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British-Palestinian girl ousted from school competition for 'offensive' speech
15-year-old Leanne Mohamad described the situation of Palestinians living under Israeli settler colonialism
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Tech moguls declare era of artificial intelligence
Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Alphabet Inc's Google, said he sees a "huge opportunity" in AI
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What the verdict in Gujarat carnage means for Modi
While Modi was CM of Gujrat, over 2,000 Muslims were burnt alive or hacked to death, mostly women and children
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Translator for Bangkok bomb suspects held on drug charges
Sirojiddin Bakhodirov was arrested this week with small amounts of marijuana and crystal meth.
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Pictures of the day: June 3, 2016
We look at 13 images from events around the world
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Greece rescues hundreds of migrants in sinking off Crete, recovers four bodies
In total, 340 people were rescued by midday, Greek authorities say
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Promising drugs stoke talk of eventual cancer "cure"
Immunotherapy Keytruda is a new type of drug that enlists the body's defenses in the fight to beat cancer.
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From 8 years old, UK boys earn more than girls
The gender gap has soared from 1.2 percent last year, according to the survey of 1,202 children and 575 parents
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Number of terrorist attacks fell in 2015 - US report
Terrorist attacks fell by 13 per cent compared with 2014, while fatalities declined by 14 per cent
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Gunfire erupts as police clash with squatters in Indian park, 22 killed
The violence erupted after protesters killed two police officers during an operation to clear people from public park
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Major powers meet to revive moribund Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking
Neither Israel nor the Palestinians have been invited to the meeting
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Khamenei says US, 'evil' Britain can’t be trusted: state TV
Iranian Supreme Leader accuses Washington of not being committed to nuclear deal
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BMW revamps electric car division to focus on self-driving tech
BMW is hiring experts in machine learning and artificial intelligence
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Paris on alert as swollen Seine reaches peak levels
Parisians were urged to avoid the banks of the river which was expected to reach a peak of six metres (19 feet) Friday
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At Air Force Academy, Obama warns against isolationism
As cadets celebrated after taking their oath during the graduation ceremony, a cadet from Pakistan held up his flag
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Boy abandoned in Japan forest for being naughty found alive, unharmed
The boy had been missing since Saturday
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Two US military aerobatic planes crash separately, one dead
One of the planes crashed shortly after flying over a speech by President Barack Obama
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Dozens hurt as brawl breaks out between Pakistani, Afghan migrants in Greece
Three of the injured, two Pakistanis and an Afghan, were hospitalised, two of them with head injuries
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King Tut's dagger was 'made from a meteorite'
British Egyptologist Howard Carter found the dagger on Tutankhamun's right thigh in the wrapping of his mummy
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Clinton says Trump dangerous, unfit to be commander in chief
Clinton and Trump are all but assured to be the Democratic and Republican party nominees
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India's Modi goes to Washington as US partner, but not yet full ally
Obama invited Modi for one of the last big visits by a world leader before his term ends in January
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11 dead in Qatar labour camp fire
The identity of the victims was not immediately known
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Probe finds Prince died of opioid painkiller overdose
The 57-year-old "Purple Rain" star was found dead at his Paisley Park estate outside Minneapolis on April 21
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Trump will reopen controversial Trump University after litigation ends
Trump is fighting a lawsuit against the venture that accuses the school of misleading thousands of people
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Eight women killed in stampede for Ramazan alms in Mauritania
A large crowd had gathered to receive the equivalent of around $30 per person handed out by a businessman
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Narendra Modi to visit Afghanistan to open dam
The dam is one of two large projects carried out under India's development partnership with Afghanistan
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US schoolteacher arrested after student ‘gets her pregnant’
Alexandria Vera, 24, faces sex abuse charges for having physical affair with 13-year-old
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Bodies of at least 25 migrants washed up in western Libya: Red Crescent
Al-Khamis Al-Bosaifi said aid workers were still recovering the bodies
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European celebrities sign 'love letter' to Britain
The letter comes with three weeks to go until the June 23 referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union
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Australia installing ground traffic lights to alert phone addicts
Six-month trial of ground level traffic lights will cost New South Wales state government A$250,000
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Odds are we are living in someone else's video game, says Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Musk challenges anyone to find fault with his reasoning
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Pictures of the day: June 2, 2016
We look at 13 images from events around the world
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Leaders of banned Tajik Islamist party get life sentence in coup case
The court has also sentenced 11 other members of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan to 14-28 years in prison
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India's Odisha state becomes first to give welfare to transgender community
A lack of access to employment opportunities has meant many transgender people end up forced into sex work
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EgyptAir black box search zone narrowed after signal detected: source
Locating the black boxes is crucial to understanding why the Airbus A320 plummeted into the Mediterranean
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Five facts about life in besieged, IS-held Fallujah
Stuck under the rule of jihadists and with no safe exits, the civilian population is struggling to survive.
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25 stunning snaps of MySpace multi-millionaire founder's travels
The businessman-turned-explorer is travelling the world capturing stunning scenes
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India court convicts 24 over 2002 Gujarat riots massacre
Riots have long dogged Narendra Modi who as Gujarat chief minister was accused of turning a blind eye to the violence
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US adults reporting homosexual experience doubles: study
Study co-author says American culture has become more individualistic and more focused on self and on equality
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Sufis live in fear after Bangladeshi machete slaughter
A medical student says, "If extremists aren't stopped, we'll become another Pakistan"
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Uber raises $3.5 billion from country which bans females from driving
Ride-hailing app says about 80 per cent of its more than 130,000 riders in Saudi Arabia are women
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US military sees Afghan talks with new Taliban leader unlikely
US officials say that hardline Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has little incentive to negotiate
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UK paedophile admits string of sex attacks on Malaysian children
Richard Huckle, 30, took pictures and video footage of himself abusing the children which he uploaded to the dark web
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Shabaab leader 'presumed killed' in US strikes in Somalia
The airstrike carried out on May 27 targeted top Shabaab military commander Abdullahi Haji Da'ud, says Pentagon
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US moves to lock North Korea out of global financial system
Action follows recent UNSC resolution that calls on all UN members to cut off banking relations with Pyongyang
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Chabahar port to make India capable of bypassing Pakistan, says report
The new deep-sea port on Iran coastline will help New Delhi to meet its energy needs, says Foreign Policy magazine
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14 get death for Saudi Shia town unrest
Al-Riyadh says the 14 were among 24 "accused of killing security personnel and robbing passers-by in Awamiya"
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Leopard on the loose sparks alarm in Nepal's capital
Police called in zoo and wildlife officials who tracked the animal as it clambered over rooftops
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Kid destroys $15,000 LEGO sculpture an hour after new exhibit opens
LEGO statuette met its end in Ningbo, China
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Trump to visit UK on June 24 to open golf resort
It is the Republican's first trip to the UK since a spat with David Cameron over comments he made about Muslims
















































