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SVALBARD (Norway): A surge in Arctic tourism is bringing ever bigger cruise ships to the formerly isolated, ice-bound region, prompting calls for a...

STOCKHOLM: British-born Oliver Hart and Finland's Bengt Holmstrom won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work that addresses a host of questions...

Tripoli: Libyan pro-government forces are advancing into the last area controlled by IS in the coastal city of Sirte, surrounding the militants after a...

Juba: Rebels attacked trucks carrying civilians in South Sudan, killing 21 people, the government said, as violence between rival forces loyal to President...

Moscow: Russia will create a permanent naval base in Syria to expand its military footprint in its closest Middle East ally, a government official said on...

Chennai: With Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa continuing to receive treatment, a stream of high-profile visitors, including Kerala Governor P...

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: In Abdul Aziz's print shop, the daily blackouts that plunge him into darkness and silence his rolling presses are costly and chip away...

New Delhi: Two men have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold, worth about Rs7.8 million (Rs78 lakh), by hiding it in papaya...

Lucknow: Dubbing as an "eyewash" the ambitious smartphone scheme of the Uttar Pradesh government, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on...

New Delhi: Stigma attached to mental ailments is the main reason why the society is struggling to address the problem, and the day we together manage to...