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A fast track court (FTC) in Ramgarh on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to 11 of the 12 accused convicted in Alimuddin Ansari’s lynching that took place in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district last year in June. Additional Judge-II Om Prakash

Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, has topped consulting firm Mercer's list of cities offering the highest quality of life for the eighth year in a row, while Baghdad is again considered the worst place to live. Dhaka, the

U T Khun Myat was elected as the new speaker of Myanmar's House of Representatives in a session held in Nay Pyi Taw Thursday, according to parliament sources. U T Khun Myat was former deputy speaker of the House of Representative, or lower

At least 17 people were killed and dozens of others wounded when a bus travelling in northeastern Thailand veered off the road and smashed into a tree, authorities said Thursday.  The accident occured Wednesday evening in Thailand's Nakhon

The Trump administration plans to announce sanctions against China on Thursday after determining that the country is encouraging the theft and transfer of intellectual property from US businesses. The White House said the actions come after years

A suicide bomber blew himself up near a Shi’ite shrine in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 18, officials said, as the Afghan capital celebrated the Nawruz holiday marking the start of the Persian new year. Nasrat

At 32 years old, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman controls a vast fortune, a well-heeled military and the future of a nation in the throes of sweeping economic and social change. His ambitious bid to remake Saudi Arabia received a ringing

The president of Myanmar Htin Kyaw has resigned, his office has announced, reports the BBC. No reason was given, but there have been growing concerns in recent months about the 71-year-old's health after he appeared frail at official

A passenger bus careened off a road and fell into a ravine south of the Philippine capital, killing 19 people and injuring 17 others, police said Wednesday. The crash occurred Tuesday night in Sablayan town in Occidental Mindoro province as the bus

A teenager armed with a handgun shot and critically wounded a girl inside a Maryland school on Tuesday and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire erupted. A third student was in good condition

Rockets fired on a market in a government-controlled area of Damascus on Tuesday killed 35 people and wounded more than 20 others, Syrian state-run media has said. The government blamed rebels in the eastern suburbs of Damascus for the attack on

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police custody for questioning over allegations that he received campaign funding from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi. Police are investigating alleged irregularities over the

Saudi Arabia's young crown prince has an ambitious list of to-dos: modernize his conservative kingdom, weaken Iran's hand across the Mideast and, this week, rehabilitate his country's image in the eyes of Americans. Crown Prince

Thirty-nine Indian hostages missing in Iraq since 2014 have been confirmed dead, India's foreign minister said on Tuesday. Sushma Swaraj told India's parliament that the construction workers had been executed by Daesh, reports Gulf

Pakistan on Monday expressed disappointment at India for not issuing visas to more than 500 Pakistani pilgrims for visiting the famed shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, which New Delhi said could not take place in view of the prevailing

Egypt's military said Monday that 36 jihadists, an officer and three soldiers were killed over five days during a sweeping operation against Islamic State group militants in the Sinai. The army launched the campaign on February 9 after Egyptian

At least eight people have died in clashes between two ethnic groups in central Mali, several sources said Monday, the latest outbreak of violence in the troubled desert region.  Simmering clashes between the Fulani and Dogon communities have

Turkey vowed Monday to expand its operation in northern Syria to other Kurdish-held areas after its troops and allied forces seized control of the city of Afrin in a major blow to the Kurds.  A day after Turkish-led forces entered the city