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02 Oct 2017
ChinaChinese sisters sell bags of "fresh air" at Rs. 150
In a bid to combat the deteriorating air quality in China, two sisters in the country have come up with an unusual idea.
02 Oct 2017
ThailandChina gets $5.5 billion bullet train project nod from Thailand
According to reports, Thailand has greenlit China's first international order of bullet train technology by agreeing to a US$5.5 billion worth high-speed railway project, which will connect Bangkok, Thailand's capital city, with Southern China.
02 Oct 2017
Las VegasDeadliest US mass shooting: Gunman identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock
The gunman suspect in the Las Vegas mass shooting has been identified by the police as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock.
01 Oct 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaSpain: Tensions mount ahead of the Catalan independence referendum
Tensions are building in Spain's Catalan region ahead of an independence referendum earlier prohibited by Madrid.
01 Oct 2017
North KoreaRex Tillerson: Washington has been talking to North Korea
Amid numerous threats and retorts flying back-and-forth, US-North Korea relations show no signs of improvement.
01 Oct 2017
IndiaChinese envoy: New Delhi, Beijing should build on BRICS consensus
PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping charted a new course for peaceful bilateral relations while meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in China last month.
01 Oct 2017
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci might have drawn a nude Mona Lisa
After a month of tests on a particular painting, curators and scientists at the Louvre in Paris have determined that Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci might have drawn a nude Mona Lisa.
01 Oct 2017
South KoreaTrump may visit India as part of East Asia tour
As US President Donald Trump embarks on his East Asian tour of Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines on November 3-14, sources say that there may be a possibility of him visiting India as the White House mentioned that Trump "will discuss the importance of a free and open Indo-Pacific region to America's prosperity and security."
01 Oct 2017
MyanmarRohingya crisis: Oxford college removes portrait of Myanmar's Suu Kyi
Amid the ongoing Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, the Oxford University college where the country's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi studied has taken down her portrait from public display.
30 Sep 2017
AustriaSex doll Samantha molested at a tech fair in Austria
As if molesting women wasn't enough, now Al sex dolls aren't being spared either.
30 Sep 2017
Donald TrumpUS health secretary Tom Price quits over private plane scandal
Tom Price, Donald Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary, resigned on Friday amid growing uproar over his use of expensive private planes for official purposes.
30 Sep 2017
Saudi ArabiaAnother breakthrough for Saudi women! They can now issue fatwas
Shura Council, Saudi Arabia's advisory council has, in a historic decision, now allowed the kingdom's women to issue fatwas, i.e. Islamic legal pronouncements.
30 Sep 2017
North KoreaUN sanctions: Beijing orders North Korean companies to close shop
World powers seem determined to put maximum pressure on North Korea, in order to discipline Pyongyang for its rogue behavior.
30 Sep 2017
White HouseHurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico is running out of cash
The tiny island territory of Puerto Rico was recently hit by Category-IV Hurricane Maria.
29 Sep 2017
Pakistan NewsPak interior ministry seeks ban on Hafiz Saeed's political party
Pakistan's interior ministry has urged the nation's electoral commission to bar from politics a party floated by Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader Hafiz Saeed.
29 Sep 2017
ChinaPhoto of Chinese cop breastfeeding suspect's baby goes viral
A photo of a Chinese female bailiff breastfeeding a four-month-old daughter of an under-trial prisoner is winning people's hearts on social media.
29 Sep 2017
AfghanistanSuicide bombing targeting Shiite mosque in Kabul kills 4
At least four people were killed and 20 others injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Shiite Hussainia Mosque in central Kabul.
29 Sep 2017
ISISISIS releases purported audio recording from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
ISIS released, what it claims to be, a new audio recording from its chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
28 Sep 2017
FacebookPaul Horner, notorious fake news writer found dead
Paul Horner, the writer who became famous for his fake news stories during the 2016 US Presidential elections, died at 38.
28 Sep 2017
LondonComputer check-in system crash causes chaos in airports worldwide
Air travellers around the world have suffered major disruptions after the widely used computer check-in system 'Amadeus Altea' crashed.
