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Indian-origin author brutally assaulted in South Africa for praising Salman Rushdie
Zainub Priya Dala was hit in the face with a brick last week after she praised Rushdie's writing at a school in Durban.
Suicide bombers kill 137 in Yemen mosque attacks
Four bombers wearing explosive belts targeted worshippers in and around the crowded mosques.
MH17 crash: Dutch team to inspect new areas in Ukraine
A team of 12 Dutch officials left for Ukraine to gather new evidence on last year's crash of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
New technology to select healthiest sperm to boost In-Vitro-Fertilisation
Microfluidics - micro-scale technologies that were originally developed to enable high-throughput gene sequencing and for Point-of-Care diagnostics - are now being adapted to enhance sperm sorting.
UN expert demands international action on North Korea abductions
"There is a real sense of urgency to solve this matter once and for all," said Marzuki Darusman, the UN's independent expert on the rights situation in North Korea.
Tipu Sultan's arms and armour to be auctioned in London
The collection features sabres, gem-set trophy swords, embroidered arrow quivers, exquisite quilted helmets, blunderbusses, fowling pieces, sporting guns, pistols, and a three-pounder bronze cannon, with each and every weapon a work of art in its own righ...
Man, boy in Islamic State killing video are French citizens: Official
In the video, the man praises attacks on Jews "in your own stronghold in France" as he and the boy stand behind the man about to be killed.
Indonesia: Owner puts advertisement for selling house, offers wife 'for free'
An advert for a house in Indonesia has gone viral online after the woman selling it offered to throw in an unusual extra feature for free, her hand in marriage.
Australian Police releases CCTV footage before Indian woman was fatally stabbed
Ambulance Paramedics treated the woman at the scene before transporting her to Westmead Hospital, where she died at about 12:45 AM on Saturday.
India, Pakistan failed to fix date for next round of talks: Sartaj Aziz
Aziz was talking to media about Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar's visit after attending launching ceremony of a book by Lt-Gen (retd) Abdul Majeed Malik in Islamabad.
PM Modi to pay tribute to fallen IPKF soldiers in Sri Lanka
The IPKF was invited to Sri Lanka's north and east to enforce the India-Sri Lanka accord of 1987.
Air crash in Nepal: India sends team to help
The C-130J ferried 11 personnel of Air India and the recovery kit to Kathmandu airport where the usable runway length has been reduced to only about 5000 ft, making it impossible for any commercial aircraft to land.
India should boost exports to China: Government
Nirmala Sitharaman told lawmakers that as China's economy was not receding, Indian businessmen and industrialists should take advantage and increase their market share by manufacturing and supplying quality goods at competitive prices.
Russians march in memory of murdered Putin critic Boris Nemtsov
The authorities have suggested the opposition itself may have been behind his shooting in an attempt to create a martyr.
Car bomb kills 8-year-old boy, injures 9 in Pakistan
The bomb was planted in the car parked on a market street in Chaman town, close to the Afghan border, and was detonated by a remote control
Fire erupts at Torch tower in Dubai, no casualties reported
The fire broke out in the Torch tower on the northeastern end of the densely populated district, which is packed with multi-story skyscrapers.