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Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump barnstorm Iowa as early voting begins

Iowa has long been an essential staging post on the path to the White House

Hillary Clinton hits Donald Trump over Cuba embargo 'violation'

Polls show the Democrat and Republican nominees running virtually neck-and-neck

EU agrees to ratify Paris climate deal

What some believed impossible is now real, said Donald Tusk, European Union President

3,800 civilians dead in Russian strikes in Syria

At least 20,000 civilians have been wounded in the Russian raids

Och-Ziff hedge fund to pay $413 million over Africa bribery

The fund is also settling criminal charges with the US Justice Department in a parallel case for $213 million

US-Philippines military alliance 'ironclad': Pentagon chief

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he would soon end joint military exercises with the United States

Renault-Nissan boss says needs UK Brexit guarantees

Sunderland plant is Nissan's biggest factory in Europe, with a production capacity of around 500,000 cars per year

Saudi Arabia warns of 'disastrous consequences' over US 9/11 law

Saudi Arabia's Gulf allies have lined up beside Riyadh to criticise the law

Surgical strikes a necessary step: Prakash Javadekar

Confidence has been generated in the country that its defences are safe under the leadership of PM Modi, said Javadekar

Surgical attack: Rajnath Singh chairs all party meet

Singh chaired the hurriedly called all-party meet after DGMO Lt Gen Ranveer Singh announced that surgical strike on terror launch pads

Christine Lagarde warns of weak growth, lure of protectionism

IMF chief said that the global economy risked prolonged low growth and advanced economies faced painful inequality

Canada approves $36 bn LNG project, eyes Asia

Project is the first deal by Canada's year-old Liberal govt that goes against environmentalists in the name of country's economic interests

World Bank releases $300 mn for Syrian refugees in Jordan

Funds will be used to attract investors and create reforms that will help grant access to the Syrian labour force

Partnership with Jio a virtual merger: Anil Ambani

Anil Ambani said the merger was already in the works given the two entities are sharing spectrum, network, fibre and towers

Two Metro lines for Greater Mumbai get Cabinet nod

Both likely to be operational by 2021-22, form part of plan to have a network of 124 km with a total outlay of Rs 61,289 cr

India gives Pak evidence of its involvement in Uri terror attack

Two men were nabbed by Indian investigating agencies who have acted as local guides for Pak trained terrorists

Swaraj aims Baloch barbs at Pak, India reviews Indus pact

'Blood and water cannot flow together', says PM as India decides to exploit water of the five rivers that flow into Pakistan

Aleppo battered after Russia accused of 'war crimes'

A medical source in rebel-held Aleppo said hospitals were struggling to deal with a huge number of casualties

Govt issues draft GST procedural rules, Council to finalise them on Friday

Experts fear e-commerce companies mat end up with multiple registrations because of some provisions

Govt clears 11 FDI proposals worth Rs 2,325 crore

Finance ministry sources said among the proposals cleared, Sharekhan would attract foreign investment of Rs 2,060 crore