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Inequality will be among the issues topping the agenda on the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. (Photo: AP)

Eight men own half the world's wealth: Oxfam

The wealth of the world's poorest 3.6 billion people equals the combined net worth of 6 US businessmen, 1 from Spain and...

16 Jan 2017 8:30 AM IST

Barack Obama says the move would bring greater consistency to the US immigration policy.

'Yes we can': Obama's complex legacy

Barack Hussein Obama will leave the Oval Office at age 55 with his popularity near his all-time high, much like Ronald...

16 Jan 2017 8:00 AM IST

This undated photograph released by the Israel Antiquities Authority shows a pendant that appears identical to one belonging to Anne Frank, Israels Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. (Photo: AP)

Israel says Nazi camp excavations unearth link to Anne Frank

Researchers excavating the remains of one of the death camps have uncovered a pendant that appears identical to one...

16 Jan 2017 7:53 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Nawaz Sharif allies back out over military courts

Key allies Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Baloch nationalist parties are denying support to their senior partner.

16 Jan 2017 7:03 AM IST

US secretary of state John Kerry with Vo Ban Tam, 70, who was a member of the former Viet Cong and who took part in the attack on Mr Kerrys Swift Boat on February 28, 1969, while on a tour of the region in the Mekong River Delta. (Photo: AFP)

When Viet Cong vet almost got Lieutenant Kerry

Grabbing an M-16 rifle the then 26-year-old chased down the guerilla and shot him dead, saving his crew from a...

16 Jan 2017 7:01 AM IST

South Korean hostage Park Chul-hong and Filipino hostage Glen Alindajao after reaching Davao following their release after three months of captivity on Saturday from kidnappers in the volatile island of Jolo in Philippines. (Photo: AP)

Bomb captors and captives, says Rodrigo Duterte

Philippines President calls loss of civilian lives in such attacks collateral damage.

16 Jan 2017 6:57 AM IST

US president Donald Trump

Trump will face pink wall a day after inauguration

Name of the hats comes partly from President-elect Trump's comments in an infamous 2005 tape that came to light during...

16 Jan 2017 6:52 AM IST

Brennan said intelligence officials briefed Trump on a dossier of unverified but potentially damaging information Russia had on him because it was well known and they wanted the president-elect to be aware of it. (Photo: AP)

CIA director says Trump tweeting harms security

Brennan said the national security questions Trump will face after becoming president on Friday are not 'about him.'

15 Jan 2017 9:18 PM IST

Alexandria Vera, 24, pleaded guilty last year to aggravated sexual assault of a child and was hoping to avoid prison and just get probation. (Photo: AP)

Texas teacher gets 10 years in jail for having sex with 13-year-old...

Vera initially was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child, which carries a maximum life prison sentence.

15 Jan 2017 9:09 PM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump takes questions during a news conference. (Photo: AP)

18 Democratic lawmakers to boycott Trump's inauguration

Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva said he will not be attending the inauguration of Trump as the next president.

15 Jan 2017 8:55 PM IST

President Barack Obamas fluffy family dogs Bo and Sunny have stolen Americans hearts. (Photo: AP)

First petless White House in 150 years when Trump moves in?

With Trump's inauguration on January 20, many are left wondering if his family will have a pet residing with them at the...

15 Jan 2017 8:44 PM IST

Women holding guns in Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan. (Photo: Twitter)

In northern Afghanistan, bereaved women take up arms to fight ISIS

Nearly all of the women have lost a husband, son or brother to the Taliban or the newly active Islamic State in the...

15 Jan 2017 3:41 PM IST