US Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders shied away from calling Republican rival, Donald Trump, a “racist” but they h...
"Harry Potter" author JK Rowling has been accused of appropriating the "living tradition of a marginalised people" by writing about the Navajo legend ...
A cargo plane crashed off the coast of Bangladesh yesterday killing three Ukrainian crew members and critically injuring one more, officials said. The...
In Iraq, a chemical weapons expert from the Islamic State group has been captured by US special forces and is being questioned. Iraqi and US sources t...
Bernie Sanders registered his biggest win of the Democratic presidential race today by defeating party's front-runner Hillary Clinton in the Michigan ...
A solar eclipse began sweeping across the vast Indonesian archipelago on Wednesday, with hordes of sky gazers set to watch the spectacle, which will b...
Hillary Clinton has won the Democratic primary in Mississippi, the first of four party contests being held. Clinton has won a number of Southern state...
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday beat Hillary Clinton in the Maine caucuses to bounce back into the race for the Democratic presidential nomin...
Claiming that she got more popular votes than Donald Trump, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has said her Republican rival’s “bigot...
In US, a thunderstorm knocked out power across Los Angeles International Airport yesterday, delaying more than 100 flights. According to officials, st...
A US air strike has killed more than 150 al-Shabab militants in Somalia. Pentagon Spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said the strike hit a training camp whe...
Democratic presidential aspirants Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed on the debating stage on Sunday night on economy, race relations, global ...
Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan in his journey from actor to president - and finally during his 10...
One person was killed and two others injured in a shooting in western Sydney, police said on Monday.New South Wales police said they found three peopl...
E-mail inventor, Ray Tomlinson, passed away in Washington yesterday. He was 74 years old. Tomlinson invented direct electronic messages between users ...
North Korea threatened indiscriminate nuclear strikes against South Korea and the US mainland if the two allies push ahead with joint military drills ...
At least 25 migrants died yesterday when their boat capsized in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece. The Turkish coastguard sai...
China increased its defence budget by 7.6 per cent to USD 146 billion for this year, citing militarisation of the Asia-Pacific, especially the...
US Republican Ben Carson has officially ended his campaign for the Presidential nomination for the 2016 election. Speaking to conservative activists...
A piece of debris found off the southeast African coast that could be from a missing Malaysia Airlines flight was being sent to Australia for testing,...
Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton has slammed her Republican rival Donald Trump for his hate-filled vision and has described the re...
Leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered North Korea's nuclear arsenal to be ready for pre-emptive use "anytime," in an expected ramping up of rhetoric followin...
In US, the world's most expensive train station opened in New York yesterday, nearly 2 billion dollars over budget and years behind schedule. Santiago...
A day after Super Tuesday polls, the Republican party leadership appeared to have ganged up against real estate magnate Donald Trump, who has won 10 o...
A community and arts centre based in Bristol, south-west England, has become the first employer in Britain to introduce so-called "period leave" for w...
Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a massive and shallow earthquake struck off the west coast of its island of Sumatra, a region devastated ...
Describing India as having "a very special place in my heart," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon recalled that he deliberately chose to begin his diplo...
Nepal has extended the climbing permits of hundreds of mountaineers forced to abandon Everest after last year's massive earthquake, to try to lure tou...
The US and Pakistan have emphasised on the need for peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue and called on "all parties" in the region to act with "ma...
United Nations Security Council delayed until today a vote on a new draft of sanctions on North Korea to punish the reclusive regime after its fourth ...
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