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Canada Parliament passes assisted suicide bill

Canada’s Senate has voted to pass legislation allowing the terminally ill to end their life with a doctor’s...

19 Jun 2016 7:05 AM IST

Bangladesh: Militant involved in Hindu attack shot dead

Bangladesh: Militant involved in Hindu attack shot dead

A 17-year-old militant who was arrested this week while carrying out a failed assassination attempt on a Hindu lecturer...

19 Jun 2016 7:03 AM IST

Belgium arrests 12 in anti-terror crackdown

Belgium arrests 12 in anti-terror crackdown

The Belgian police staged sweeping nationwide anti-terror raids and arrested 12 people, officials said Saturday, as...

19 Jun 2016 7:01 AM IST

Democrats invoke national security

Democrats invoke national security

Democrats pushing for gun curbs after the latest mass shooting in the United States are co-opting a Republican mantra to...

19 Jun 2016 6:55 AM IST

Labour Member of Parliament Jo Cox (Photo: AP)

My name is Death to traitors, Freedom for Britain, says Thomas Mair

British lawmaker Jo Cox’s alleged killer ranted against “traitors” during a brief court appearance on...

19 Jun 2016 1:58 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

IOC crushes Vladimir Putin hope, backs Rio ban

Twenty-four hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would seek the intervention of the World Anti-Doping...

19 Jun 2016 1:52 AM IST

Edhi, who founded Edhi Foundation decades ago, runs one of the biggest fleet of ambulances, and dozens of clinics and orphanage

Pak releases obituary of philantropist Abdul Sattar Edhi by mistake

The 88-year-old enjoys bipartisan support and commands huge respect.

18 Jun 2016 7:38 PM IST

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed to eradicate the evil of honour killings, but no legislation has been tabled yet. (

Pakistan: Husband killed by wife's relatives in another honour killing

The murder happened at a marketplace in the Punjab city of Burewala on Friday.

18 Jun 2016 7:24 PM IST

US President Barack Obama. (Photo: AP)

Teach children to love and cherish differences: Barack Obama

Obama said he's thought a lot about parents who've had to explain the shooting deaths of 49 people at an Orlando night...

18 Jun 2016 6:11 PM IST

The federal prosecutors office said Saturday that homes and car ports were searched in 16 municipalities

Belgian authorities arrest 12 in major anti-terror raid

The operation comes as Belgium remains under the second highest terror alert in wake of the March 22 attacks.

18 Jun 2016 6:10 PM IST

Mother saves son from mauling by mountain lion in Colorado

Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill said there have been two, possible three, fatalities related...

18 Jun 2016 6:08 PM IST

Morsi as well as other defendants have been convicted for leaking classified documents to Qatar

Former Egypt President Morsi sentenced to 40 years in jail by court

Morsi was given an additional 15 years in prison in the same case, increasing his jail term to 40 years.

18 Jun 2016 6:03 PM IST