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23 killed in clashes in Lebanon in one week: security source

At least 23 people have been killed since Sunday in Syria-linked clashes between Sunni and Alawite residents of the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, a security source said today.

27,000 Indians apply for exit papers in Saudi

India will issue at least 27,000 more Emergency Certificates to enable its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia for home after a new labour policy came into force in the Gulf kingdom.

8.2 magnitude quake shakes Russia, no casualties

A massive earthquake on Friday deep under the sea in Russia's Far East was felt in cities including Moscow but emergency services called off a tsunami warning issued for the Pacific Sakhalin region.

Cars, schools torched in fifth night of rioting in Sweden

At least nine cars were torched and two schools and a police station were set ablaze as riots swept through Stockholm's immigrant-dominated suburbs early on Friday for the fifth straight night, police and firefighters said.

Clashes in Tripoli kills five, more than 50 wounded

Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said today.

Indo-Japan N-deal awaits July polls results

India hopes that Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s expected sweep of upper house elections in July will pave the way for the final signing of a bilateral civil nuclear agreement.

China-Pak relations ‘higher than mountain, deeper than ocean’

“Higher than the mountains and deeper than the ocean.” Seldom is the diplomatic relation between two countries described in such lofty adjectives. But then China and Pakistan evidently share a special bond.

Chinese experts warn trade deficit with India set to increase

Top leadership might be talking about addressing the bilateral trade deficit issue between India and China, but experts in Beijing have warned that the imbalance is set to increase amid falling trade between the two countries.

Ai Weiwei makes music debut with anti-authority song

 Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made his first foray into the musical world on Wednesday with the release of the top single from his debut album, a song called “Dumbass” that takes inspiration from his detention in 2011.

Two ethnic Indians jailed for murder in Malaysia

Two ethnic Indian men have been jailed by a Malaysian court for the murder of a Nigerian student who they claimed had cheated them.

Indian national jailed for causing fatal accident in Singapore

A 25-year-old Indian lorry driver has been jailed by a Singapore court for eight weeks and banned from driving for five years for causing the death of a compatriot worker and injuring 14 others.

Indian imams to visit Auschwitz for Holocaust awareness

A delegation of 22 Muslim clerics, including from India, would visit the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland this week as part of a Holocaust awareness programme.

Indian school teacher found dead in Maldives

An Indian school teacher has been found dead in Maldives' Eydhafushi island, in what is suspected to be a suicide case.

North Korean leader sends 'special envoy' to China

North Korea has sent a top military official to China as a personal envoy of leader Kim Jong-Un, at a time of strained relations between Pyongyang and its allies in Beijing, state media reported.

China's Xi will meet Obama earlier than expected

China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with US President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea.
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