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Spelling Bee: 7 Indian-Americans qualify for finals

Last year, 14-year-old Karan Menon of New Jersey had won the National Geographic Bee competition.

24 May 2016 6:00 AM GMT

Mohamed Nasheed was allowed to travel to Britain in January for spinal cord surgery after he fell ill. (Photo: AP)

UK granted refugee status to former Maldives President

Nasheed was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment on controversial terrorism charges last year.

24 May 2016 5:59 AM GMT

Barack Obama has already ruled out any kind of apology, which would be highly contentious in the US. (Photo: AP)

Barack Obama Hiroshima trip to overshadow G7 economic talks

A gathering Chinese slowdown, weak oil prices and threat of Britain's exit from the EU will provide the backdrop for the...

24 May 2016 5:58 AM GMT

United States Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

North Korean envoy rejects Donald Trump's proposal to meet Kim Jong-Un

Trump's proposal is a kind of propaganda or advertisement in his election race, a senior North Korean official said.

24 May 2016 5:04 AM GMT

Iraq forces begin assault on IS bastion Fallujah

Iraqi forces retook a town east of Fallujah as they closed in on the city which saw deadly battles in 2004 between...

24 May 2016 5:02 AM GMT

Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mansour used Pakistan airports

A passport and a computerised national identity card found near the burnt car bore the name of Muhammad Wali.

24 May 2016 4:46 AM GMT

Smoke billows in the background as Iraqi pro-government forces advance towards the city of Fallujah. (Photo: AFP)

Gulf countries, Canada to cooperate in anti-IS fight

The countries agreed on the need to ‘dry up’ sources of finance for jihadists.

24 May 2016 3:30 AM GMT

The plane was a single-engine Cessna 182H, FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said. Its unclear what led to the crash. (Photo: AP)

5 dead after skydiving tour plane crashes in Hawaii

The pilot, two skydive instructors and two tandem jumpers were believed to be on the plane.

24 May 2016 3:06 AM GMT

Hillary Clinton declines final debate with Bernie Sanders

Hillary would concentrate on campaigning against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump instead.

24 May 2016 3:04 AM GMT

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: AP)

The world flocks to Istanbul to set humanitarian agenda

British actor Daniel Craig talks, backdropped by a projected picture of a child, during the opening ceremony of the...

24 May 2016 12:46 AM GMT

‘Leaving European Union will lead to self-destruction’

British chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne listens as Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech on the...

23 May 2016 11:48 PM GMT

Taliban meet to pick Mansour successor

Senior Afghan Taliban figures were meeting on Monday to agree on a successor to Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the leader of the...

23 May 2016 11:29 PM GMT