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On the very Catholic campuses in the US, fewer than 30 per cent of students hook up. These schools are more like evangelical colleges, with hardly any hooking up, says a surveyWorld
Is hookup culture different on Catholic campuses?

As Catholicism teaches abstinence before marriages, there is a common perception that Catholic schools would be places...

20 Jun 2017 2:33 AM IST

Police forces secure the area on the Champs Elys©es in Paris, Monday, June 19, 2017. (Photo: AP)World
Car explodes after hitting police van on Paris's Champs-Elysees

Police and investigators said that the seriously injured driver was armed and suspect that the incident is a deliberate...

19 Jun 2017 8:51 PM IST

The UN has said the TIR Convention will come into force in India in six months and IRU will begin work with Indian partners on training, development and outreach efforts to facilitate prompt implementation. (Photo: AP/Representational)World
India ratifies UN trade treaty; becomes 71st country to join group

TIR will help India to integrate with Myanmar and Thailand as well as Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.

19 Jun 2017 8:23 PM IST

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)World
President Ashraf Ghani inaugurates 1st Afghanistan-India air corridor...

The President said the aim of the route was to create more opportunities and make Afghanistan an exporter country.

19 Jun 2017 7:16 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)World
Will target any 'flying objects' over Syria: Russia

The Defence Ministry also said that it was suspending its interaction with the US on preventing air incidents over Syria...

19 Jun 2017 7:02 PM IST

Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed (Photo: AP)World
Next hearing on Hafiz Saeed's petition fixed on July 3: Lahore HC

Earlier, a division bench had reserved the decision on June 7 after the Punjab govt submitted its reply over Saeed's...

19 Jun 2017 6:53 PM IST

Suspected jihadists attacked the hotel resort Sunday in Malis capital, taking hostages at a spot popular with foreigners on the weekends. (Photo: AP)World
4 jihadist' suspects dead, 5 arrested after Mali resort attack

A minister said that 36 hostages were freed after the incident at the Kangaba Le Campement resort on Sunday, most of...

19 Jun 2017 6:11 PM IST

The Pentagon has confirmed more than 70 air strikes on al-Qaeda targets in Yemen since February 28. (Photo: Representational/AP)World
Russia condemns US downing of Syria warplane as act of aggression

Russia said it was suspending its interaction with the US on preventing air incidents over Syria from June 19.

19 Jun 2017 5:32 PM IST

NEMA northeast region spokesman Abdulkadir Ibrahim said two female suicide bombers tried to get into the camp but were thwarted by security personnel. (Photo: AP/Representational)World
Suicide bombers kill 16 in northeast Nigeria: emergency services

Earlier tolls given by local people said 12 or 13 people had been killed but an official said 3 injured died in the...

19 Jun 2017 4:58 PM IST

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut ties with Qatar on June 5 and announced that Qatari residents would have 14 days to leave. (Photo: AP/Representational)World
Qataris quit Gulf states today as isolation' move comes into effect

Officials clarified there would be exceptions for mixed-nationality families in the Gulf.

19 Jun 2017 4:35 PM IST

A man from Bihar has been languishing in a jail in Saudi Arabia for over 15 years as his family is unable to pay a punishment sum of over Rs 1 crore. (Representational image)World
4 foreign inmates break out of Bali jail using tunnel

The tunnel had a diameter of 50 x 75 cm (20 x 30 inches) and was found filled with water on Monday morning, Bali police...

19 Jun 2017 4:28 PM IST

A view of a forest fire from reaching the village of Figueiro dos Vinhos central Portugal, Sunday. Portugals president says the countrys pain \knows no end\ as it mourns at least 61 people killed in the deadliest wildfire in memory. (Photo: AP)World
Portugal counts on foreign help to control deadly wildfires

The government has acknowledged that the huge fires occasionally led to a breakdown in communications.

19 Jun 2017 3:48 PM IST

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