Mass shooting kills two in Seattle: US media
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Israeli strike kills top Hamas security official in Gaza
Reuters, Cairo
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US-Iran war: Retaliatory strikes halted
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‘Difficult hours’ loom in wildfire battle
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India’s Gen Z dents Modi’s aura ahead of key state polls
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Cash swayed Clinton's nuke deal stance!

Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has dismissed as conspiracy theory claims made by a new book that cash donations from India
30 April 2015, 18:00 PM

May Day: A day in the life of a restaurant worker

Employees at different hotels and restaurants in Pabna are forced to work 12 to 15 hours a day. And despite this long hours of work, they are poorly paid.
30 April 2015, 14:00 PM

Google 'should be allowed in examinations'

Inevitably search engines such as Google will be allowed in public examinations, including GCSEs and A-Levels, the head of an exam board says.
30 April 2015, 13:49 PM

Groom comes drunk, girl refuses to marry

A village girl in Mahoba distrct of India leaves her family stunned when she refuses to marry the groom because she finds him in an inebriated state just ahead of the wedding ceremony.
30 April 2015, 12:55 PM

India girl dies after molestation attempt on bus

A 14-year-old Indian girl dies and her mother is seriously injured after miscreants throw them off a bus after trying to molest them.
30 April 2015, 11:42 AM

Freddie Gray protests in several US cities

Protests are taking place in several US cities over Freddie Gray, whose death from injuries sustained in police custody has stoked unrest in Baltimore.
30 April 2015, 11:10 AM

Nepal earthquake: Teenage boy rescued after five days

A teenage boy has been rescued after surviving for five days in the rubble of a building, following an earthquake that killed some 5,500 people in Nepal.
30 April 2015, 10:50 AM

10 get life for Malala Yousafzai attack

A court in north-west Pakistan has jailed 10 men for life for the 2012 gun attack on education activist Malala Yousafzai, media reports say.
30 April 2015, 10:09 AM

Frustration over Nepal quake relief

Frustration grows in parts of rural Nepal over the pace of relief efforts, with some badly-affected villages yet to receive any assistance.
30 April 2015, 07:20 AM

Ukraine rebels shut down aid agency

The offices of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in eastern Ukraine is closed down by pro-Russian rebels who accused it of spying.
30 April 2015, 06:18 AM

Baby pulled from Nepal earthquake rubble after 22 hours

A four month old baby boy is pulled from the rubble of the Nepal earthquake that has killed more than 5,000 people and devastated the country.
30 April 2015, 04:56 AM

UN 'regret' at Indonesia executions

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expresses "deep regret" over Indonesia's execution of eight people convicted of drug offences.
30 April 2015, 04:40 AM

Kim Jong-Un executed 15 top officials: report

North Korea's Kim Jong-Un ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year, including several who complained about the young
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Baltimore calm after curfew

Riot police in the US city of Baltimore enforced a curfew into the early hours of yesterday and called it a success, emptying streets scarred
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Nigeria rescues 293 girls, women from Boko Haram

The Nigerian army says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Boko Haram camps in the Sambisa forest.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Syria regime bombing kills 21 in north

Air strikes by Syrian government forces yesterday killed at least 21 people, including six children, and wounded 50 in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, a monitor said.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Unmanned spacecraft 'plunging to Earth'

An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft ferrying supplies to the International Space Station is plunging back to Earth and apparently out of control, an official said yesterday.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Dutch UN leaders not liable: Court

A Dutch appeals court yesterday ruled that three former UN commanders will not be prosecuted for the deaths of three Muslim men who were murdered after leaving a UN compound in Srebrenica in 1995.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Indonesian executions of foreigners spark int'l fury

Indonesia faced a storm of international protest yesterday for putting seven foreign drug convicts before a firing squad, but Filipinos rejoiced after a compatriot was spared at the last minute.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM

India rejects push for better ties

India has failed to respond to Pakistan's desire for good relations, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said, in rare rebuke of a neighbour with which he has promised to mend ties.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM