poll confirmed
BBC Online :The Afghan election will proceed to a run-off between the two top candidates, after final results showed nobody polled more than 50% of...
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Amid predictions of rout, Rahul calls Congress spokespersons’ meet
Agency, New Delhi :Rahul Gandhi will meet all his party’s spokespersons today as the Congress preps for Friday’s counting of votes in the general elections....
Govt ‘ready’ for talks with Boko Haram
BBC Online :Nigeria is ready to talk to Islamist militants to negotiate the release of more than 200 abducted girls, cabinet minister Tanimu Turaki has...
Pranab ready to form new govt
TNN, New Delhi :Manmohan Singh-led government will resign on Saturday after recommending to President the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha at the last meeting...
Thai govt, EC postpone talks over security concern
Reuters, Bangkok :A meeting between Thailand’s interim prime minister and the Election Commission to fix a date for polls that the government hopes will break...
Factories set on fire amid anti-China protest in Vietnam
BBC Online :Several factories have been set on fire amid anti-China protests at an industrial park in southern Vietnam, amid tensions over the South China...
Car bomb attacks kill 28 people in Baghdad
AP, Baghdad :A wave of car bombings in mainly Shiite areas of Baghdad killed 28 people on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a surge...
Israeli ex-PM jailed for six years
A court in Israel has sentenced former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for bribery and fined him 1m shekels ($289,000; £171,000).The...
World’s largest blue diamond in auction
PTI, New Delhi :A rare necklace, engraved with names of Mughal emperors Akbar and Jahangir goes under the hammer in Geneva today by Christie’s, which...
US warns Beijing on S China Sea tensions
The US has warned China that moving a drilling rig into seas disputed with Vietnam was “provocative”.In a telephone call, US Secretary of State John...
Record voter turnout in Lok Sabha polls
TNN, New Delhi :The 2014 Lok Sabha election, which finally drew to a close on Monday, has earned the distinction of recording the highest voter...
‘Fear everywhere’ in northern Nigeria
CNN, Nigeria :Journeying by day through Borno state is a tense, nervy experience.But for some, nightfall in this part of northeastern Nigeria has become truly...