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Bangladesh foreign ministry officials said the personal officer of a Bangladeshi diplomat in Islamabad went missing on Monday.

Bangladesh, Pakistan briefly detain each other's embassy staff

The incident came after police in Dhaka detained Abrar Ahmed Khan, an official of Pakistan High Commission for his...

2 Feb 2016 3:35 PM IST

The rule change in the House of Representatives - where 40 of the 150 members are women can now bring babies into chambers

Lawmakers allowed to breastfeed in Australian Parliament

Opposition lawmaker Kate Ellis, whose son will have his first birthday in April, welcomed the change.

2 Feb 2016 3:31 PM IST

This undated handout picture of Schleswig Holstein shows dead sperm whales onshore at the Kaiser Wilhelm Koog in Germany

8 dead sperm whales washed ashore on German beach

The dead whales were lying close to each other in the mudflats of a restricted area of the Wadden Sea national park

2 Feb 2016 3:06 PM IST

Dejailson Arruda holds his daughter Luiza, who was born with microcephaly after her mother was infected with the Zika virus- AP

WHO declares global emergency over Zika virus spread

The last such public health emergency was declared for devastating 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

2 Feb 2016 10:14 AM IST

Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai. (Photo: AFP)

Malala Yousafzai's school among 8 in UK get terror threat

A Russia-based Twitter group had claimed responsibility for threats last week, saying they intended to cause 'mayhem'.

2 Feb 2016 10:02 AM IST

Supporters cheer as caucus returns are reported at Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, caucus night rally

Ted Cruz defeats Donald Trump in Iowa; Clinton, Sanders in tight race

US networks CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and ABC News all predicted the result in Cruz's favor over the billionaire Trump.

2 Feb 2016 9:59 AM IST

Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes that transmits the Zika virus. (Photo: AP)

WHO mulls calling health emergency over Zika outbreak

Taking the form of a telephone conference, the meeting is not expected to make its decision public until Tuesday at the...

2 Feb 2016 6:42 AM IST

People gather around the body of a man and his children who were killed in an attack by Boko Haram in Dalori village. — AP

Kids among 86 burnt to death by Boko Haram

A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children...

2 Feb 2016 6:42 AM IST

Pak woman gangraped on panchayat orders

Pak woman gangraped on panchayat orders

A Pakistani woman was allegedly gangraped by four men on the orders of a panchayat in Muzaffar-garh district of Punjab...

2 Feb 2016 6:40 AM IST

China arrests 4th Japanese for spying, claims Tokyo

China arrests 4th Japanese for spying, claims Tokyo

Japan on Monday denied that it carries out espionage activities abroad as it announced that Chinese authorities have...

2 Feb 2016 6:39 AM IST

At least 20 killed in Kabul suicide blast

At least 20 killed in Kabul suicide blast

Taliban claim responsibility

2 Feb 2016 6:39 AM IST

Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to participate in the inaugural session. — AP

Myanmar steps into Suu Kyi era

Hundreds of newly elected legislators, a majority of them from pro-democracy lea-der Aung San Suu Kyi’s party on...

2 Feb 2016 6:37 AM IST