28 Sep 2017
Donald TrumpTrump's son-in-law Jared Kushner registered to vote as a woman
US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has been registered to vote as a woman, according to New York State Board of Elections records.
28 Sep 2017
FacebookMark defends Facebook against Trump's fake news allegations
Mark Zuckerberg is the nice guy. He is politically correct and quick to mention it because if he doesn't, his empire aka the biggest social media platform, Facebook gets flak.
28 Sep 2017
IndiaDid India offer to swap another terrorist for Kulbhushan Jadhav?
Pakistan's foreign minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif has claimed that India made a proposal to swap alleged-spy Kulbhushan Jadhav for a terrorist who carried out the 2014 Peshawar army school attacks.
28 Sep 2017
ISISKurdistan referendum: Iraqi Kurds overwhelmingly back independence
The Kurdish community in Northern Iraq signaled its overwhelming desire for an independent Kurdistan, in a controversial referendum held this week.
28 Sep 2017
BBCPlayboy's legendary founder Hugh Hefner dies, aged 91
Hugh Hefner, the legendary founder of the adult Playboy magazine, has passed away, aged 91.
28 Sep 2017
MyanmarRohingya crisis: What are China's interests in Rakhine?
Amid rampant violence against Rohingyas in Myanmar's Rakhine state, China and India have been backing its government.
28 Sep 2017
Donald TrumpUS-Mexico border wall: Construction of prototypes begins
Even as Congressional funding for Trump's border wall remains a question mark, it may go up (for real) soon.
27 Sep 2017
Saudi ArabiaMeet Manal al-Sharif: The Saudi woman who dared to drive
How dangerous can driving a car be for women?
27 Sep 2017
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia lifts ban on women drivers at last
Women in Saudi Arabia can finally get behind a steering-wheel like their counterparts elsewhere in the world.
27 Sep 2017
TencentChina's Digital Wall gets a fresh coat of oppressive rules
As the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party comes closer, China ups its Internet norms further.
26 Sep 2017
Indian ArmyIndian troops rescue 22 potential "child soldiers" from war-torn Congo
Indian Army troops deployed as UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have rescued 22 children from the danger of being turned into "child soldiers" by armed groups.
26 Sep 2017
IndiaEx-Senator: India, US should jointly strike Pakistan's nuclear-weapon sites
Former-US lawmaker Larry Pressler opined that India and the US should jointly launch a pre-emptive strike on Pakistan's nuclear weapon sites.
26 Sep 2017
IndiaChinese media slams Sushma Swaraj's UN speech as "arrogant"
Chinese state-run daily Global Times has termed Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's strong rebuke of Pakistan at the UN General Assembly as "arrogant."
26 Sep 2017
South KoreaNorth Korea accuses US of declaring war on them
Amid numerous threats and retorts flying back-and-forth, US-North Korea relations show no signs of improvement.
26 Sep 2017
Donald TrumpNew revelation: Jared Kushner used private e-mail for government business
Numerous scandals have rocked the Trump administration in less than a year at the White House.
25 Sep 2017
IndiaPakistan lobbying UN to declare India a "sponsor of terror"
Pakistan is now lobbying the United Nations to designate India as a "state sponsor of terrorism," claimed the country's Express Tribune.
25 Sep 2017
North KoreaJapan's Abe announces snap elections amid high approval ratings
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has announced snap elections and said parliament would be dissolved on Thursday.
25 Sep 2017
EgyptEman Ahmed: Former world's heaviest woman dies in Abu Dhabi
Only a week after her 37th birthday, Egypt's Eman Ahmed, the world's former heaviest woman who once weighed 500kg, passed away this morning at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi.
25 Sep 2017
Narendra ModiMyanmar Army: Mass graves of 28 Hindus found, Rohingyas suspected
Myanmar's army recently discovered bodies of 28 Hindu villagers. They suspect that Muslim Rohingya militants killed these Hindus last month, i.e. before the violence, which has made about four lakh Muslims flee Bangladesh, began.
25 Sep 2017
Pakistan NewsPak nukes located at 9 sites, are vulnerable to terrorists
Last week, Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi flaunted his country's nuclear-capable short-range missiles, which he claimed are aimed at deterring the Indian military's 'cold start' doctrine.
