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Over the centuries, five million, possibly 10 million slaves took this route. No-one knows the exact numbers. (Photo: AFP)

Descendants of slaves on a voodoo pilgrimage in Benin

The cars, motorbikes and women in wrap skirts with tribal scars on their cheeks head to the Gate of No Return monument.

12 Jan 2017 3:48 PM IST

Anders Behring Breivik raises his right hand at the start of his appeal case in Borgarting Court of Appeal at Telemark prison in Skien. (Photo: AP)

Breivik trying to spread his ideology from prison: Attorney General

Breivik has considered the possibility of using national-socialist dating adverts as a means of spreading his ideology.

12 Jan 2017 3:45 PM IST

The incident prompted anti-racism campaigners to stage a vigil after the assault which took place last week in the restaurant close to Hammersmith Town Hall in West London. (Representational Image)

Man tries to rip off Muslim woman's hijab at eatery in UK

After the attack, restaurant staff called police but the suspect fled the scene.

12 Jan 2017 3:19 PM IST

Experts say a series of massacres in Brazilian jails were part of a war between organized drug gangs in one of the worlds most important cocaine markets . (Photo: AFP)

Cocaine gang war drives Brazil prison bloodbaths

They say it was part of a war between organized drug gangs in one of the world's most important cocaine markets and...

12 Jan 2017 1:20 PM IST

Sikhs have been campaigning for quite some time to get the restrictions removed and were pressing the White House to push the changes. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

More Sikhs plan to join US Army after new rule

The US Army last week issued new regulations on religious liberty to accommodate people who wear beards, turbans or...

12 Jan 2017 1:16 PM IST

US president Donald Trump

Mexico would pay for wall on the border: Trump

Donald Trump said, his administration would immediately move ahead with its plan to construct a wall along the southern...

12 Jan 2017 1:14 PM IST

US president Donald Trump

H-1B visa curbs coming soon, promises Trump's pick for attorney...

In the past, both Mr Sessions and Mr Grassley have worked together to bring legislations on H-1B visas that badly hit...

12 Jan 2017 12:52 PM IST

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his Secretary of State, media reports said. (Photo: AP)

Rex Tillerson opposes blanket ban on Muslims' entry into US

Tillerson said the US must win the war against Islamic terrorists not just on the battlefield, but must triumph in the...

12 Jan 2017 12:48 PM IST

An American national who was allegedly drugged and gangraped at a hotel in Delhi in April, has returned to India to record her statement and identify the accused. (Representational image)

Sex assault cases lead to soul-searching in Israel

Increasingly, several high-profile sexual assault cases have been reported in the country of late.

12 Jan 2017 9:40 AM IST

Donald Trumps Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions

Trump's Atty Gen nominee hints at curb on H-1B visas

The H-1B work visas are widely used by Indian IT professionals allegedly leading to replacement of American workers.

12 Jan 2017 9:10 AM IST

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

US firms send jobs abroad will pay 'major border tax', says Donald...

Donald Trump and a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin have denied the allegations.

11 Jan 2017 11:01 PM IST

Phillip Cullen, of Cadbury Heath, Bristol, is accused of six offences related to the endangered Large Blue (Maculinea arion). (Photo: YouTube)

Man in court charged with killing UK's rarest butterfly

The accused is alleged to have captured and killed two butterflies from sites in Gloucestershire and Somerset in 2015.

11 Jan 2017 5:37 PM IST