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This is ISISs last stand in Sirte and they are fighting hard (Photo: AFP)

Bangladeshi-origin murder suspect recruited by ISIS, says report

Shahan Choudhury, now 30, is thought to have travelled to Syria towards the end of 2015.

19 March 2017 5:31 PM IST

UK justice secretary Liz Truss said the pre-recorded interviews will also provide much clearer ground rules to counsel. (Photo: AFP)

UK to allow rape victims to pre-record evidence

Pre-recorded evidence is already being launched for child sex cases in the UK.

19 March 2017 4:41 PM IST

Kim Jong-Uns half brother Kim Jong-Nam. (Photo: AP)

Malaysian police hunting for more North Korean suspects in Kim's death

Malaysian authorities say two women smeared Kim's face with the banned VX nerve agent on Feb. 13 at a crowded airport...

19 March 2017 4:41 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: File)

Thailand: Mother ties son to roadside railing as punishment; police on...

The boy reportedly complained, "I can't breathe, I can't breathe," as the woman made him bend before wrapping the string...

19 March 2017 4:31 PM IST

The report comes shortly after Trump signed an order imposing an indefinite travel ban on Syrian refugees and a temporary curb on people from six other countries, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Yemen and Somalia from entering the US for at least 90 days. (Photo: Representational Image)

Somalia govt urges Saudi-led coalition to probe refugee boat attack

Somalia's Foreign Minister Abdusalam Omer urged the Saudi-led coalition fighting Huthi rebels in Yemen to investigate.

19 March 2017 4:12 PM IST

Hess went live on Facebook when the cops approached him. (Photo: Facebook)

US man dies after being shot by police, streams death live on Facebook

The victim's fianc©e said that the man, who was unarmed when he was shot at, was suffering from a mental illness.

19 March 2017 4:01 PM IST

All three family members had made contact with the police themselves (Photo: AP)

Flights resume at Paris airport as investigators grill attacker's...

Anti-terror investigators Sunday released the father of the assailant but were continuing to hold his brother and...

19 March 2017 3:40 PM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker and freshly re-elected EU President Donald Tusk in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

Japan PM heads to Europe to discuss security, trade

Abe will visit technology show CeBIT in Hanover followed by a summit with Angela Merkel and a meeting with Francois...

19 March 2017 1:37 PM IST

JeNan Hayes of Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was barred from playing a basketball game at her high school because of the headscarf she was wearing. (Photo: AP)

Muslim basketball player benched for wearing hijab in US

Hayes's coach Donita Adams said that they were not informed about this rule, but had no choice but to leave her on the...

19 March 2017 1:08 PM IST

UN calls on Afghanistan to take on terrorists

UN calls on Afghanistan to take on terrorists

On the human rights front, the UNSC requested continued support efforts to strengthen the protection of children harmed...

19 March 2017 12:53 PM IST

A 41-year-old French woman was bitten by a crocodile while trying to take a selfie with it in Thailands Khao Yai National Park. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Australia teen 'punches crocodile' in miracle escape

Teen reportedly escaped the jaws of a crocodile by punching it in the head during a late night swim in a river.

19 March 2017 12:23 PM IST

Perus government said that 374 people were killed in 1998 during a similar period of massive rains (Photo: Twitter)

At least 72 killed in Peru rains, flooding, mudslides

Peruvian authorities have said affecting more than half the nation as the death toll since the beginning of the year hit...

19 March 2017 12:14 PM IST