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Chinese call for ‘dog meat fest’ ban

Chinese call for ‘dog meat fest’ ban

On the eve of the infamous annual “dog meat festival” in China, majority of Chinese Sunday for the first...

20 Jun 2016 12:07 AM IST

Terrorism is ‘haram’: Bangladesh clerics

Terrorism is ‘haram’: Bangladesh clerics

Over 100,000 Islamic scholars in Bangladesh have issued a fatwa, declaring militancy and terrorism in the name of Islam...

20 Jun 2016 12:05 AM IST

‘University of Jihad’ gets 300 million aid

‘University of Jihad’ gets 300 million aid

Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs 300 million in its budget to a madrasa known as the...

20 Jun 2016 12:04 AM IST

Valid papers vital to enter Pakistan, says Sartaj Aziz

Valid papers vital to enter Pakistan, says Sartaj Aziz

Pakistan said on Sunday that no one from Afghanistan will be allowed to cross into Pakistan without valid documents.

20 Jun 2016 12:02 AM IST

Pregnant woman, 3 others killed for ‘honour’

Pregnant woman, 3 others killed for ‘honour’

Three persons, including a heavily pregnant woman and her husband have been killed for marrying without their...

20 Jun 2016 12:00 AM IST

Donald Trump (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump targets Republicans for not helping him

Donald Trump railed on Saturday against efforts by some frustrated Republicans planning a last-ditch effort to try to...

19 Jun 2016 11:58 PM IST

Man charged for raping girl ‘gifted’ to him by parents

Man charged for raping girl ‘gifted’ to him by parents

The authorities in Pennsylvania have charged a man with raping a teenage girl with whom he fathered two children after...

19 Jun 2016 11:53 PM IST

Syria: 3 killed at Christian massacre memorial

Syria: 3 killed at Christian massacre memorial

Three people were killed in northeast Syria on Sunday when a suicide bomber attacked an event commemorating the massacre...

19 Jun 2016 11:52 PM IST

Russia no show at Orthodox meet

Russia no show at Orthodox meet

Orthodox church leaders from around the world met in Greece on Sunday for the first such gathering in a millennium, but...

19 Jun 2016 11:51 PM IST

Barack Obama unlikely to be swayed over Syria policy

Barack Obama unlikely to be swayed over Syria policy

Exasperated US diplomats are in open revolt over Barack Obama’s Syria policy, but radical change is unlikely in...

19 Jun 2016 11:48 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

America is the only superpower: Vladimir Putin

Accepting the United States is probably the world’s sole superpower, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said...

19 Jun 2016 11:46 PM IST

Vanuatu is part of the Ring of Fire, a zone of tectonic activity around the Pacific that is subject to frequent earthquakes

6.6 magnitude earthquake hits off Vanuatu, earthquake, Ring of Fire

The shallow quake struck 101 kilometres (63 miles) southwest of the town of Isangel on Tanna island, USGS said.

19 Jun 2016 4:38 PM IST