Trafficking suspect reveals ‘police bribes’

Arrested trafficker in Myanmar accuses local police and defence volunteers of Thailand’s western Kanchanaburi province of taking bribes to facilitate his illegal trade
9 June 2015, 15:02 PM

UP minister booked for burning journalist to death

Police lodges FIR against UP Minister Ram Murti Verma and five others in connection with killing of a journalist by setting him on fire last week.
9 June 2015, 12:43 PM

Aam Aadmi leader held over ‘fake degree’

Delhi Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar, a legislator of Aam Aadmi Party has been arrested on charges of cheating and fraud in obtaining his law degree.
9 June 2015, 11:56 AM

Inmate to be freed after 43 years in US solitary confinement

An US state court orders the release of an inmate who has been in solitary confinement for more than 40 years.
9 June 2015, 11:25 AM

Jihadists' slave markets sell girls at any price: UN envoy

Teenage girls abducted by Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria are being sold in slave markets "for as little as a pack of cigarettes," the UN envoy on sexual violence said Monday.
9 June 2015, 07:05 AM

The police video that shocked America

A video of a black teenage girl being dragged to the ground by a white police officer is being widely shared online, and has become the latest talking point in the debate over police and race relations in America.
9 June 2015, 06:53 AM

US strategy on Iraq not yet complete: Obama (video)

The US does not yet have a "complete strategy" for helping Iraq regain territory from Islamic State (IS), President Barack Obama has said.
9 June 2015, 05:35 AM

US army shuts website after hacking attack

The US army has temporarily taken down its website after a hacking attack.
9 June 2015, 05:16 AM

Pakistani man Shafqat Hussain given death row reprieve

The execution of a Pakistani man convicted of manslaughter has been postponed hours before he was due to be hanged, prison officials say.
9 June 2015, 05:00 AM

Time running out for Greece: Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that time is running out for a deal to keep Greece in the eurozone.
9 June 2015, 04:56 AM

12 Maoists shot dead in Jharkhand

Twelve Maoists are gunned down in an encounter with police in Palamau district in Jharkhand.
9 June 2015, 04:53 AM

SKorea reports new Mers death

A seventh person has died in South Korea after contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers).
9 June 2015, 04:23 AM

Pak Taliban call for jihad in Myanmar

The Pakistani Taliban yesterday urged Muslims in Myanmar to rise up and fight the country's rulers, saying the Taliban's resources and
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM

South Korea reports surge in infections

South Korea recorded its sixth death and biggest single-day jump in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) infections yesterday, with
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM

No party can rule alone: Erdogan

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said the inconclusive election result means no party can govern alone.
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Myanmar arrests 93 traffickers

Myanmar police have arrested more than 90 people for human trafficking offences this year, media reported yesterday, but no cases have
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Convert challenge into opportunity

With monsoon rainfall predicted to be deficient this year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said the “challenge” should be
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Syrian air raids kill 49 in Idlib

Government airstrikes on a northwestern Syrian village yesterday killed at least 49 people and destroyed homes, shops and cars, activists
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM

World's first 'feeling' leg prosthesis

The world's first artificial leg capable of simulating the feelings of a real limb and fighting phantom pain was unveiled by researchers in
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Rohingya Muslims deserve citizenship

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai yesterday urged Myanmar leaders to take "immediate action" to prevent the persecution of the
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM