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22 Oct 2017

Asia

There are over 1.1 billion "invisible people" in the world

Over 1.1 billion people - one in every seven individuals- worldwide do not officially exist as they have no proof of identity, revealed World Bank's Identification for Development (ID4D) program.

22 Oct 2017

Spain

#CatalanCrisis deepens, Spain to remove leaders, take control of Catalonia

As sentiments surrounding Catalonia's independence from Spain run high, Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy has put forward plans to conduct elections in the region.

22 Oct 2017

X

Tech giants take a stand against extremist content

Tech giants Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Twitter have agreed to take stricter action regarding extremist content posted on their platforms.

21 Oct 2017

India

No country can meet Dalai Lama without offending China

It's been 58 years since the Dalai Lama fled to India seeking refuge after an unsuccessful revolt against China, but the country is still bitter about the Tibetan spiritual leader, whom it considers a "separatist."

21 Oct 2017

Brazil

Brazil police bust major pedophilia ring; arrest 108 people

In one of Latin America's biggest operations against pedophiles, Brazil police have arrested 108 people from 24 states and capital Brasilia.

21 Oct 2017

Space News

NASA to auction decades-old vintage photos for upto $9000 each

NASA is putting up for auction vintage photographs of its space journey, including the first picture taken from the Moon and the first picture of Earth taken from space.

21 Oct 2017

Pakistan News

Zeenat Shahzadi, missing Pak journalist linked to Indian 'spy', found

A Pakistani journalist missing since two years has been safely recovered, officials confirmed yesterday.

21 Oct 2017

North Korea

CIA chief: 'North Korea on the cusp of nuclear capability'

Mike Pompeo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency has warned that North Korea is on the cusp of gaining full nuclear capability to target the US.

21 Oct 2017

France

Hit by terror attacks, France introduces religious education in schools

After having suffered a series of jihadist attacks since January 2015, the secular nation of France is carefully developing religion as part of its academic curriculum in schools, to better prepare and sensitize its young population.

20 Oct 2017

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Attacks at two Shia mosques; at least 40 dead

Two separate terror attacks at Shia mosques in Afghanistan have claimed the lives of 40 people.

20 Oct 2017

Bangkok

McDonald's serves 'cockroach legs' in coffee; apologizes later

A man was served coffee with "cockroach legs" floating in it at a McDonald's outlet in Bangkok on Monday. He complained and requested for another coffee only to find more "cockroach legs" in it.

20 Oct 2017

India

9mn pollution deaths worldwide in 2015, India fifth on list

That pollution in India is at alarming levels is a fact. It has now emerged that it ranks fifth in the world when it comes to deaths related to pollution.

20 Oct 2017

Italy

Italy: Stone-fragment falls on tourist, killing him in famous church

A 52-year-old tourist from Spain has been killed as a piece of ceiling fell on him in the Basilica di Santa Croce, the biggest church in Italy's Florence region.

20 Oct 2017

Spain

Catalan independence: Madrid moves to suspend the region's autonomy

Catalonia declared independence from Spain in a recently held parliamentary session.

20 Oct 2017

Donald Trump

Trump's call to the soldier's widow can cost him dearly

President Donald Trump finally decides to make condolence-calls to the families of the American soldiers killed in Niger on October 4, and how.

19 Oct 2017

Emmanuel Macron

France might soon criminalize street harassment and catcalling

France might soon have a law to punish men on the spot for street harassment including catcalling.

19 Oct 2017

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 43 soldiers killed in week's third attack on personnel

At least 43 soldiered were killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in Afghanistan's Kandahar province today.

Sushma Swaraj's Diwali gift: Medical visas to all deserving Pakistanis

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has a delightful gift for Pakistanis this Diwali: she announced India will grant medical visas to all citizens in deserving cases.

19 Oct 2017

India

Rex Tillerson: Trump wants to "dramatically deepen" ties with India

Ahead of his visit to India next week, US secretary of state Rex Tillerson in a policy address at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies outlined how US views relations with India.

Kenya: Election official resigns, says upcoming polls are "not credible"

Roselyn Akombe, a senior official of Kenya's election commission (IEBC) has resigned amid the furore surrounding the 2017 Kenyan national elections.

