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Grabbing power in Assam, one of five states electing new assemblies, would be first for BJP in volatile northeast

More than 300 Indians were barred from Canada in 1914 after an immigration dispute

Islamophobia haunts the Muslims of Lanham, Maryland as the country's divisive election campaign fuels fears

Aircraft debris found south of Greek island of Karpathos in southern Mediterranean, reports Greek state TV

The national intelligence director advises the president and oversees the activity of 17 US intelligence agencies

meeting comes days after Afghan authorities hanged six Taliban-linked militants

President Rafael Correa took to Twitter to calm his jittery people

While seeing her house burning, she started crying and screamed for help

A similar system has been in development for several years and was revealed to the public on Wednesday

The official photographers have to add the mortarboards in digitally at no extra cost

Amina Ali Darsha was found yesterday in an area of Kulakasha at the fringes of Sambisa forest

Same sex marriage is currently permitted in Mexico City, as well as in several states of the country

While receiving the inaugural Break the Internet Award, Kim said, “Naked selfies until I die”

President Ghani's govt is making headway in drawing insurgent groups away from battlefield and into political process

The reason is actually a really simple one

Facebook has denied the allegations, reportedly made by a former employee

HMD Global and FIH Mobile will take over Microsoft's feature phone business for $350 millio

The anti-Islam protesters held signs that said things like "No headscarves," "No mosques," and "Stop Islam"

Competitive research funding from the EU and European Research Council to Britain amounted to £967 million in 2015

Google to launch its own ridesharing service

'They want Putin-like leadership; just give me an authoritarian dictatorship and keep the foreigners out' Clinton said

Head of the rightwing Likud has reportedly been engaged in intense negotiations with Labour Party chief Isaac Herzog

Sri Lanka's government has deployed troops to evacuate people living on slopes or in flood-hit areas

JI leader Motiur Rahman was recently executed for crimes against humanity. Here is a poem Bal found to remember him

The Royal Caribbean International's vessel is the size of nearly four soccer fields

Envoys look into various options to push for reconciliation process between Afghan Taliban, govt in Kabul

UNHCR says it still needs half a billion dollars to provide adequate shelter

Apple is also in separate talks to open its first official retail store

The occasion has come to be known as one of the most sacred occasions in the Hindu faith

At least 49 people had been killed by methods including decapitation and shooting

Xi's address to around 150 specialists was his latest move to exert greater authority over China's cultural sphere

Maldives foreign ministry says policies that Iran were pursuing in the Middle East 'detrimental to peace and...

Sri Lanka's government has deployed troops to evacuate people living on slopes or in flood-hit areas

The university campus has been largely deserted since English professor Rezaul Karim Siddique was hacked

Sanders, a self-declared democratic socialist, declared he would not be forced out of the race by narrow Clinton wins

Accusation was made by a 52-year-old who said he was molested 40 years ago when he was an altar boy

'Mexican state must prevent discrimination for any motive and ensure equal rights to all' he says

They are home to more than a third of people with mental illness, only a tiny fraction of them receive medical help

Egypt wrote to General Assembly president on behalf of OIC to object to the participation of the 11 gay groups

The Trump campaign said his net worth has increased since his last PFD was filed and is now in excess of $10 billion

Rowling says 'Voldemort nowhere near as bad as Trump'

Obama opposes the law because it would essentially waive the doctrine of sovereign immunity

Eric Fanning, 47, had been waiting eight months for his nomination to be confirmed as the Army's top civilian leader

Scientists drill deep into ocean floor, extracting remains of the asteroid widely blamed for the demise of dinosaurs

Peter Dutton was responding to proposals by the Labor opposition to boost Australia's annual refugee intake

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for June delivery rose $1.51 to $47.72 a barrel

"We believe we should have moved to a 'Plan B' a long time ago," Adel al-Jubeir

The singer, who was a heavy smoker, had been in poor health for several years and battled cancer

There is no indication who fired the fatal shot at Pinar Gemsiz, who was reportedly 33

The move allows all shipments to go through Myanmar's ports and airports, says the Treasury Department