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It was not immediately clear if Qatar Airways would also suspend flights to other countries. (Photo: AFP)

Airspace ban for Qatar flights was to protect citizens: Saudi Arabia

The United Arab Emirates and Qatar have long been major proponents of open-skies policies.

13 Jun 2017 5:03 PM IST

LGBT rights activists said womens safety shouldnt be used to discriminate against gay couples (Photo: AFP)

German lawmakers vote for same-sex marriage; Merkel opposes

Merkel voted against a law to legalise same-sex marriage which passed parliament, saying she believed it was preserve of...

30 Jun 2017 1:34 PM IST

Benami Transactions (Prohibition) law.

US court sentences drug addict mother to 130 years for killing...

Thirty-year-old Amber Pasztor of Fort Wayne told an Elkhart County judge she was sorry before he ordered the sentence...

29 Jun 2017 8:10 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while adressing the Indian diaspora at the community programme in Washington DC (Photo: PIB/Twitter)

Confident of more convergence between India-US: Modi in WSJ before...

Modi and Trump are due to hold afternoon talks and a working dinner at the White House, though no press conference is...

26 Jun 2017 7:07 PM IST

The universitys Equality and Diversity Unit has advised undergraduate students that not speaking directly to people could be deemed a racial micro-aggression (File Photo)

Students avoiding eye contact with their peers could be racism: Oxford

Free Speech University Ranking called it ridiculous to suggest that not looking someone in the eye was a micro form of...

24 April 2017 7:20 PM IST

Centerist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

EU Commission supports Emmanuel Macron in second round of French...

The EU has had a team for years to dispel lies and untruths about the EU in the British popular press.

24 April 2017 6:35 PM IST

In his video, the woman with the child can be heard asking flight attendants for the stroller. (Photo: Screengrab)

Video: American Airlines staff suspended after whacking mother of...

The incident started over a dispute as to whether the woman could bring her stroller on the flight, Scott said.

22 April 2017 3:56 PM IST

President Donald Trump about the health care overhaul bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Indian techies, IT firms anxious as Trump orders US visa review

Trump's decision was not a huge surprise, given his election campaign pledge to put American jobs first.

22 April 2017 8:35 AM IST

One of the co-passenger who raced to help found Imani had already stopped breathing and her face was ice cold. (File Photo)

UK: 16-week-old baby tortured to death by couple

In his defence, Wiltshire, who fathered 25 children, denied the allegations and stated that 'I'm not a life taker, I'm...

21 April 2017 6:39 PM IST

Japan Air Self-Defense Forces F-15 fighter jets fly over US Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during a Japan-US joint training in the Sea of Japan. (Photo: AP)

Post Warmbier's death, US send supersonic bombers in Korean Peninsula

The family of American college student Otto Warmbier said the 22-year-old died Monday, days after his release from North...

20 Jun 2017 8:09 PM IST

The Tehran Security Council has convened an emergency meeting after two terror attacks were reported on the Iranian Parliament and Imam Khomeini Mausoleum respectively on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Iran's Revolutionary Guard strikes Syria for Tehran attacks

On June 7, gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the parliament complex and the shrine of revolutionary leader Ayatollah...

19 Jun 2017 9:24 AM IST

Patel recorded the womans speech in a video on his mobile phone. (Photo: Pixabay)

Australia: Indian couple racially abused for requesting seat on bench

Patel said that despite his requesting the woman for a seat next to her, she attacked the couple verbally.

29 April 2017 4:14 PM IST