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Chinese students jailed for attack on classmatesWorld
Chinese students jailed for attack on classmates

Three students from China were sentenced Wednesday to years in prison after prosecutors said they stripped, beat and...

19 Feb 2016 2:23 AM IST

‘El Nino begins decline after powerful impact’World
‘El Nino begins decline after powerful impact’

The 2015-2016 El Nino weather phenomenon, one of the most powerful on record, has begun its decline but continues to...

19 Feb 2016 2:21 AM IST

UK universities condemn ‘attack on dissent’World
UK universities condemn ‘attack on dissent’

Eight top universities in the UK, including Oxford and Cambridge, on Thursday came out in support of Jawaharlal Nehru...

19 Feb 2016 1:28 AM IST

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UN aims to make first air drops of food in Syria

UN does not have direct access to areas held by IS where civilians are facing severe food shortages and sharply...

18 Feb 2016 8:09 PM IST

KarachiWorld
Pakistani Hindus want marriage law amended

The demand comes over a controversial clause that a marriage will be dissolved if either spouse changes religion.

18 Feb 2016 7:42 PM IST

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Head of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab dead: Kenya

Al Shabaab has inflated casualty figures in the past, while other official estimates often play them down.

18 Feb 2016 7:40 PM IST

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Obama to visit Cuba in March to address human rights

'America will always stand for human rights around the world.', said Obama.

18 Feb 2016 7:34 PM IST

Pakistan now ranks after China and Iran, carrying out 324 hangings in 2015 alone, the report showed.World
Pak ranks third in number of executions: report

Pakistan lifted a moratorium on executions in late 2014 as a measure to deter militancy.

18 Feb 2016 7:32 PM IST

Iraq says 1,700 cadets were executed in 2014 at the Speicher military base in Tikrit (Photo: AFP)World
Iraq court sentences 40 to death over 2014 Tikrit massacre

Court found 40 of 47 defendants guilty of involvement in the ‘Speicher’ massacre where the victims were...

18 Feb 2016 6:13 PM IST

26/11 Mumbai terror attacks (Photo: AFP)World
26/11 case: Pak court orders deposition of Indian witnesses

The order could further delay proceedings in the high-profile case.

18 Feb 2016 5:03 PM IST

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German court rejects animal sex ban challenge

The animal protection law forbids sex acts with animals or supplying animals to others for sex

18 Feb 2016 5:02 PM IST

A Roma girl carries her brother on a street in the run-down village of Ekzarh AntimovoWorld
Babies for sale: Bulgarian Roma fuel illegal adoption trade

rinding poverty among this often oppressed minority fuels the trend, and the 'explanations' given by the bereft mothers...

18 Feb 2016 11:45 AM IST

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