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Oxford University students complain over too many essays

Some of them were expected to write up to three essays a week while others submitted only one for the same course.

15 Jun 2016 5:42 PM IST

China willing to pay the price of defiance in South China Sea row

By its actions, China is demonstrating that countries can reject such measures whenever they conflict with their...

15 Jun 2016 5:41 PM IST

Armed worker took hostages, fatally shot at Texas Wal-Mart, says...

Police said the incident began over a dispute related to a promotion and called the incident a workplace violence event.

15 Jun 2016 5:01 PM IST

If returned to office, Brazil's Rousseff favours new election

Rousseff was impeached and suspended by the Senate last month for allegedly using fiscal tricks to hide yawning gaps in...

15 Jun 2016 5:00 PM IST

The video shows Larossi Abballa, the suspect in the knifing of a French police couple confessing to the killings. (Photo: AP)

'I just killed a police officer', says France stabbing suspect on...

Abballa posted the video on Facebook, and he made declaration of allegiance to IS in response to the group's calls to...

15 Jun 2016 1:41 PM IST

Thailands former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra. (Photo: AP)

Former Thai PM Yingluck wows fans but remains divisive figure

Yingluck has been on trial for corruption over a multi-million-dollar rice subsidy scheme.

15 Jun 2016 1:21 PM IST

The boy was playing in the water while his family of five, vacationing from Nebraska, relaxed on the edge of the lagoon.

2-year-old missing after alligator drags him into lagoon at Disney...

Wildlife and marine officials are searching for the boy who disappeared after the alligator took him away.

15 Jun 2016 1:15 PM IST

The 100,000 ton Stennis, which carries F-18 fighter jets, joined nine other naval ships. (Photo: AP/File)

Chinese spy ship shadows US, Japan, India naval drill in Western...

The show of American naval power comes as Japan and US worry Beijing will look to extend its influence in the region.

15 Jun 2016 11:36 AM IST

A Disney manager in Florida told AFP that Mateen had visited the park in April. (Photo: Facebook)

Disney World increases security after shooter's wife calls it...

Gunman behind the massacre in Orlando may have scouted Disney World in Florida as a possible target.

15 Jun 2016 11:13 AM IST

The Third Fleet, based in San Diego, California, traditionally has confined its operations to eastern side of the Pacific Ocean

US Third Fleet expands East Asia role as tensions rise with China

More Third Fleet vessels will be deployed in the region in the future, said a US official who requested anonymity.

15 Jun 2016 10:08 AM IST

Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Photo: AP)

Iran vows to burn nuclear agreement if US scraps it

Republican candidate Donald Trump has called the nuclear agreement "catastrophic".

15 Jun 2016 9:55 AM IST

The Dalai Lama has lived in exile in India since 1959 after a failed uprising in Tibet. (Photo: AP)

Barack Obama to meet Dalai Lama at White House today

Beijing vigorously lobbies against foreign leaders meeting the Dalai Lama 'in any form.'

15 Jun 2016 9:51 AM IST