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While China officially guarantees freedom of religion, authorities have issued a series of measures in the past few years to tackle what it sees as a rise in religious extremism. (Photo: AP)

China to prohibit beards, veils to tackle extremism in Xinjiang

A number of bans on select extremist behaviours' had previously been introduced in some places in Xinjiang.

30 March 2017 5:18 PM IST

Cruz, who belongs to a wealthy family, fled to Spain after this incident was subsequently extradited to Mexico.

'He didn't enjoy it': Mexican judge clears man of raping 17-year-old

Judge noted that Cruz touched the minor and, at the same time, did not intend to reach a vaginal, anal, or oral...

30 March 2017 5:05 PM IST

the militants had kept rocks on the street with which the crowd could stone the victim the moment he fell down. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Man pushed from rooftop by ISIS militants, stoned to death for being...

This is not the first time the ISIS has indulged in carrying out such executions in the name of Islam.

30 March 2017 4:40 PM IST

President Donald Trump about the health care overhaul bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Trump travel ban: Hawaii judge places indefinite hold

Watson's earlier decision was only a limited freeze of the executive order through a temporary restraining order.

30 March 2017 3:02 PM IST

The child resisted to force-feeding and vomited on his table (Photo: Screengrab)

China: Nanny force-feeds, pinches toddler, gets captured in video...

The couple had installed a recording monitor at their home in Fuzhou, which sends live feed related to their child's...

30 March 2017 2:14 PM IST

Nasser Bin Ghaith

Prominent academic jailed for 10 years over controversial tweets in...

Bin Ghaith convicted of promoting "false information in order to harm the reputation and stature of the state and one of...

30 March 2017 12:52 PM IST

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump choice for United Nations ambassador, Haley, has limited foreign policy experience. (Photo: AP)

Nikki Haley claims her mother was denied judgeship in India

'I am a big fan of women. I think there's nothing they can't do', says US Ambassador to the UN.

30 March 2017 11:19 AM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi

One year on: what do Myanmar's people think of Suu Kyi?

Many activists have expressed acute concern about a spike in the number of online defamation prosecutions since the NLD...

30 March 2017 10:50 AM IST

The petitioner claimed the accused had taken her to another house and raped her twice, after which he told her to go home.

Colombian man jailed for 51 years for raping, murdering 7-year-old...

The accused was sentenced to 51 years and 10 months without possibility of parole and fined $25,000 for kidnapping,...

30 March 2017 8:20 AM IST

Mahrukh and Shoaib, who were born in Pakistan, told NBC Washington that their home was burgled and their Quran was torn. (Photo: Screengrab)

Pak-origin family's home vandalised, Quran torn up in US

The family found their apartment ransacked with the words '(expletive) Muslims' scrawled on a wall, they told police.

30 March 2017 7:55 AM IST

The 33-year-old was arrested after Scotland Yard launched a manhunt for him

UK: Indian-origin man hits 1-yr-old daughter with hammer, damages eyes

The Metropolitan Police's Homicide and Major Crime Command has been investigating the brutal attack.

29 March 2017 7:55 PM IST

Anshul Sharma died on the spot while his wife Samira Bharadwaj, 28,critically injured.

US: 30-year-old Indian engineer killed, wife injured in hit-and-run

Michael Demaio, 36, has been arrested by the police and criminal charges have been filed against him.

29 March 2017 6:37 PM IST