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Ailing Thai king undergoes heart operation
The king is confined to a wheelchair and rarely seen in public
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Pictures of the day: June 7, 2016
Pictures of the day
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Hundreds left homeless after Sri Lanka depot blast
Thousands of residents are yet to return to their homes after the blasts at the military store
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13 most beautiful mosques in the world
Famous for their structures, architecture and history, we look at a few of the most beautiful mosques
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Fasting won’t be easy in Ramazan: Sadiq Khan
Can you guess what the London mayor will miss drinking the most?
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Verizon plans Yahoo bid: report
Yahoo says it is studying the possibility of a sale as it pursues efforts to revive growth, focusing on mobile users
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Will Smith, Lennox Lewis to be pallbearers at Muhammad Ali funeral
Smith played Ali in the 2001 movie of the same name, earning an Oscar nomination and becoming a family friend
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Make Afghan lapis lazuli a 'conflict' mineral: watchdog
Afghanistan's vast untapped natural resources are seen as the war-battered country's ticket to a self-reliant future
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Muhammad Ali raises his fists one last time in final ever photos
Despite his deteriorating health, legendary boxer's fighting spirit is still evident in front of the camera
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Indonesian sect leaders detained for blasphemy, treason
The leaders of the controversial Nusantara Movement are facing lengthy jail terms after being detained last month
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Japanese boy leaves hospital after forest ordeal
Yamato Tanooka survived for six nights alone after his parents left him on a mountain road in bear-inhabited woods
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Guatemalan drug lords burning forests to land planes
The forests are also strategically placed hideouts for cartels trafficking cocaine from South America to the US
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With vultures gone, Mumbai Parsis turn to cremations
With numbers dwindling, community is split over how best to preserve their religion and culture
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Obama to make last trip to Europe
NATO leaders are expected to discuss support for efforts to control the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean
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Boxing: 'Like punching a mountain' - Indian recalls Ali bouts
Khan, now 72, went to a charity fight in India's Mumbai in 1980 hoping to catch a glimpse of 'The Greatest' in action
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US man pleads guilty to hoax threat to blow up Statue of Liberty
The threat call had prompted evacuation of thousands of tourists from Liberty Island in New York harbor last year
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Crackdown on Bangladesh 'Islamists' as Hindu murdered
Victims of the recent murders have included secular bloggers, gay rights activists and followers of minority religions
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Louisville plans Ali funeral, his 'last statement' to world
Former president Bill Clinton and Turkish President Erdogan are among those due to speak Friday at the public memorial
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Playboy Mansion sold to Twinkies chief
The buyer is Daren Metropoulos, a 32-year-old business tycoon who lives on the property next door to the mansion
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No Trump ads: BuzzFeed says candidate 'hazardous'
The Trump campaign is directly opposed to the freedoms of our employees in the United States, says statement
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US returns precious artifacts to India
The items, some of them 2,000 years old, were recovered in an operation involving several US government agencies
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Istanbul bomb blast kills 11 people, wounds 36
A parked car packed with explosives was detonated by remote control as a police personnel bus passed by
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France fearful of 'soft target' Euro 2016 attack
"We know that Daesh is planning new attacks and France is clearly targeted," said the head of France's DGS Agency
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Popular MMA fighter Kimbo Slice dies - promoter
Reason for his hospitalization was unclear and the cause of death was not immediately known
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Hindu priest slaughtered in western Bangladesh: police
The body of Ananda Gopal Ganguly was found with his head nearly severed in a rice field
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Down's syndrome 'treated' with green tea: study
Brain scans revealed the compound, epigallocatechin gallate, altered the way neurons in brain connect with one another
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Lung cancer: Mobile app could extend life expectancy
Developed by Denis, the app is still at prototype stage, but expected to be out commercially in 2017
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Clinton has delegates to clinch White House nomination: US media
Clinton's campaign appeared to acknowledge the tallies that pushed her beyond the 2,383 delegates
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Finns to bury nuclear waste in world's costliest tomb
Spent nuclear rods will be placed in iron casts, then sealed into thick copper canisters and lowered into the tunnels
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Parents of lost Japanese boy won't face charges
'Considering the factors behind the case, the chances of making it a prosecutable one are extremely slim' lawyer
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Five dead, two injured in Paris suburb fire
The blaze was reported at around 7.30 pm local time (2130 GMT) and had been brought under control by 10.30 pm
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Saudi still reviewing hajj stampede: minister
More than 2,000 pilgrims died in the stampede, the worst disaster to ever strike the annual ritual
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Mars 'colonists' to undergo five days of tests
Around 200,000 hopefuls from 140 countries initially signed up for the Mars One project
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UK's 'Leave' EU camp moves ahead in polls
The WhatUKThinks average of the six last polls put "Leave" at 51 percent against "Remain" at 49 percent
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Saudis seek 'correction' to UN report on children killed in Yemen
Saudi Ambassador Abdullah al-Mouallimi told reporters that he was "deeply disappointed" and "disturbed" by the report
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Obama poised to endorse Clinton
It is an open secret in Washington that President Barack Obama intends to endorse Clinton
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Afghan Taliban refuse to cease fire in Ramazan
UN, Afghan High Peace Council call for cessation of hostilities during the month.
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No charges against family in US gorilla incident
Mother turned away for a few seconds to attend to another of her children
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Hillary Clinton brother-in-law arrested for drunk driving
The 59-year-old actor and musician, spent the night in jail and was released early Monday after posting $15,000 bail
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Russian dissident chess legend Korchnoi dies at 85
The player, born in 1931 in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, first played at the age of six, taught by his father
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300,000 Algerian students to resit exams after leak
Authorities have opened an investigation to find out how questions to seven tests were leaked online
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Playwright Peter Shaffer dies aged 90
Shaffer won the 1984 Oscar for the adaptation of 'Amadeus', one of his most famous theatre works
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Camera catches lion attacking toddler, smashing into glass wall
The incident was captured by a visitor at Chiba Zoological Park in Tokyo, Japan
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"We're prepared", says Paris police chief ahead of Euro 2016
France is in a state of emergency after militants killed 130 people in a series of coordinated assaults
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Turkish president Erdogan to attend Muhammad Ali's funeral
Spokesperson Bob Gunnell unveils details of ceremonies to take place in Louisville
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Death penalty sought for 24 Indian Hindus over Gujarat massacre
The 24 were found guilty last week of playing a role in the massacre of 69 Muslims in Gujarat in 2002
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BBC Myanmar reporter jailed for attacking policeman
The scuffle between Nay Myo Lin and the police officer broke out after the officer knocked a man off a motorbike
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Mark Zuckerberg's social media accounts hacked
His Facebook account was not among the compromised profiles
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How many hours will you be fasting this year?
Here's an interesting chart of how many hours people in different countries will be fasting
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Philippines' Duterte extremely 'irresponsible': UN experts
"F**k you UN... Shut up all of you," he told a news conference Thursday night

















































