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Sydney, Dec 16: Heavily armed police officers ended a hostage crisis at the Lindt Chocolate Cafe here around 2:45 am local time on Tuesday, storming its premises where an armed man — said to be a self-proclaimed Sheik — held employees and customers, including two Indians, captive for more than 16 hours. The two Indians, Vishwakant Ankireddy and Pushpendra Ghosh, both employees of Infosys, are safe

Canberra, Dec 15: Several people were today taken hostage at a popular cafe in Sydney apparently by at least one Islamic State gunman, media reports said. At least three people could be seen with their arms in air and hands pressed against the window glass of the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Martin Place, a busy tourist and shopping district in central Sydney, state-run ABC television reported. An

Beijing, Dec 5: The US is no longer the world's largest economy, as China has overtaken the country, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says. China now sits atop the world's economic perch, according to the IMF, which released the latest numbers for world economies by measuring purchasing power parity (PPP). By the end of 2014, China's economic output will amount to $17.6 trillion, and the US

Seoul, Dec 2: South Korean officials say rescuers have found no trace of 52 people missing after a South Korean fishing boat sank off Russia's far-east coast. Rescuers have recovered four empty lifeboats from the trawler, a Russian official said, as hope of finding the lost crew members fades. "Four torn lifeboats were found," said Oleg Karev of the marine rescue centre in the port of

London, Nov 30: Muslims are facing the worst job discrimination of any minority group in Britain, according to new research which found that they had the lowest chance of being in work or in a managerial role. Muslim men were up to 76 per cent less likely to have a job of any kind compared to white, male British Christians of the same age and with the same qualifications. And Muslim women were up

Kano/Nigeria, Nov 29: At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire during weekly prayers at the mosque of one of Nigeria's top Islamic leaders. The attack at the Grand Mosque in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim north of the country, came just as Friday prayers had started. The mosque is attached to

Islamabad, Nov 22: US President Barack Obama spoke to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over telephone Friday and urged him to take up the Kashmir issue with India. Sharif said an early resolution of the Kashmir issue would bring enduring peace, stability and economic cooperation to the south Asian region, Dawn online reported. Sharif apprised Obama of Pakistan's relations with India and

Washington, Nov 19: Indians constitute four per cent of the total illegal immigrants living in the US, a country where the overall unauthorised immigrant population has remained unchanged since 2009, a latest report has said. According to a report by Pew Research, more than 450,000 unauthorised Indian immigrants live in the US, constituting four per cent of the total illegal immigrants in the

Suva, Nov 18: Fiji's opposition party has decided to boycott the special parliament meeting planned for Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow after the government withdrew its decision to allow it to move the vote of thanks. Modi, the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the pacific nation in 33 years, is due to address Fiji's parliament tomorrow. But the opposition SODEPLA leader, Ro Teimumu Kepa

Canberra, Nov 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Australia will not be at the periphery of India's vision but at the centre of its thought, as he called for closer bilateral security cooperation and a comprehensive global strategy to tackle the menace of terrorism. Modi, while addressing the Australian Parliament, the first Indian Prime Minister to do so, said, "It has taken a Prime