Pakistan executes man who was minor when convicted

Pakistan executes a man convicted and sentenced to death when he was 15 for murder of two.
10 June 2015, 10:56 AM

Baby born from ovary frozen in mother's childhood

A woman in Belgium is the first in the world to give birth to a baby using transplanted ovarian tissue frozen when she was still a child, doctors say.
10 June 2015, 06:05 AM

Suu Kyi arrives in China for first visit

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's opposition leader, is expected to begin her first visit to China , at a time of tension between the two countries.
10 June 2015, 05:04 AM

Parts of White House and Senate evacuated after bomb threats

Parts of the White House and a Senate office building evacuated after telephone bomb threats.
10 June 2015, 05:00 AM

British MPs back EU referendum plan

MPs have overwhelmingly backed plans for a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.
10 June 2015, 04:53 AM

McKinney video: Texas officer quits

The US police officer filmed wrestling a black girl to the ground and pointing his gun at teenagers in Texas has stepped down, officials say.
10 June 2015, 04:43 AM

More than 1lac entered Europe in 2015: UN

More than 100,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, the United Nations said yesterday in what it
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Back me on EU vote or quit

British Prime Minister David Cameron sought to quell fresh signs of rebellion in his Conservative Party over Europe, warning ministers
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Justice after 44 years!

A judge in the US state of Louisiana has ordered the release of an inmate who has been in solitary confinement for more than 40
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

'Putin on doomed drive to recreate Soviet glories'

US President Barack Obama accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of wrecking Russia's economy in a doomed drive to recreate the
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Erdogan accepts Turkey cabinet resignation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday accepted the resignation of the cabinet of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu after
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Israel gets clean chit!

The United Nations on Monday released a "List of Shame" of children's rights violators but did not include Israel, despite an outcry over
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Pakistan performs 150 executions in 6 months

The Pakistani government has carried out 150 executions in the last six months and has become one of the world's most prolific
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

China mass shooting kills 5

Five people were killed yesterday in a shooting in a village in China's northern Hebei province, state media reported. Two police officers
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Indian cops kill 12 Maoist rebels

Twelve Maoist rebels have been killed in a gunbattle with police in a forest in an eastern Indian state of known as a rebel stronghold,
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

S Korea reports 7th MERS death

South Korea yesterday reported its seventh death from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome as the government -- concerned about the
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Syria Crisis Death Toll Tops 230,000

Syria's brutal conflict has left more than 230,000 people dead including almost 11,500 children since it broke out in 2011, a
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Nepal ends charter limbo after quake

Nepal's rival political parties have struck a historic agreement to end years of deadlock on a new constitution that will divide the
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

UN peace plan gets positive response

Libya's warring factions have reacted positively to a draft peace agreement, the UN envoy said yesterday, as they head for talks in
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Indian city to pay residents to use public toilets

A city council in western India is planning to pay residents to use public toilets in a desperate attempt to stop legions of people urinating and defecating in public.
9 June 2015, 15:21 PM