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Marijuana grows at a medical marijuana cultivation centre in Albion, Illinois. (Photo: AP )

Israel takes first step in exporting medical marijuana

In January, Israel moved toward decriminalizing small-scale personal use of marijuana and authorities are supportive of...

6 Feb 2017 9:37 AM IST

A file photo of Thailands King Bhumibol Adulyadej. (Photo: AP)

A fitting tribute to Thailand's much-loved King Bhumibol

Buddhism, India's gift to Thailand, and to the world, once more reveals its phenomenal power of adaptation in the 21st...

6 Feb 2017 12:51 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Respect for 'killer' Putin: US President

During the Trump-Putin call, Kremlin said there were discussions on improving economic relations, a sign of removal of...

5 Feb 2017 8:56 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: File)

Qatar Airways flight makes the longest trip ever

Qatar Airways did not have a figure for the number of passengers who boarded but it is believed there are 4 pilots and...

5 Feb 2017 6:26 PM IST

Syrian refugee child sits in a stroller outside his familys tent. (Photo: AP)

ISIS enlisting child refugees; 88,300 at risk: UK report

An estimated 88,300 unaccompanied children identified by the EU police agency Europol as having gone missing are at risk...

5 Feb 2017 4:22 PM IST

SDMC has operationalised a new dog sterilisation centre as the civic body completed the census of stray dogs, which has pegged their number at 1,89,285. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Taiwan bans euthanasia of stray animals

The law came into effect Saturday, two years after it was passed by parliament -- a period meant to prepare shelters for...

5 Feb 2017 4:06 PM IST

A passerby lifts a paper sheet covering an anti-Pope Francis poster to read it, in central Rome. (Photo: AP)

Anonymous posters criticising pope appear in Rome

The text accused Francis of interventions aiming conservatives, including what the posters called "the beheading of the...

5 Feb 2017 3:50 PM IST

Trump seems to have a tough battle on his hand to please his protesters. (Photo: AFP)

US court denies Trump's request to immediately restore travel ban

The Trump administration declared that a federal judge in Seattle overstepped his authority by temporarily blocking the...

5 Feb 2017 3:06 PM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Diagnosed with cancer, woman names her tumour after Donald Trump

Elise Stapleton was left stunned when doctors told her she had Hodgkin lymphoma in September last year.

5 Feb 2017 1:34 PM IST

U.S. free style wrestler Daniel Bergman, left, signs Iranian flags for Iranian boys during Takhti Wrestling Cup, on the Persian Gulf island of Kish, Iran. (Photo: AP)

Iran allows US wrestling team in after travel ban suspended

Trump issued an executive order last week banning nationals from seven nations - including Iran.

5 Feb 2017 1:32 PM IST

The incident happened in Fort Bend district, a suburb in Houston where the majority of the population is of South Asian origin. (Photo: AP)

'Go back, need to get rid of Indians': Asian family wakes up to hate...

The family, described as Asian by family friend Tony Wadhawan, is too frightened to report it to police, much less...

5 Feb 2017 10:15 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: PTI)

US court blocks Muslim ban, Trump says that's ridiculous

The White House said in a statement that the department of justice would fight the court to defend the travel ban.

5 Feb 2017 5:49 AM IST