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Personal care brand Dove has apologised for an advert that showed a black woman removing a top to reveal a white woman underneath, following accusations of racism. The three-second video clip appeared in the United States on the social networking

A Nigerian national beg and screams as he is tied to a post and thrashed by a mob in Delhi.  The man was allegedly caught trying to rob a house in Malviya Nagar in south Delhi, which has a sizeable population of African students, reports

Gurmeet Ram Rahim and Honeypreet, who were allegedly having an incestuous relationship, had a secret Dera succession plan, it has been claimed.  According to former Dera followers, both wanted a child who they planned to make him the Dera

Indonesian police have detained 58 men including several foreigners in a raid on a gay sauna, an official said Saturday, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country.  Police late Friday raided a building in

A primary school teacher in the UK died of bowel cancer just three days after dancing the night away on her wedding night. Katie Sutterby, who was described as a "dedicated" teacher for Maltese Road Primary School, in Chelmsford, Essex,

A 30-year-old woman in India's Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang-raped by four men in front of her husband and their three-month-old baby, the police said. The woman and her husband, 35, had taken their baby to a pediatrician and were returning

Renowned Bangladeshi singer Mila’s husband Parvez Sanjari has been arrested and later sent to jail in a case filed in connection with torturing her for dowry. Parvez Sanjari, a pilot of US-Bangla Airlines, has been arrested on Thursday, soon

Taslima Nasreen, the exiled Bangladeshi writer, has criticized Bangladesh for voting against a United Nations resolution that condemned the capital punishment for having gay sex.  She wrote on her twitter: "Shame on Bangladesh for not

The Peace Research Institute Oslo, an independent foundation, has put together a short list of contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize, to be announced today.  The Peace Research Institute Oslo, an independent foundation, puts together its own

Passengers forced open the doors on a busy rush-hour train and climbed onto tracks after becoming "panicked" in the carriage. It happened outside Wimbledon station in south-west London after a man apparently began reading lines aloud from

Japan's public broadcaster has vowed to reform its working practices as it revealed that a young reporter died of heart failure after logging 159 hours of overtime in a month. NHK reporter Miwa Sado, 31, who had been covering political news in

A video filming a Muslim Congress MLA garlanded with shoes has gone viral on Social Media.  The incident took place when Gujarat Congress MLA Gyasuddin Shaikh, representing the Dariyapur seat, was at a rally organised to protest against rising

A giant python in Indonesia met an unfortunate end when it was eaten after it lost a battle with a local man. Security guard Robert Nababan encountered the snake on a palm oil plantation road in Sumatra's Batang Gansal district on Saturday. Mr

The 34th birthday of Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is being celebrated today.  On this day in 1983, the legendary cricketer was born in Narail district.  Mortaza has been described as an open and animated character who

A Zimbabwean journalist has been detained over a story alleging that used underwear had been distributed to ruling Zanu-PF supporters on First Lady Grace Mugabe's behalf, his lawyers say, reports BBC. NewsDay reporter Kenneth Nyangani was

Here is the full list of Nobel Peace Prize laureates from 1901, when the prize was first awarded. The 2017 prize will be announced on Friday:  2016: Juan Manuel Santos (Colombia)  2015: The National Dialogue Quartet (Tunisia) 

Australia's two biggest cities could swelter through 50C days within a few decades, a study has found. Sydney and Melbourne are likely to endure such summers even if global warming is contained to the Paris accord limit of a 2C rise above

Drinkwell, a market- leading water technology company operating in India and Bangladesh, has won the $500,000 Under 30 Global Impact Challenge as part of the 2017 Forbes Under 30 Summit.  Bangladeshi social entrepreneur Minhaj Chowdhury also