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United Nations finds mass graves in northern Mali

United Nations finds mass graves in northern Mali

The armed groups accused of abuses by the UN operate in areas where Mali's army and state is absent or has a very...

6 Aug 2017 12:26 PM IST

The girl was raped inside a car on Thursday.

Rape accused's sister: Pak panchayat's order to rape victim's brother

Pak's new law to remedy slow-moving court system, promotes village councils as an alternative solution to small civil...

6 Aug 2017 12:00 PM IST

Luisa Ortega Diaz Venezuelan General Prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz speaks to the media outside her office after security forces surrounded the entrance, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

New Venezuela assembly fires dissenting attorney general

Luisa Ortega refused to recognize her sacking, or the assembly's swearing in of Tarek William Saab, the national...

6 Aug 2017 11:38 AM IST

Legal experts said that the couple could also face allegations of polygamy- which is illegal in Nepal- as Yogi has an existing wife, and 2 children, prior to this marriage. (Photo: AFP)

First in Nepal: Man, transgender woman register for marriage without...

In 2013 Nepal introduced grant of citizenship with a third gender option and began issuing passports reflecting the same...

6 Aug 2017 10:19 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Trump warms to Jeff Sessions after publicly slamming him as weak

The action comes after a spate of scoops many of them unfavorable about the Trump administration.

6 Aug 2017 8:51 AM IST

A media arm of the Islamic State group, shows people inspecting damage from airstrikes and artillery shelling in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the ISIS. (Photo: AP)

Syrian army takes ISIS-held town in Homs province, says monitor

Monitor says government troops have taken last ISIS-held town in Homs as army advances towards ISIL strongholds in east.

6 Aug 2017 8:07 AM IST

Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga surge towards the stage at his final electoral campaign rally in Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: AP)

Kenya gears up to high-stakes elections

The men belong to two of the country's main ethnic groups, Kenyatta from the Kikuyu, the largest, and Odinga the Luo.

6 Aug 2017 7:46 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan accuser faces fire of tribesmen

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf member moves to file FIR against lawmaker Gulalai.

6 Aug 2017 6:19 AM IST

Vladimir Putin fishes in the remote Tuva region in southern Siberia (Photo: AFP)

Putin braves cold waters of mountain lake, goes on fishing, hunting...

Putin, 64, is renowned for his strong-man publicity stunts, which have contributed to his sky-high popularity ratings.

5 Aug 2017 8:39 PM IST

Chief Hafiz Saeed

Hafiz Saeed to float political party, re-brand JuD as Milli Muslim...

Saeed is likely to launch his political outfit on Pakistan's Independence Day at a function in Lahore.

5 Aug 2017 5:20 PM IST

The incident happened in the first week of June near the Lalten post in the Doka La general area in Sikkim after a face-off between the two forces, which triggered tension along the Sino-Indian frontier, official sources in New Delhi said. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

China capable of wiping out Indian troops: Chinese media on standoff

The Global Times said, 'we believe that the PLA has made sufficient preparation for military confrontation'.

5 Aug 2017 5:04 PM IST

Chinese leader Mao Zedong with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in August 1958. (Photo: AFP)

Soviet leader Khrushchev blasted China's Mao for 1959 border skirmish...

The acrimonious meeting towards the end of September that year a little over a month after the skirmish between Indian...

5 Aug 2017 3:28 PM IST