18 Oct 2017

India

US to release advanced EMALS tech for Indian aircraft carriers

The US has agreed to release the technology for the advanced Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for the Indian Navy's under development future aircraft carrier, INS Vishal.

18 Oct 2017

Donald Trump

Donald, Ivanka Trump celebrate first Diwali at the White House

US President Donald Trump and daughter Ivanka celebrated their first Diwali at the White House.

Xi heralds "new era" for China during Communist Party congress

The Communist Party congress, China's largest political event, is underway in Beijing.

18 Oct 2017

India

Nikki Haley: India can help US keep eye on Pakistan

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, said India can help Washington keep an eye on Pakistan even as President Donald Trump has "taken a tougher approach to Islamabad harboring terrorists."

18 Oct 2017

North Korea

US: Court blocks Trump's expanded travel ban order

A US Court has blocked President Donald Trump's latest bid to expand his travel ban to eight countries.

18 Oct 2017

Florida

Florida governor declares emergency ahead of far-right leader's visit

Of late, white supremacists became the subject of widespread outrage in the US after one woman was killed in a violent rally organized by right-wing supporters in Charlottesville, Virginia.

18 Oct 2017

ISIS

Iraq's military action in Kurdistan: Where does the US stand?

Iraqi forces have reportedly seized several key installations in Kirkuk from Kurdish control.

17 Oct 2017

Afghanistan

61 killed in two separate Taliban attacks in Afghanistan

At least 61 people were killed in two separate attacks by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

17 Oct 2017

South Korea

North-Korean envoy: 'Nuclear war may break out any moment'

Kim In-ryong, North Korea's deputy UN ambassador, has warned that the situation on the Korean peninsula "has reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment."

17 Oct 2017

ISIS

Reports: US-backed forces recapture ISIS' de-facto capital of Raqqa

US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claim they now control Raqqa, the one-time capital of ISIS.

17 Oct 2017

Panama Papers

Panama Papers journalist Daphne Caruana killed in car bomb explosion

Prominent investigative journalist-blogger of Europe's Malta, Daphne Caruana Galizia, who accused the nation's government of corruption and fearlessly led Panama Papers investigation, has been killed in a car bomb attack near her Bidnija residence.

17 Oct 2017

Donald Trump

Trump nominated drug czar accused of relaxing opioid restrictions

Tom Marino, the Pennsylvania Congressman nominated by President Donald Trump as the drug czar, has been accused of helping relax enforcement on pharmaceutical firms, indirectly aggravating the opioid crisis.

17 Oct 2017

Afghanistan

US Army sergeant once held captive by Taliban admits desertion

31-year-old Bowe Bergdahl, an American soldier once held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan for five years, has pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.

17 Oct 2017

Ireland

Hurricane Ophelia: Ireland battered by storm; proceeds to England/Scotland

Remnants of the powerful Hurricane Ophelia battered Ireland and parts of Wales as it made landfall yesterday.

17 Oct 2017

Russia News

Hillary Clinton: WikiLeaks is a subsidiary of the Russian intelligence

Hillary Clinton still seems bitter about her loss to Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential elections.

People's Daily launches English news app to spread Chinese influence

The influential mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party, The Peoples' Daily, has launched an English-language mobile app.

16 Oct 2017

India

Delhi, Sao Paulo most dangerous cities for women: Poll

In some disturbing news, Delhi has fared as the worst city in the world when it comes to sexual violence against women.

16 Oct 2017

ISIS

Iraq: Security forces advance into Kurdish-held territories following referendum

According to news reports, Iraqi forces are advancing into Kurdish-held territories in the Kirkuk province.

16 Oct 2017

Emmanuel Macron

Austria: Sebastian Kurz set to become the world's youngest leader

Projections ahead of Austria's national election results indicate that the conservative People's Party led by 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz may win.

16 Oct 2017

India

How does India view Donald Trump's Pakistan policy?

US President Donald Trump has, on numerous occasions, told Pakistan to get its act together, especially on home-grown terrorism.