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Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (Photo: AP)

Aung San Suu Kyi makes UN debut with speech

Former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi made her first speech at the UN General Assembly since forming a...

23 Sept 2016 7:06 AM IST

A protester is taken into custody by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo: AP)

Protests rock North Carolina curfew

Residents of Charlotte, North Carolina, woke up to a state of emergency and the National Guard and State Highway Patrol...

23 Sept 2016 7:00 AM IST

No quantum of solace for UK

No quantum of solace for UK

Britain plans to hire hundreds of spies by 2020 amid increased threats to peace from radical terror groups and to...

23 Sept 2016 6:56 AM IST

Ball of flame engulfs aid-starved Aleppo

A Syrian carries a baby after removing him from the rubble of a destroyed building following an air strike in Qatarji,...

23 Sept 2016 6:54 AM IST

Iraq pushes IS out from town in mission Mosul

Iraq pushes IS out from town in mission Mosul

Iraq announced on Thursday that its forces have recaptured a northern town from the Islamic State group in an operation...

23 Sept 2016 6:52 AM IST

Bombs for brides is IS dowry system in Libya

Bombs for brides is IS dowry system in Libya

Islamic State’s (IS) marriage contracts unearthed by pro-government forces battling the group in Libya reveal that...

23 Sept 2016 6:51 AM IST

Some of India’s former Test captains pose at a felicitation to mark the team’s 500th Test match in Kanpur on Thursday. — PTI

Israeli settlers make last stand on West Bank hill

On a wind-blown hill in Palestinian territory, Elad Ziv, wearing sandals, a T-shirt and a Jewish skullcap, stands...

23 Sept 2016 6:50 AM IST

Feezan Hameed Choudhary

Pak-origin fraudster gets 11 years for UK’s biggest cyber con

A British-Pakistani conman, who was involved in a £113-million cyber-fraud and made so much money that he flew a...

23 Sept 2016 6:24 AM IST

A still from the movie Visaranai

Record 31 Indian universities make it to world’s top list

India has improved its position in the global higher education, with a record 31 educational institutions making it to a...

23 Sept 2016 6:15 AM IST

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had battled Sri Lankan forces for a separate Tamil homeland.(Photo: AP)

EU court moves to keep Tamil Tigers, Hamas off terrorism list

EU had imposed asset freezes and travel bans dating back 15 years on members of Hamas and the LTTE.

22 Sept 2016 7:39 PM IST

(Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Morocco detains 4 'dangerous' Islamic State suspects

The head of cell had been contacted by a Moroccan ISIS member and had planned to travel to join the jihadists in Iraq or...

22 Sept 2016 7:35 PM IST

US celebrities’ diss Donald Trump, rally voters to the polls

The get-out-the-vote video was unveiled less than seven weeks before the November 8 presidential election.

22 Sept 2016 7:34 PM IST