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The fire started after a massive explosion inside a boiler at a company named Ramedeo chemicals. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

At least 18 charred to death in China karaoke lounge fire; police...

The blaze took place after midnight in a three-storey building in Qingyuan City, Guangdong province, and was put out...

24 April 2018 9:42 AM IST

Former President George H.W. Bush at the funeral of his wife, Barbara, last week at St. Martins Episcopal Church in Houston. on April 21, 2018. The elder George Bush was hospitalized on April 23, 2018, with a blood infection

Former US President George HW Bush admitted to Houston hospital

Bush was admitted to the same hospital about a year ago for a cough that was later diagnosed as a mild case of...

24 April 2018 8:40 AM IST

Toronto police investigates an incident where an van struck multiple people at a major intersection. (Photo: AP)

Toronto: 10 dead, 16 hurt as van runs into pedestrians; suspect held

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) identified the suspect as Alek Minassian, 25.

24 April 2018 6:32 AM IST

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Sushma Swaraj meets Xi ahead of summit

SCO development top priority, says Jinping.

24 April 2018 1:57 AM IST

Neither 28-year-old Abdeslam -- who is being held in jail in France pending a separate trial over the 2015 Paris attacks in which 130 people died -- nor Ayari, 24, were in court for the verdict. (Photo: AFP)

Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam sentenced to 20 yrs over Brussels...

In its judgment, the court said 'there can be no doubt' about jihadist Salah Abdeslam and Sofiane Ayari's involvement in...

23 April 2018 3:34 PM IST

A general view of the south fence of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Tens of thousands of Chinese tourists are believed to visit North Korea every year, with many crossing via train through the Chinese border city of Dandong. (Photo: AFP | representational)

Heavy casualties' as North Korean bus with Chinese tourists falls from...

Chinese tourism to the North has continued even though Beijing has enforced a slew of UN over Pyongyang's nuclear...

23 April 2018 1:30 PM IST

The 18-year-old, who resides with her impoverished family in a mud-brick house in a village in Afghanistans eastern province of Nangarhar, has pretended to be a boy for most of her life. (Photo: AFP)

For more than a decade, Afghan girl disguised as son' her parents...

With 5 sisters and no brothers, Sitara lives by gender-twisting custom known as 'bacha poshi', which refers to a girl...

23 April 2018 12:11 PM IST

The EU and Mexico released a statement, about an agreement in principle over trade, from EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom (L), Mexico Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal (R). (Photo: AFP)

EU, Mexico reach 'agreement in principle' on free-trade deal

The move has stoked tensions and uncertainty among signatories to the deal, which also include Canada.

23 April 2018 10:52 AM IST

I dont think the older kids like being beaten by me. The Russians are the hardest to play against, the nine-year-old said. (Photo: Facebook | Shreyas Royal)

9-year-old chess prodigy from India caught in visa battle in UK

Shreyas started playing the game at the age of five and went on to be named the world's youngest candidate master within...

23 April 2018 10:39 AM IST

Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

Trump strikes cautious note ahead of summit, says long way to go on N...

N Korea said it was suspending nuclear and missile tests and scrapping nuclear test site, and instead pursuing economic...

23 April 2018 8:39 AM IST

The court was hearing an appeal against non-registration of a divorce application on grounds that one of the parties was away in the US and did not present herself in court to file her consent.

US man who went on sex trips to Philippines gets 330 yrs jail for...

Authorities say David Lynch's victims were as young as 6 years old and that he posted videos online dating back to 2005.

23 April 2018 8:24 AM IST

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Nine-year-old chess prodigy in visa row

The family had moved to London from Bengaluru in 2012 when Shreyas was three years old.

23 April 2018 2:16 AM IST