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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Barack Obama. (Photo: AP/File)

Obama to host Modi at White House, meeting to last for over two hours

Seventh Modi-Obama meeting will highlight the deepening of the US-India relationship in key areas.

7 Jun 2016 1:56 PM IST

Bangladeshi authorities have been coming under mounting international pressure to end string of attacks on religious minorities

Crackdown on Bangladesh Islamists as Hindu priest murdered

Two high-ranking members of the Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh were shot dead in a battle in Dhaka and another was...

7 Jun 2016 1:38 PM IST

Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan Province on the energy-rich Persian Gulf nations southern coast

India's Chabahar port plan is to counter China's plan: media

India has recently committed USD 400 million in steel to construction of the railway connecting Chabahar and Zahedan.

7 Jun 2016 1:35 PM IST

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky. (Photo: AP)

Judge in Stanford sex assault case called fair, respected

Aaron Persky however has come under attack for sentencing a former Stanford University swimmer to six months in jail for...

7 Jun 2016 11:34 AM IST

An image of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens Gorilla World enclosure moat wall. (Photo: AP)

Ohio zoo reopening exhibit where boy fell, gorilla was shot

The killing of the gorilla, a male named Harambe, set off a torrent of criticism online.

7 Jun 2016 11:33 AM IST

The Hindu priests head had been nearly severed from his neck. (Representational Image: AP)

Hindu priest slaughtered in western Bangladesh: police

The priest's body was found in a rice field near his home in the village of Noldanga.

7 Jun 2016 11:14 AM IST

Photo: AP/File)

ISIS burns 19 Yazidi slaves alive for refusing to have sex

The women were put in iron cages and set on fire as punishment in front of hundreds of people.

7 Jun 2016 11:10 AM IST

US President Barack Obama and Chinas Xi Jinping. (Photo: AFP)

US presses China to reduce barriers for foreign business

US business groups have also complained about new Chinese regulations they say favour local firms.

7 Jun 2016 11:09 AM IST

German President says won’t serve a second term

German President Joachim Gauck said on Monday that he would not serve a second five-year term, a decision which could...

7 Jun 2016 10:03 AM IST

Afghan migrants stranded in Greece pray at the port of Piraeus, near Athens. (Photo: AP)

Ramzan begins, many observe it under cloud of war

More than a billion Muslims observed the start of Ramzan on Monday, but in the besieged cities of Syria and Iraq...

7 Jun 2016 10:02 AM IST

UK paedophile gets 22 life terms for Malay abuse

A British paedophile who preyed on Christian children in an impoverished part of Kuala Lumpur was sentenced on Monday to...

7 Jun 2016 9:54 AM IST

Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a campaign rally at Sacramento City College in California. (Photo: AFP)

Hillary Clinton wins Puerto Rico primary

Hillary Clinton defeated her rival Bernie Sanders in Puerto Rico’s Democratic primary Sunday, bringing her to the...

7 Jun 2016 9:48 AM IST