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Bharara said any interaction between him and Trump could have raised doubts in peoples minds over any future investigation his office would have undertaken. (Photo: AP)

I was done with him: Former attorney Bharara on not returning Trump's...

2 days before he was fired, Preet Bharara had got a phone call from Trump's office asking him to call the President...

15 May 2017 12:55 PM IST

Jacob Peters quickly realised he had photographed the wrong proposal. (Representational Image)

Photographer realises his mistake after six hours of photoshoot with...

The photographer received a message from a man who wanted to propose to his girlfriend at the beauty spot Hawks Bill...

15 May 2017 12:26 PM IST

The government would have to see in the next decade how many jails will be required and in what pattern. (Representational Image)

17 prisoners shot dead in PNG jail break in Papua New Guinea

Prison officers have shot and killed 17 men who escaped from a jail near Papua New Guinea's second-largest city, Lae.

15 May 2017 11:35 AM IST

Indonesia has the fifth greatest number of premature births of any nation in the world, at 675,700 a year, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo: AFP)

Free incubators save lives of premature babies in Indonesia

Indonesia has the fifth greatest number of premature births of any nation in the world, at 675,700 a year, according to...

15 May 2017 10:36 AM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: AP)

Iran hardliners embrace social media to rally supporters in...

Hardline Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has used Twitter and messaging app Telegram, which has 25 million users...

15 May 2017 10:04 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel address the media during a joint news conference with the Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

Angela Merkel's conservatives win election in center-left rivals'...

Media showed Merkel's Christian Democratic Union beating the Social Democrats by 33 percent or more to around 31...

15 May 2017 9:55 AM IST

French President-elect Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks during a victory celebration outside the Louvre museum in Paris. (Photo: AP)

French president Macron to choose PM on first full day in office

Picking Edouard Philippe would send clear signal that Macron hopes to attract young modernisers from Republicans to his...

15 May 2017 9:43 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Chinese media says India's refusal to join Belt and Road initiative...

The Belt and Road initiative is a grand economic cooperation and development plan open to everyone, the article said.

15 May 2017 8:40 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo: AFP)

New long-range missile can carry heavy nuke: North Korea

Some experts, including officials in Tokyo, estimate that Sunday's launch successfully tested a new type of missile in...

15 May 2017 8:26 AM IST

Russian President Putin played some songs on Xis piano (Photo: AP)

Video: Russian President Putin sits down at piano in China, plays...

Putin is in Beijing on a state visit to discuss a $1 trillion infrastructure plan that strives to revive the ancient...

15 May 2017 8:21 AM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AP/File)

Erdogan seeks to sway Trump in crunch US talks

Turkish president was hugely encouraged when Trump congratulated him on winning the April 16 referendum on enhancing his...

15 May 2017 6:55 AM IST

Nepalese Armys bomb disposal team detonate explosives during the local elections in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on Sunday. Two explosive devices were planted across from a candidates house. (Photo: AP)

20 years on Nepal votes in local polls

One killed in police firing as 75 per cent votes cast in first phase.

15 May 2017 5:43 AM IST