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Nigerian students tied to crucifixes, beaten for coming late to school

Investigators found evidence that pupils were being flogged by a teacher in front of their school in the remote town of Ayetoro in Ogun state.

May 19, 2018

'Spiderman' spotted in subway and Twitter cannot keep calm

On May 16, commuters on the Boston green line spotted a Spiderman cosplayer in the subway and in no time the picture and video of him went viral.

May 19, 2018

Love bite: Snake wounds man's lips after he tries to kiss it

After the snake bit the man, he remained calm and decided to release the snake into the wild. He was later rushed to a state-run hospital in Ajmer.

May 19, 2018

Who is Madhuri Gupta? Ex-diplomat convicted of spying for Pakistan's ISI

A bench of Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma pronounced the verdict and held Madhuri Gupta guilty of spying and communicating with the ISI, providing them access to classified information. The verdict comes eight years after Gupta was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell.

May 19, 2018

Hyderabad Subway outlet shuts down as customer finds live cockroaches in drink

The food inspectors from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) inspected the place and served a notice under the GHMC Sanitation and Hygiene Act for running the Subway outlet under unhygienic conditions.

May 19, 2018

Nakba Day: 60 people dead as Palestinians mark 70th anniversary of Day of Catastrophe

More than 60 people were killed and thousands of others injured by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip just a day before Palestinians marked the 70th anniversary of Nakba.

May 19, 2018

Karnataka floor test live Streaming: Where to catch the complete action online?

The Karnataka assembly floor test will be aired live on TV channels. The BJP has to prove its majority at 4 pm on Saturday.

May 19, 2018

PM Modi in J&K: Internet suspended, schools closed

Separatists leaders, including Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, have been placed under house arrest while Yasin Malik has been taken into preventive custody.

May 19, 2018

Texas school shootout: Alleged shooter spared lives of people he liked

The 17-year-old suspect, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, had reportedly spared the lives of people he liked and only meant to kill the ones he targeted, a local court document revealed.

May 19, 2018

Gujarat official '10th avatar of Vishnu,' can't work as he is trying to 'change global conscience'

A show-cause notice was served to Rameshchandra Fefar for attending office only for 16 days in the last eight months. But he claims that he is Kalki, the 10th avatar of Lord Vishnu, and is busy conducting "penance" to "change the global conscience."

May 19, 2018

Two weeks on, Hawaii residents look for 'normalcy' amid ash, lava

The mouth of the summit crater vent has nearly tripled in size during the past couple of days from about 12 acres (4.9 hectares) in area to 34 acres (13.8 hectares), according to USGS geophysicist Mike Poland.

May 19, 2018

Hizbul Mujahideen loots weapons from J&K police, posts photo on Facebook

The looting incident took place at a guard post of a hotel in Srinagar May 17, and the policemen, to whom the rifles belonged, said that a group of terrorists had attacked their post and fled with the rifles. Hizbul Mujahideen has now posted a photo of these rifles on Facebook

May 19, 2018

Passenger plane crashes in Cuba, killing more than 100 people

The aircraft, on a domestic flight to Holguin in eastern Cuba, crashed shortly after taking off from Havana at 11 a.m. There were either 104 or 105 passengers, including five children, plus nine crew members, various state media said.

May 19, 2018

Karnataka: Congress-JD(S) Leaders Rejoice As CM-Elect Yeddyurappa Resigns

Congress and JD(S) supporters rejoiced after BS Yeddyurappa announced that he is stepping down as Karnataka chief minister, just two days after being sworn in. Yeddyurappa reached Raj Bhavan to submit his resignation to the Governor.

May 18, 2018

Hawaii volcano spews 6 mile-high plume of ash, could blow again

Residents of the Big Island were warned to take shelter from the ash as toxic gas levels spiked in a small southeast area where lava has burst from the ground during the two-week eruption.

May 18, 2018