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Americans won't be taken for North Korea trips, says tour agency used by Warmbier

Warmbier was a US student who travelled to North Korea at the end of 2015 with a tour group where he was arrested for allegedly stealing a propaganda sign.

Jun 20, 2017

Atlas Ramachandran's wife pleads to give humanitarian consideration to the jewellery tycoon

Atlas Ramachandran was arrested in Dubai on August 23 in 2015.

Jun 20, 2017

ISIS trained 1,600 Yazidi children to behead people, says Kurdish official

A research conducted on the number of Yazidis affected showed that at least 9,900 of Iraq's Yazidis were killed or kidnapped in just days in an attack by militants in 2014.

Jun 19, 2017

Chinese plane hits turbulence, at least 26 injured; 4 in critical condition

We felt strong turbulence twice and minor turbulence three times. The process lasted about 10 minutes," a passenger said.

Jun 19, 2017

London fire: At least 79 people presumed dead in Grenfell Tower inferno

Last week, the UK government had announced that people rendered homeless because of the blaze will be given at least £5,500 from an emergency fund.

Jun 19, 2017

Is Finsbury park attack a hate crime or an act of terrorism?

In the absence of a universal definition, how can one decide if an attack is an act of terrorism or hate crime?

Jun 19, 2017

Jet Airways offers free lifetime pass to baby after woman gives birth mid-air

The expecting mother went into labour at about 35,000 feet when the Jet Airways flight carrying 162 passengers was flying over the Arabian sea.

Jun 19, 2017

12 killed in Taliban attack on Afghan police

Six Afghan police and six militants were killed after Taliban attacked a police headquarters in Gardez city, capital of eastern province of Paktia on Sunday

Jun 19, 2017

Mali hotel attack: 6 killed as tourist complex targeted

At least six people were killed in an attack on a tourist complex outside Mali's capital city of Bamako, police said. Read to know more.

Jun 19, 2017

London: Finsbury attacker screamed he wanted to "kill Muslims" before ploughing the pedestrians (Video)

Watch the 'white terrorist' wave from the back of a police van when CPR was being performed. One of the witnesses heard the driver saying that he wanted to 'kill Muslims'.

Jun 19, 2017

Afghanistan: 5 cops killed after suicide bombers blast police headquarters; Taliban claims responsibility

The attack happened around 6:30 am when one of the bombers detonated a car filled with explosives at the gate of the police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan's Gardez city.

Jun 18, 2017

Bodies of missing sailors found in flooded compartments of US destroyer

The Fitzgerald suffered damage on her starboard side above and below the waterline, causing "significant damage" and flooding to two berthing spaces and other areas of the ship, the Navy said.

Jun 18, 2017

How craftsmen are still using ancient tools to restore Great Wall of China

Craftsmen use old bricks falling off the wall wherever they can before resorting to using new bricks which have the exact specifications like that of the old ones.

Jun 17, 2017

Armed police fire stun gun at knife-wielding man near British Parliament

British armed police fired a stun gun at a man who reached for a knife as he ran toward officers guarding one of the gates to the Westminster parliament in central London.

Jun 16, 2017

China kindergarten blast suspect killed, had neurological disorder: Officials

Xu had dropped out of an unnamed school due to his neurological condition and rented an apartment near the kindergarten, China Central Television said.

Jun 16, 2017