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Settlers set fire to two mosques in West Bank
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Indian mother seeks groom for son in first gay personals ad
A newspaper has published a mother's request for a groom for her son after three leading dailies refused, the first gay matrimonial advert published in India where homosexuality is illegal, the family says.
20 May 2015, 13:19 PM
LG Display shows off press-on 'wallpaper' TV under 1mm thick
LG Display, the screen-making subsidiary of LG, is dedicated to OLED panels, and it has unveiled an impossibly thin television to prove it.
20 May 2015, 12:44 PM
Hong Kong cops smash trafficking racket
Hong Kong police smashed a syndicate that has been smuggling Bangladeshi workers illegally into the city over the past year.
20 May 2015, 10:43 AM
North Korea cancels UN chief Ban Ki-moon's visit
North Korea has abruptly cancelled UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's visit one day before he was due to arrive.
20 May 2015, 07:12 AM
The man who cut out his own appendix
During an expedition to the Antarctic, Russian surgeon Leonid Rogozov became seriously ill. He needed an operation - and as the only doctor on the team, he realised he would have to do it himself.
20 May 2015, 04:54 AM
Missing migrant boat rescued off Indonesia
Migrants filmed by the BBC last week drifting off the coast of Thailand have been found by fishermen off Indonesia's Aceh province.
20 May 2015, 04:08 AM
Egypt using sexual attacks to crush dissent: report
Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual attacks against detainees following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, using them as a "cynical political strategy" to crush opposition, a rights group charged yesterday.
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
170 bikers charged over deadly Texas brawl
Some 170 rival motorcycle gang members have been charged with engaging in organized crime linked to capital murder after a mass
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Saudi advertises for more executioners
Saudi Arabia advertised vacancies for eight executioners yesterday after beheading 84 people since the start of the year. The civil service
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Pak, Afghans sign intel-sharing deal
The spy agencies of Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to share intelligence and bolster cooperation in their fight against the Taliban,
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
US reporter to face spy charges in Iran
The Washington Post's Tehran correspondent Jason Rezaian, in custody for 10 months, will appear in court next week accused of spying ,
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Pak Chopper Crash: Indonesia envoy dies
An Indonesian ambassador who was on a Pakistani military helicopter that crashed this month died yesterday after battling severe burn
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Iraq eyes swift action in Ramadi
Iraq's army and allied paramilitary forces massed around Ramadi yesterday, looking for swift action to recapture the city from the Islamic State group before it builds up defences.
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Landslide wipes out town
A massive landslide tore through a ravine in northwest Colombia Monday before dawn, killing at least 62 people and injuring 40, authorities said.
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Eleven Afghan police jailed over inaction
Eleven Afghan policemen were yesterday sentenced to one year in prison for failing to protect a woman who was lynched by a mob after
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Negligence of duty trial starts against Yingluck
Thailand's ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra insisted on her innocence Tuesday at the start of a trial that could see her jailed for a decade, part of what observers say is a vendetta against her family.
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
'Serious shortcomings!'
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has reportedly criticised a turtle factory for “serious shortcomings” after it failed to breed lobsters.
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Obama gets his own Twitter account
"Hello, Twitter! It's Barack. Really! Six years in, they're finally giving me my own account."
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Pakistan raids 'fake degree factory'
Pakistani investigators yesterday carried out raids on a firm accused of running a global fake degree empire, officials said, confiscating computers and holding employees for questioning.
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Quake-hit homeless Nepalis brace for monsoon rains
Nepali tea shop owner Phurba Sherpa has spent four nights cramped under a tarpaulin with his wife and nine others on a school field
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