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The UN Population Fund projects that the estimated 3.9 million girls subjected to genital cutting every year will rise to 4.6 million by 2030 due to expected population growth unless urgent action is taken. (Photo: AP/Representational)World
Leave vaginas alone: 68 mn women face genital mutilation by 2030, UN...

Over 200 million women and girls in 30 countries across three continents have experienced genital mutilation.

7 Feb 2018 11:23 AM IST

The worst-hit Marshal Hotel partly crumpled into the ground, leaving it slanting on its side, as rescuers on cranes attempted to free people from its upper floors. (Photo: ANI)World
Two dead, over 200 injured in 6.4-magnitude quake in Taiwan

A hotel and an apartment block were the worst hit by the quake in the port city of Hualien, according to the national...

7 Feb 2018 8:24 AM IST

The Supreme Court decision is s seen by opposition activists as a blow to their attempts at toppling President Abdulla Yameen - accused of plunging the tiny Indian Ocean nation into political turmoil.. (Photo: AFP)World
Maldives crisis: Top court revokes order to free political prisoners

The court's original decision had quashed a terrorism conviction against ex-president and opposition leader Mohamed...

7 Feb 2018 7:58 AM IST

Syrian rescuers evacuate badly injured people following regime strikes on the besieged rebel-held enclave of Kafr Batna near Damascus on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)World
Syria regime strikes kill 35 civilians

The bloodshed came a day after another 31 civilians were killed in Eastern Ghouta.

7 Feb 2018 6:55 AM IST

MQMP in an earlier meeting at the partys Bahadur Abad office decided to award tickets for the upcoming Senate elections to Farogh Naseem, Nasreen Jalil, Aminul Haque and Shabbir Qaimkhani. (Photo: AP)World
MQMP faces split over awarding Senate tickets

MQMP convener Dr Farooq Sattar suggested the name of deputy convener Kamran Tessori for the ticket.

7 Feb 2018 2:43 AM IST

President Jacob Zuma appointed Justice Ray Zondo as Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa. (Photo: Twitter)World
Zuma speech postponed amid calls to quit

ANC, divided on Zuma's fate, to meet today.

7 Feb 2018 2:32 AM IST

Deep in Ethiopias desert region of Afar, about nine in 10 women and girls undergo female genital mutilation, many before their first birthday. (Representational Image)World
Female genital mutilation a painful, gory reality, world unites to end...

Later when my menstruation began, because the opening was too tiny, the pain worsened even more.'

6 Feb 2018 7:14 PM IST

Nurdin fled the scene but was caught by authorities after being shot in the leg. He now faces life imprisonment. (Photo: File/Representational)World
Indonesian man kills neighbour for asking about 'marriage plans'...

Nurdin visited Aisyah, 32 in her home and strangled her to death even as she expected to give birth.

6 Feb 2018 6:42 PM IST

Trump laid out a four-pillar immigration plan, one of the major debates that loomed over his first year in office, and sought the backing of the Congress for a merit-based immigration system. (Photo: AP)World
Russia probe complicates further as WH pushes for release of another...

The Democratic document attempts to counter some of the arguments and evidence put forward by the Republicans.

6 Feb 2018 6:35 PM IST

\I have not yet forgotten what they (Sharifs) have done to Benazir Bhutto (his wife) and me. We forgave them and signed Charter of Democracy, but still Mian sahib (Nawaz) betrayed me and went to court in memogate in order to label me a traitor,\ Asif Ali Zardari said. (Photo: AFP)World
Rajiv, Benazir were ready to resolve Kashmir issue amicably: Zardari

Zardari also revealed that Pervez Musharraf had come up with a plan on Kashmir issue but other generals could not agree...

6 Feb 2018 5:55 PM IST

Melanias long yellow overcoat is deceivingly draped over her shoulders leading the President to mistakenly grab her sleeves instead of her hand. (Photo: AFP)World
Awkward! Donald Trump tries to grab Melania's hand again, fails

Trump and Melania were proceeding to board Marine One as they were set to travel to Ohio from the White House.

6 Feb 2018 5:39 PM IST

Appearing on-air in his wedding attire, the TV reporter covered the breaking news and interviewed his father, wife, mother-in-law and even his own mother. (Photo: Youtube screengrab)World
Pak journalist takes social media by storm after covering own wedding

A Pakistani reporter went above and beyond the call of duty when he covered his own wedding.

6 Feb 2018 4:10 PM IST

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