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US, Cuba restore diplomatic ties, reopen embassies

By Arun Kumar Washington, July 20 (IANS) In a historic step steeped in symbolism, Cuba reopened its embassy in Washington on Monday by raising the...

Indian American gets six years jail for ponzi scheme

Chicago, July 7 (IANS) A US court has sentenced the former Indian American head of a Chicago investment firm to six years in prison...

US court rejects Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta's appeal against conviction

Washington, April 20 (IANS) The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld the 2012 conviction of Rajat Gupta, the former Indian-American director of Goldman Sachs...

11 Zimbabweans killed in Botswana accident

Gaborone, Jan 12 (IANS) At least 11 Zimbabwean immigrants died in a road accident in Botswana after the vehicle they were travelling in hit...

UAE court convicts 11 on terror charges

Abu Dhabi: A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Tuesday convicted 11 members of an Al Qaeda-linked group on terror related charges. The state...

36 massacred in Kenya, Al Shabaab claims hand

Nairobi: At least 36 people were killed Tuesday in an attack on a stone quarry in Kenya's Mandera town by Al Shabaab militants even...

NATO says separatists in Ukraine violate ceasefire

Brussels: Ukrainian forces are doing what they can to respect the peace agreement signed in Minsk, while that country's pro-Russian separatists, with Russian backing,...

Republican aide who criticised Obama’s daughters resigns

Washington: The Republican congressional aide who posted a Facebook message criticising the behaviour of US President Barack Obama's daughters during a White House ceremony...

Turkey trains Iraqi Kurdish fighters

Ankara: Turkish armed forces have trained 230 Iraqi Kurdish fighters of the autonomous administration in northern Iraq and will continue the training as long...

Protests over missing students turn violent in Mexico

Mexico City: Protests over the abduction and apparent killing of 43 students in Mexico turned violent Thursday, as protesters blocked roads and hurled crude...

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