KABUL: The United States struggled on Friday to find a path out of a presidential election crisis in Afghanistan that has jeopardized chances for a democratic transfer of power, a central plank of President Barack Obama's strategy to leave behind a stable state after the withdrawal of most US troops at year's end.
KABUL: The United States struggled on Friday to find a path out of a presidential election crisis in Afghanistan that has jeopardized chances for a democratic transfer of power, a central plank of President Barack Obama's strategy to leave behind a stable state after the withdrawal of most US troops at year's end.
UNITED NATIONS: Russia is pushing the UN Security Council to demand a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, where government forces have launched an offensive against pro-Russian separatists, Moscow's ambassador to the world body said on Friday.
UNITED NATIONS: Russia is pushing the UN Security Council to demand a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, where government forces have launched an offensive against pro-Russian separatists, Moscow's ambassador to the world body said on Friday.
GANDHINAGAR: Amit Shah, the newly-appointed national president of the BJP, said on Friday that the Modi government at the Centre will take the country to new heights of development. "A new era — the era of BJP and Narendra Modi — has begun in the country. It will take the country to new heights of development," he said.
GANDHINAGAR: Amit Shah, the newly-appointed national president of the BJP, said on Friday that the Modi government at the Centre will take the country to new heights of development. "A new era — the era of BJP and Narendra Modi — has begun in the country. It will take the country to new heights of development," he said.
MUMBAI: MNS chief Raj Thackeray today dismissed reports that his son Amit would be joining politics and might be made the chief of the party's students' wing.
MUMBAI: MNS chief Raj Thackeray today dismissed reports that his son Amit would be joining politics and might be made the chief of the party's students' wing.
NEW DELHI: The paltry Rs 353 crore increase on last year's 33,000 crore budget allocation for implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) may not fit the bill as the Supreme Court on Friday ordered implementation of new wages effective since April 1.
NEW DELHI: The paltry Rs 353 crore increase on last year's 33,000 crore budget allocation for implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) may not fit the bill as the Supreme Court on Friday ordered implementation of new wages effective since April 1.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Four Germans, three Argentines, and one player each from Brazil, Colombia and the Netherlands were short-listed for the "Golden Ball" award to the World Cup's best player.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Four Germans, three Argentines, and one player each from Brazil, Colombia and the Netherlands were short-listed for the "Golden Ball" award to the World Cup's best player.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Joachim Loew has again saved Germany's best until the World Cup finals with the 54-year-old poised to finally claim his first major title in Brazil.
RIO DE JANEIRO: Joachim Loew has again saved Germany's best until the World Cup finals with the 54-year-old poised to finally claim his first major title in Brazil.
GENEVA: Health services in the occupied Palestinian territory are on the brink of collapse amid severe shortages in medicines and fuel for hospital generators, as the Gaza conflict with Israel deepens, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday.
GENEVA: Health services in the occupied Palestinian territory are on the brink of collapse amid severe shortages in medicines and fuel for hospital generators, as the Gaza conflict with Israel deepens, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday.
KABUL, Afghanistan: The US and its allies are growing increasingly concerned as Afghanistan shows signs of unraveling in its first democratic transfer of power from President Hamid Karzai. With Iraq wracked by insurgency, Afghanistan's dispute over election results poses a new challenge to President Barack Obama's effort to leave behind two secure states while ending America's long wars.
KABUL, Afghanistan: The US and its allies are growing increasingly concerned as Afghanistan shows signs of unraveling in its first democratic transfer of power from President Hamid Karzai. With Iraq wracked by insurgency, Afghanistan's dispute over election results poses a new challenge to President Barack Obama's effort to leave behind two secure states while ending America's long wars.
BENGHAZI, Libya: Libyan authorities signalled on Thursday they would press ahead with plans to move the country's parliament to the eastern port city of Benghazi despite a collapse in law and order there.
BENGHAZI, Libya: Libyan authorities signalled on Thursday they would press ahead with plans to move the country's parliament to the eastern port city of Benghazi despite a collapse in law and order there.
