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04 Apr 2017
IndiaUS raps India over alleged human rights violations
The US State Department has rapped the Indian government over alleged human rights violations, corruption and lack of transparency.
04 Apr 2017
United Nations (UN)Syrian crisis: Arab NGOs pledge aid, focus shifts to EU
At a United Nations initiated conference in Doha, 25 Arab NGOs pledged $262 million in humanitarian funding for Syria.
03 Apr 2017
South KoreaPyeonghwa Motors, the invisible "civil" automotive firm of North Korea
Pyeonghwa Motors General Corp, started in 1999, is today the one and only "civil automobile assembly company" of North Korea.
03 Apr 2017
IndiaIndia halts trade pact review after Singapore denies techies visas
With the spotlight on the US, the issue of Singapore denying visas to Indian IT professionals has been ignored.
03 Apr 2017
Donald TrumpHaley's statement contradicts Trump's stance on Russia
Nikki Haley, the US' ambassador to the UN, said Russia was "certainly involved" in last year's presidential elections.
02 Apr 2017
ISISBritain's nuclear plants, airports on terror alert
Nuclear power stations and airports across the UK have been told to shore up security against possible terror attacks.
02 Apr 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaParaguay President sacks top officials after violent protests
The interior minister of Paraguay was sacked by Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes along with the chief of police after violent protests broke out.
02 Apr 2017
Pakistan NewsPakistan Dargah murder: 20 people tortured to death
In a gruesome incident, the "mentally ill" custodian of a shrine in Pakistan tortured and killed 20 people, including six members of a family. Reasons for the crime haven't been ascertained yet.
02 Apr 2017
Jared KushnerWhite House financial disclosures: Ivanka, Kushner still benefit from business
The White House recently started to release the financial disclosure forms of 180 top officials including President Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
02 Apr 2017
Facebook'Racial profiling': Indian-origin woman stripped at Frankfurt airport
An Indian-origin woman has alleged racial profiling after she was made to strip by security personnel at Germany's Frankfurt airport.
02 Apr 2017
NetherlandsDutch investigators' Hunt: Probe launched into money-launderers, tax evaders
Dutch investigators launched coordinated raids in many countries against suspected money-launderers and tax evaders, who made deposits into an unidentified Swiss Bank.
01 Apr 2017
ISISOne man's journey from anarchist bitcoin coder to anti-ISIS rebel
In 2015, Amir Taaki, an Iranian-British coder notorious in the politically-loaded cryptography software and bitcoin, found himself holding an AK-47 in Syria fighting ISIS alongside Kurdish rebels.
01 Apr 2017
San FranciscoGilbert Baker, creator of rainbow flag dead
Sources have confirmed that American artist Gilbert Baker, who is credited with making the Rainbow flag, the symbol for LGBT communities in the world, has passed away.
31 Mar 2017
Pakistan NewsPakistan: Militant kills lawyer over blasphemy charges
A militant shot and killed a lawyer of the minority Ahmadi sect in Pakistan, over blasphemy allegations.
31 Mar 2017
Nawaz SharifPakistan: 22 people killed outside Shia holy place
22 people were killed and 50 others were injured when a suicide bomber drove his car into main gate of the Shia imambargah in the central bazar of Parachinar, Kurram Agency.
31 Mar 2017
South AfricaSouth African president fires Indian-origin finance minister Pravin Gordhan
South African President Jacon Zuma has fired their finance minister Pravin Gordhan.
31 Mar 2017
Donald TrumpReports: Trump administration leaked information to lawmakers on Obama spying
A New York Times report has found that two political appointees of the Trump administration, working in the White House had provided Representative Devin Nunes classified reports supposedly validating some of President Trump's wiretapping allegations.
31 Mar 2017
IndiaIndia gains membership to International Energy Agency
India has gained Associate Membership to the Paris based International Energy Agency.
30 Mar 2017
ChinaChina announces new rules targeting Xinjiang's ethnic Uighur Muslims
China is stepping up its campaign against religious extremism in the restive Xinjiang region, populated by the Muslim Uighur people.
30 Mar 2017
LahorePak Prosecutor offers amnesty if murder accused convert to Islam
A Public prosecutor in Lahore was caught on camera offering 42 Christians, who are accused of murder, amnesty if they convert to Islam.
