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Turkey has also detained or expelled foreign correspondents for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Die Welt, and the French website Les Jours. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Turkish journalists and opposition protest against detention of...

According to journalists' associations, about 170 media outlets have been closed and nearly 800 press cards cancelled.

11 March 2017 8:45 PM IST

Maharashtra-based ISIS suspect Mudbabir Shaik (Accused No. 3) also took part in the meeting, the chargesheet says. (Photo: AP)

Iraq: Remains of hundreds executed by ISIS found at Badush prison

ISIS reportedly killed up to 600 people after seizing the jail in 2014, and held hundreds of women from Iraq's Yazidi...

11 March 2017 8:01 PM IST

The minor worked as a ragpicker and did sundry jobs to feed herself, was found by police in acute pain on roadside on December 29, police said. (Photo: Representational Image)

Spain: Teen's virginity offered for USD 5,340 in prostitution scandal

The network, operating out of the Marbella city, advertised the sale of the virginity of a woman who was 18 but looked...

11 March 2017 6:58 PM IST

Malaysia Foreign Minister Anifah Aman. (Photo: AFP)

Malaysia hopes for talks to solve diplomatic dispute with North Korea

Malaysian police confirmed that Kim Chol and Kim Jong Nam was the same person, but refused to say how they identified...

11 March 2017 6:26 PM IST

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: AP)

Erdogan says Dutch ban on minister's visit reminiscent of Nazism

Turkish politicians are keen to harness votes of the Turkish community in Europe before the April 16 vote on boosting...

11 March 2017 6:01 PM IST

Protestors with an effigy of former President Park Geun-hye. (Photo: AFP)

South Korean anti-Park protestors demand ex-president's arrest

Thousands of riot police were deployed as some 50,000 anti-Park protesters took to the streets to celebrate the verdict.

11 March 2017 5:11 PM IST

Syria: In rare attack, twin bombs kill 46 in Damascus Old City

Syria: In rare attack, twin bombs kill 46 in Damascus Old City

A roadside bomb detonated as a bus passed and a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Bab al-Saghir area.

11 March 2017 5:02 PM IST

The house in the northwestern city of Ardebil was flattened by the force of the blast. (Photo: Pixabay)

Iran teen's homemade fireworks cost home and 7 lives

The prosecutor said that he died, along with 6 family members, while one was severely injured and three others lightly...

11 March 2017 3:44 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: AP)

Germany: Mall ordered to stay closed after attack threat, police...

The mall and the parking lot stayed closed on Saturday morning as over a hundred police officers searched the compound.

11 March 2017 3:14 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

China: Angered by mother-in-law, lady chops off 2-yr-old's leg with...

The boy's screams attracted the attention of the neighbours, and police was called to the scene.

11 March 2017 2:57 PM IST

US President Donald Trump issued a revised travel ban order on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Federal judge against enforcing Trump's new travel ban on homeless...

Judge Conley blocked the enforcement, saying there were threats to the Syrian man's wife and child that could cause...

11 March 2017 2:46 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

UP victory shows people think Modi as man of action: US expert

Supporters of the BJP held result watch parties in the US states, including the Silicon Valley, New York, New Jersey,...

11 March 2017 2:32 PM IST