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Jakarta, Oct 28: At least 12 miners were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Indonesia's West Java province, police said on Wednesday. Lack of safety was cited as the reason for the accident on tuesday in Bogor district, said…

New Delhi, Oct 27: All 54 countries, which have been invited, will be represented at the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) that got underway here on Monday, a senior external affairs ministry official said. "This is a summit of 56…

Tokyo, Oct 26: The government of Japan on Monday approved the reactivation of the Ikata nuclear plant, the third to become operational under new and strict security regulations following the Fukushima disaster in 2011. Tokihiro Nakamura,…

New Delhi, Oct 26: All Indians in Kabul are safe and there are no reports of damage to Indian owned property in the city in the wake of a devastating earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan that hit on Monday, an Indian embassy…

Islamabad, Oct 26: At least 29 people were killed in Pakistan on Monday when a major earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan hit parts of the country, media reports said. The quake was felt in most of the northern parts of Pakistan…

Beijing, Oct 26: Over 53,000 couples in the Chinese capital of Beijing have applied for a second child since the city changed its family planning policy in 2014, the media reported. A total of 53,034 couples in Beijing submitted…

Kabul, Oct 26: At least 97 militants have been killed in cleanup operations by Afghanistan security forces, the country's Defence Ministry said on monday. "A total of 97 militants, including four local commanders, were killed, 65 were…

Vancouver, Oct 26: At least four passengers of a whale-watching boat died after the tour vessel, which carried 27 people on board, capsized off the coast of Vancouver Island in Canada. Authorities warned that the number of deaths could rise…

New Delhi, Oct 26: Geeta, a deaf-mute Indian woman who has been stranded in Pakistan for over a decade, arrived here on a flight from Pakistan, authorities said. Indian and Pakistani officials were present at the Indira Gandhi International…

Miami, Oct 26: More than 200 black bears were killed in the first day of an authorised hunt in Florida, a state where hunting the animals was banned for 21 years, officials said. A total of 207 bears were killed on Saturday, the first day…