30 Mar 2017
Donald TrumpIvanka Trump takes up unpaid post at White House
Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump has taken up an unpaid role as Assistant to the President, in the White House.
30 Mar 2017
TurkeyTurkey ends Euphrates Shield military operation in Syria
Turkish PM Binali Yildirim said his country has "successfully" ended its seven-month military campaign in northern Syria.
30 Mar 2017
ISIS15 dead, 45 injured in Baghdad suicide attack
Iraqi officials said 15 people died and 45 others were injured in an apparent suicide attack on police check post in Baghdad.
30 Mar 2017
US State DepartmentUS State Department employee arrested over contacts with Chinese agents
The US Justice Department said 60-year-old Candace Marie Claiborne, a veteran State Department staffer having access to classified information, has been arrested for allegedly hiding her communication with Chinese intelligence agents.
30 Mar 2017
FacebookDurban Racism Case: Diwali Facebook ranter sentenced for racist comments
A 59-year-old Durbanite, Dawie Kriel, was sentenced to a $460 fine or 12 months imprisonment, suspended for five years, by the Durban Magistrate Court.
30 Mar 2017
IranModi to visit Israel, Arab states mum
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Israel soon, marking the first such visit to Israel by an Indian head of state.
29 Mar 2017
SecurityInternet privacy: US opens doors for exploitation of users' data
In an alarming move, the US House of Representatives revoked internet privacy rules approved days before President Donald Trump's election, that made it mandatory for service providers to obtain consent before selling consumers' data.
29 Mar 2017
BrexitGloomy Brexit Report: MPs stage walkout
Pro-Brexit MPs "politely walked out" of a meeting of the Brexit Select Committee after a report presented was deemed "too gloomy".
29 Mar 2017
Donald TrumpTrump signs orders to kill Obama's climate change policies
President Donald Trump has ratified and signed an administrative order which will roll back Obama-era edicts aimed at controlling climate change.
29 Mar 2017
ISISTrump's anti-ISIS strategy effective?
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met his counterparts from the countries that make up the coalition against ISIS, reminding them that defeating ISIS remains Washington's priority.
28 Mar 2017
IndiaMarijuana legalization: Canada moves one step closer
The ruling Liberal government in Canada is all set to announce legislation that will legalize marijuana in the country by July 2018.
27 Mar 2017
Angela MerkelGermany: Merkel's Christian Democrats wins Saarland bellwether
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats party (CDU) won the state election in Saarland bellwether with a comfortable margin over their opponents.
27 Mar 2017
United AirlinesUnited Airlines: Carrier slammed for barring girls in leggings
American United Airlines was widely criticised after it barred two girls from flying on a Denver-Minneapolis flight as they were wearing leggings.
27 Mar 2017
MoscowRussia anti-corruption protests: Putin's opposition leader amongst hundreds arrested
Anti-corruption protesters across major Russian cities including Moscow and St. Petersburg, took to the streets to protest corruption within President Vladimir Putin's administration. Russian police arrested hundreds of protesters in Moscow alone for partaking in "unsanctioned rallies".
27 Mar 2017
NikeChina: Fitness boom gets sportswear firms take a growing interest
US is the biggest market for sportswear, but right now athletic wear companies are shifting focus to cater to the growing market of China.
26 Mar 2017
IndiaIndia US relations: Doval in Washington to improve security ties
Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval visited Washington to meet his counterpart McMaster and US defence secretary James Mattis, in an attempt to strengthen bilateral security ties.
25 Mar 2017
IndiaDhaka airport attack: Islamic State claims responsibility
IS has claimed responsibility for a blast near a police check-post at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport intersection in Dhaka on March 24.
25 Mar 2017
Himachal PradeshLeh & Ladakh: Tunnels to improve connectivity to Chinese frontiers
Even as the strategic Rohtang tunnel is running two years behind schedule, the Defence Ministry decided to construct four more tunnels to improve all-weather connectivity to treacherous roads connecting Chinese frontiers and Leh and Ladakh.
24 Mar 2017
ISISIs terrorism becoming a fact of life in Europe?
Terrorist attacks inside Europe have begun taking place with an alarming frequency.
23 Mar 2017
BrazilBrazil Space Program: Launches first defense and communications satellite
Brazil has embarked upon it space program, aiming to send domestically built satellites into space using their own rockets.