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Slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin LadenWorld
Laden's family members 'incinerated' in UK plane crash

A jury returned a 'narrative' verdict into the deaths, which equates to a detailed factual account of death by unnatural...

8 March 2017 3:19 PM IST

About 84 per cent of the total 195 million population in Pakistan do not have access to safe drinking water. (Representational image/ PTI)World
84 per cent people lack access to clean drinking water in Pak

The water from 14 per cent of supply sources in Sindh and Punjab were found to be heavily contaminated with arsenic.

8 March 2017 3:02 PM IST

Tanveer Hussain participated in the 2017 world snowshoe championships from February 23 to 25 and was to leave on Thursday. (Photo: Facebook)World
Indian sportsman vows to contest sexual assault charges in US

He was charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanour.

8 March 2017 2:57 PM IST

Singh had pleaded guilty in November last year. (Representational Image)World
US judge awards 15 yrs of jail to Sikh man for plotting terror attacks...

Singh was sentenced yesterday by US District Judge Larry Hicks in Reno to 180 months in prison, Bogden said.

8 March 2017 2:43 PM IST

Security forces inspect the site of attack on a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)World
30 killed in Kabul military hopsital attack; ISIS claims...

No insurgent group immediately claimed responsibility for the ongoing assault on the Sardar Daud Khan hospital.

8 March 2017 2:23 PM IST

Fridays ruling was not the first to challenge the travel ban, but it was the most sweeping as it effectively vacated the main tenets of the order. (Photo: AFP)World
Hawaii plans to fight US President Trump's revised travel ban

Hawaii's lawsuit had been on hold while a nationwide injunction on the initial ban remained in place.

8 March 2017 10:53 AM IST

A labourer standing at a construction site in Kuwait City of the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah causeway.World
Kuwait turns Silk Road into a massive causeway

The 36-kilometre bridge will cut the driving time between Kuwait City and Subbiya to 20-25 minutes from 90 minutes now.

8 March 2017 10:49 AM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his Secretary of State, media reports said. (Photo: AP)World
US Secretary of State to visit Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing after North Korea...

Tillerson arrives in Tokyo on March 15; heads to Seoul on March 17, and on to Beijing on March 18.

8 March 2017 10:40 AM IST

179 militancy-hit schools reopen for students in PakistanWorld
179 militancy-hit schools reopen for students in Pakistan

The schools - predominantly those for girls - were targetted by militants from 2008 to 20011 in the region.

8 March 2017 10:26 AM IST

The New York State Gaming Commission says the ticket was part of the special 50th anniversary instant game, \USD 10,000,000 Cash.\ The games tickets cost USD 30 each. (Representational/ AP)World
New York couple wins USD 10 million on lottery scratch-off ticket

State officials say the winning ticket was purchased at a Stewart's Shop on Vassar Road in Poughkeepsie, in Hudson...

8 March 2017 10:15 AM IST

Local court records list the suspects name as Oliver Funes Machada, Sturges said. (Photo: YouTube Screengrab)World
US: 18-yr-old confesses to decapitating mom, walking with severed head...

The suspect was charged with first-degree murder Monday after he called 911 to say he had killed his mother.

8 March 2017 9:08 AM IST

Donald Trump is expected to sign the new order on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)World
Fears rise H-1B spouses may lose right to work in US

When he was a Senator, Jeff Sessions called H-4 Rule a 'change (in) immigration law in a way that hurts American...

8 March 2017 9:05 AM IST

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