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‘No decision yet on charges in gorilla case’

‘No decision yet on charges in gorilla case’

No decision has been made yet on whether charges will be brought against the parents of a 3-year-old boy who fell into a...

3 Jun 2016 7:11 AM IST

Vikings have landed in the Americas, again

A thousand years after Viking explorer Leif Erikson set foot on the American continent, centuries before Christopher...

3 Jun 2016 7:10 AM IST

‘Little pink sausage’: Giant panda born in Belgium

‘Little pink sausage’: Giant panda born in Belgium

Female giant panda Hao Hao holds her cub in her mouth at the Paira Daiza zoological park in Belgium. (Photo: AFP)

3 Jun 2016 7:07 AM IST

China to US: Don’t let allies set South China Sea policy

China to US: Don’t let allies set South China Sea policy

The United States should not decide its policy on the South China Sea based on what its allies think, and should stick...

3 Jun 2016 6:58 AM IST

‘Islamabad is aware of Indian conspiracies’

‘Islamabad is aware of Indian conspiracies’

Pakistan said on Thursday that it was aware of Indian conspiracies to create instability in Karachi and Balochistan.

3 Jun 2016 6:57 AM IST

Families of MH17 crew file suit against Malaysia Airlines

Families of MH17 crew file suit against Malaysia Airlines

Families of six Malaysia Airlines crew members who were killed when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 filed...

3 Jun 2016 6:55 AM IST

Devotees visit a Sufi shrine in Dhaka. (Photo: AFP)

Sufis live in fear after Bangladesh machete slaughter

Each time he hears of the latest deadly machete attack, Ashraful Islam cannot help but think of his father’s...

3 Jun 2016 6:53 AM IST

India, US agree to share information on terror suspects

India, US agree to share information on terror suspects

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States, the two countries on Wednesday signed a key...

3 Jun 2016 1:32 AM IST

UCLA professor’s ‘killer’ is IIT alumnus

The Los Angeles police on Thursday identified a graduate engineering student, Mainak Sarkar, as the man who killed a...

3 Jun 2016 1:14 AM IST

Life behind plastic in Syria’s windowless city

A Syrian man works at his shop behind a front window sealed with plastic tarp in the rebel-held Kallaseh district of the...

3 Jun 2016 12:10 AM IST

China says Muslim practices to be protected during Ramadan

Restaurants will be allowed to keep their own hours and authorised activities in mosques and private homes will be...

2 Jun 2016 7:15 PM IST

The rate in 2015 fell to 22.3 births per 1,000 teenage girls aged 15 to 19, down from 24.2 births in 2014

Plummeting US teen birth rate hit record low in 2015: Report

The 2015 birthrate among teens was the lowest since the US federal government began tracking teenage births in 1940.

2 Jun 2016 2:19 PM IST