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The court ruled that the refusal by authorities in the Swiss city of Basel to exempt the couples two daughters from swimming lessons was justified by the need to promote the childrens social integration. (Photo: Pixabay)World
10-year-old US girl dies after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba...

The first symptoms of the infection typically appear about a week after the amoeba enters the nose.

17 Sept 2019 2:27 PM IST

Ravinder Rana, Chief Medical Superintendent of the district hospital said, We tried to resuscitate his breathing but there was no response from him as he was brought dead here. (Photo: Representational)World
Hindu medical student found dead in Pak's hostel room, brother claims...

Police is yet to ascertain whether the girl committed suicide or was murdered.

17 Sept 2019 2:00 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has formed a seven-member committee in connection with the status of Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: ANI)World
Police case against students for protesting at Imran Khan rally:...

Khan, in his speech at the rally, targeted India over the scrapping of special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

16 Sept 2019 8:06 PM IST

Iran on Sunday dismissed as \meaningless\ US accusations it was behind drone attacks on Saudi oil installations, suggesting Washington was seeking a pretext to retaliate against the Islamic republic. (Photo: AFP)World
Can't put blame for Saudi drone attacks without ascertaining facts:...

Drones claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia.

16 Sept 2019 2:49 PM IST

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk on the North Korean side in the Demilitarized Zone, Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Panmunjom. (Photo: AP)World
Kim Jong Un invites Donald Trump to North Korea in new letter: report

Trump subsequently said he would be willing to meet Kim at some point later this year.

16 Sept 2019 1:01 PM IST

A Pakistani pop star Rabi Pirzada, whose video of threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kashmir issue with snakes and crocodiles went viral, has been fined for keeping exotic animals at her beauty salon. (Photo: ANI)World
Pakistani popstar lands in legal trouble after threatening PM Modi...

The officer said Rabi Pirzada had regularly been uploading videos and photographs of these animals, which prompted...

16 Sept 2019 9:48 AM IST

Drone attacks targeted two major Saudi Aramco processing facility and oilfield in eastern Saudi Arabia Saturday, the Interior Ministry said, sparking a huge fire at one of the sites before dawn. (Photo: File)World
Oil prices soar over 10 pc after drone attacks in Saudi cut output by...

Brent soared almost 20 per cent at one point on Monday, while WTI surged around 15 per cent before paring the gains.

16 Sept 2019 9:31 AM IST

At least seven people were killed and another three injured when a small plane crashed in southwestern Colombia on Sunday, a firefighter said. (Photo: AFP)World
Colombia plane crash kills seven, three injured

The cause of the crash was not known and an investigation was underway, Ganan said.

16 Sept 2019 8:17 AM IST

Protesters turned Hong Kong streets into rivers of umbrellas Sunday as they marched from a packed park and filled a major road in Hong Kong, where mass pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity over the summer. (Photo: AP)World
Hong Kong protesters rally for support at British Consulate

Police also banned the group's August 31 march but protesters turned up anyway.

15 Sept 2019 2:49 PM IST

Narendra Modi and Imran Khan are scheduled to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan next month. (Photo: File)World
Pak could lose conventional war with India: Imran Khan

Islamabad has downgraded its diplomatic ties and suspended bilateral trade with India as a way to remonstrate.

15 Sept 2019 1:00 PM IST

Pakistan has conveyed to India that people travelling through the Kartarpur corridor on Saturday will also have to pay the USD 20 fee, sources said Friday. (Photo: File)World
Kartarpur: 5000 pilgrims can visit daily; free pick and drop, medical...

The Kartarpur corridor along the India-Pakistan border is nearly four kilometers away from Gurdaspur in Punjab, India.

14 Sept 2019 4:00 PM IST

Fights erupted in Hong Kong on Saturday with political rivals trading blows in a mall and Beijing supporters using Chinese flags to assault opponents on a street, deepening the citys polarisation after months of pro-democracy protests. (Photo: AFP)World
Fights break out as Hong Kong's polarisation deepens

Fights later broke out between pro-China and pro-democracy supporters in Amoy Plaza, a shopping centre on the other side...

14 Sept 2019 2:37 PM IST

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