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British top gun breaks the age barrier at 26

British top gun breaks the age barrier at 26

A 26-year-old woman in the UK is believed to have become the world’s youngest ever commercial airline captain,...

28 Sept 2016 6:54 AM IST

Hong Kong face readers raise quite a few eyebrows

Hong Kong face readers raise quite a few eyebrows

Traditional Hong Kong face reader Chow Hon-ming holds a mobile phone displaying images of US presidential hopefuls...

28 Sept 2016 6:53 AM IST

Pakistan passes historic Hindu Bill

Pakistan passes historic Hindu Bill

In a historic move, Pakistan’s Parliament has passed the much-delayed Bill to enable the country’s minority...

28 Sept 2016 6:49 AM IST

There’s no prosthetic for amputated spirits in Gaza

There’s no prosthetic for amputated spirits in Gaza

Every time he hears a loud noise, Imed al Firi hides his healthy leg under a cushion — a reflex he developed after...

28 Sept 2016 2:00 AM IST

Turkey sacks 87 spies for ‘links’ to failed coup

Turkey sacks 87 spies for ‘links’ to failed coup

Turkey has dismissed 87 staff from its spy agency over alleged links to the failed July 15 coup, state media said on...

28 Sept 2016 1:59 AM IST

Syria recaptures district in ‘appalling’ Aleppo attacks

A medic carries the body of a boy after he was pulled from the rubble following an air strike by government forces on...

28 Sept 2016 1:58 AM IST

Prince Charles feared being

Prince Charles feared being 'Shot' at Diana funeral

Britain’s Prince Charles feared being shot dead during his former wife Diana’s funeral in 1997 because he...

28 Sept 2016 12:44 AM IST

Swiss lawmakers say yes to banning burqa

Swiss lawmakers say yes to banning burqa

Switzerland’s lower House on Tuesday narrowly approved a draft Bill on a nationwide burqa ban, the ATS news agency...

28 Sept 2016 12:42 AM IST

Donald Trump smells a rat, says mic defective

Donald Trump smells a rat, says mic defective

Controversial Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has claimed that he was given a defective microphone in the...

28 Sept 2016 12:42 AM IST

Dynamite debate ‘explodes’ on Don

Dynamite debate ‘explodes’ on Don

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump strode out cloaked in icy politeness. Yet within minutes their debate degenerated into...

28 Sept 2016 12:41 AM IST

Rajnath Singh reviews BSF functioning, LoC security

Rajnath Singh reviews BSF functioning, LoC security

Union home minister Rajnath Singh reviewed security along the India-Pakistan border on Tuesday with top brass of the...

28 Sept 2016 12:12 AM IST

Sri Lankan police exhume body of slain editor

Sri Lankan police exhume body of slain editor

The Sri Lankan police on Tuesday exhumed the body of a prominent anti-establishment newspaper editor as part of an...

27 Sept 2016 11:52 PM IST