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WHO panel on Zika virus to meet next weekWorld
WHO panel on Zika virus to meet next week

The World Health Organisation’s emergency committee on Zika will meet early next week to consider new evidence and...

8 Jun 2016 7:14 AM IST

In Xinjiang, DNA must for passportsWorld
In Xinjiang, DNA must for passports

Residents of a border district in China’s mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang must now provide DNA samples when...

8 Jun 2016 7:13 AM IST

Thai police finds tiger slaughterhouse in templeWorld
Thai police finds tiger slaughterhouse in temple

Thailand police investigating now infamous Tiger Temple found what they believe was a slaughterhouse and tiger holding...

8 Jun 2016 7:13 AM IST

At bilateral meet, US, China stuck on sea disputeWorld
At bilateral meet, US, China stuck on sea dispute

China told the United States on Tuesday that it should play a constructive role in safeguarding peace in the disputed...

8 Jun 2016 7:11 AM IST

Sri Lanka will declare 65,000 missing after civil war deadWorld
Sri Lanka will declare 65,000 missing after civil war dead

Sri Lanka Tuesday announced a landmark law to recognise as dead an estimated 65,000 people still missing seven years...

8 Jun 2016 7:10 AM IST

Thousands of birds culled in HK over avian flu scareWorld
Thousands of birds culled in HK over avian flu scare

Hong Kong culled 4,500 birds on Tuesday after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was discovered in a chicken at a local...

8 Jun 2016 7:09 AM IST

‘Saudis still reviewing 2015 Haj stampede’World
‘Saudis still reviewing 2015 Haj stampede’

Saudi authorities are still reviewing a deadly stampede which struck last year’s Haj pilgrimage, the minister of...

8 Jun 2016 7:08 AM IST

Hindu priest murdered in BanglaWorld
Hindu priest murdered in Bangla

ISIS claims responsibility; ‘high ranking’ millitants killed in crackdown.

8 Jun 2016 7:07 AM IST

Drones become key cog in US war machineWorld
Drones become key cog in US war machine

When US drones obliterated a car carrying Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last month, it was the kind of targeted...

8 Jun 2016 6:38 AM IST

Could a millionaire save Iraq’s SunnisWorld
Could a millionaire save Iraq’s Sunnis

For at least a decade, Iraqi business mogul Khamis Khanjar has bankrolled Sunni politicians and fighters alike.

8 Jun 2016 6:37 AM IST

Pakistan Army removes roofs to spot militantsWorld
Pakistan Army removes roofs to spot militants

House after house flicks by hundreds of feet beneath a military helicopter, many distinguished by one arresting feature:...

8 Jun 2016 12:16 AM IST

2008 Mumbai terror attacks. (Photo: PTI/File)World
In documentary, China acknowledges Pak’s role in Mumbai terror...

The documentary highlighted role of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its sponsors in Pakistan in the horrific attack.

7 Jun 2016 2:20 PM IST

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