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German Chancellor and candidate of the Christian Democratic Union for the upcoming election Angela Merkel delivers a speech in Dortmund. (Photo: AP)

Angela Merkel elected as German Chancellor for fourth time

Lawmakers voted 364-315 on Wednesday to re-elect Merkel, who ran unopposed. There were nine abstentions.

14 March 2018 2:52 PM IST

Four Muslim MPs in the British Parliament have been targeted with similar suspicious packages containing a mysterious sticky liquid and a letter calling for Punish a Muslim Day. (Photo: Representational)

4 British MPs receive suspicious' Punish a Muslim day' packages

Britain's counter-terrorism officers continue to investigate after similar Punish a Muslim Day' letters.

14 March 2018 2:30 PM IST

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in the report that the 62 allegations against personnel in 10 peacekeeping missions and one political mission were a drop from the 104 claims reported in 2016. (Photo: File)

138 sex abuse allegations against UN peacekeeping missions in 2017

Guterres has vowed to toughen the UN response to allegations of misbehaviour by peacekeepers and UN personnel.

14 March 2018 12:39 PM IST

The cause of the crash wasnt immediately known, but survivors from Channelview High School in metro Houston described being asleep one moment and tumbling through the air the next. (Photo: AP)

Disney World trip turns topsy-turvy as Texas school bus plunges into...

The crash tossed students around the vehicle and killed the driver.

14 March 2018 12:08 PM IST

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan

Squarely on chest: Shoe hurled at Imran Khan lands on PTI leader

The shoe hit PTI leader Aleem Khan as he was standing alongside Imran Khan, reported Geo News.

14 March 2018 11:16 AM IST

Legendary British scientist Stephen Hawking passes away at 76

Hawking contracted motor neurone disease in 1963 and was given two years to live.

14 March 2018 9:27 AM IST

Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, 32, was sentenced by US District Judge Brian Cogan in Brooklyn federal court. (Photo: AP)

US citizen sentenced to 45 yrs in jail for aiding al Qaeda bomb attack

Al Farekh had helped prepare an explosive device used in a January 19, 2009 attack on a US Forward Operating Base...

14 March 2018 9:11 AM IST

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned that US investments in China would bear the brunt of any trade war. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump sacks Rex Tillerson as US Secretary of State

US President Donald Trump replaces Rex Tillerson with CIA chief Mike Pompeo.

13 March 2018 6:46 PM IST

Senate Majority Leader Bill Dixs resignation from his leadership post and as a state senator was effective from 2 pm on Monday, according to a press release from Senate President Jack Whitver. (Photo: Iowa Senate Republicans website)

Married US Senator caught on camera kissing lobbyist, resigns

Republicans in the GOP-controlled chamber plan to elect a new majority leader on Wednesday.

13 March 2018 4:34 PM IST

Sri Lankas new Law and Order Minister Ranjith Maddumabandara said no fresh incidents of violence has been reported from anywhere in the country. (Photo: AP)

No need to extend 'state of emergency' in Sri Lanka: Law and Order...

The 10-day 'state of emergency' in Sri Lanka will expire on Thursday, March 15.

13 March 2018 3:59 PM IST

A meeting between US president Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un would mark a dramatic breakthrough in efforts to resolve the tense standoff over North Koreas effort to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland. (Photo: AFP)

Trump-Kim Jong Un meet happens only if N Korea fulfills promises: WH

US said Trump and Kim Jong Un meet would happen only if Pyongyang sticks to promises over its missiles and nuclear...

13 March 2018 3:21 PM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo: AP)

High likely Russia responsible for spy poisoning: Theresa May

British PM Theresa May told British lawmakers the military-grade nerve agent used in the attack was of a type developed...

13 March 2018 2:09 PM IST