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UK to ban gay 'conversion therapy' after massive survey
LGBT rights group Stonewall defines conversion therapy as a treatment which aims to stop same-sex attraction
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Democrats make abortion focus of Supreme Court fight
Democrats are hoping to prevent Trump from tilting court to hard right
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White House won't recognize Crimea annexation: official
Trump is due to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on July 16 in Helsinki
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Arrests in Europe over plot to attack Iran opposition in Paris
Developments came on day Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Switzerland
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FBI foils US independence day attack by Qaeda sympathizer
Fourth arrest in United States this year of someone accused of plotting for or in support of religious militant group
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Junior soccer team found alive in Thai cave after nine days
They went missing after soccer practice on June 23 after they set out to explore Tham Luang cave complex
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Sri Lanka to shift naval base to China-controlled port city
The US, India and Japan have raised concerns that China might use the port as a naval base
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UN envoy visits Yemen for talks on key port city
Martin Griffiths is set to meet with Huthi rebels who control the capital along with the Red Sea city of Hodeida
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Over 270,000 displaced by southern Syria fighting: UN
Nearly two weeks of ferocious air strikes and barrel bombing have seen regime forces retake rebel-held territory
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Keeping Delhi cool is hot work
According to an ice factory supervisor, tonnes of ice blocks are supplied to the Indian capital everyday
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'Back from the dead': South African woman found alive in mortuary fridge
'Victim' involved in horrific car crash in which two others were killed
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Video of shark in Malaysia restaurant aquarium sparks outrage
The animal swims back and forth in barely 6ft long, 3ft deep and 3ft high in the video
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Gay groups march in Istanbul pride despite ban
Around 1,000 people gather near the city's famous Istiklal Avenue and Taksim Square
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Portugal, the European country that wants more migrants
PM Costa said that they won't tolerate any xenophobia rhetoric
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Interpol seeks arrest of Indian billionaire jeweler Nirav Modi
The Indian billionaire is at the heart of a $2 billion-plus bank fraud case
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UN chief hears of 'unimaginable' atrocities as he visits Rohingya camps
UN Secretary General described the situation as "a humanitarian and human rights nightmare"
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Indonesian forces to blame for Papua killings: Amnesty
Reports says Indonesian forces have been behind killings of 95 people since 2010
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Afghan Sikhs, Hindus grieve after suicide attack kills 19
'This attack has killed many of our elders, those who loved their country more than anything else'
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Japan emperor being treated for brain condition: palace
Not clear when the emperor will resume his public duties
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Turkey orders dozens of colonels arrested in Gulen probe
Turkey says the measures are necessary to combat threats to national security
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New water pollution protests hit southwest Iran
Water pollution in the two cities of Khuzestan province has sparked several demonstrations over the past four days
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Merkel rebels vow last-ditch bid for migrant deal
EU member countries could also create processing centres to sort economic migrants from refugees
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Five more beaten to death in India lynchings
The attacks have left authorities scrambling to mount an effective response
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Mexican leftist Lopez Obrador wins presidency: exit polls
Lopez Obrador plans to help poor farmers, though he has stressed he will not expropriate private property
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Pakistan needs to do more on Taliban: US
Alice Wells says militant group’s inertia on peace talks 'unacceptable'
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Several Sikhs among 19 killed in Afghan suicide attack
Avtar Singh, the only Sikh candidate running in the October 20 parliamentary election among the dead
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French gangster pulls off spectacular jailbreak by helicopter
Redoine Faid, 46, breaks out of prison with the help of three armed accomplices
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France pays tribute to Veil, Holocaust survivor with Pantheon burial
France paid homage on Sunday to Simone Veil, a Holocaust survivor best known for legalising abortion in the 1970s
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Thousands rally in Hong Kong over Beijing's tightening grip
The former British colony marked the 21st anniversary of its return to Chinese rule
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Several injured during Iran water protests
Protesters were injured in Khorramshahr late Saturday while protesting against water pollution clashed with police
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Cambodia earns Guinness Record for longest woven scarf
Cambodia won a place in the Guinness book of World Records Sunday for a 1,100-metre
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Australia shelves MH370 memorial after relatives protest
Resting place of the flight from KL to Beijing with 239 people on board still unknown
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Up to Dh500,000 fine, one year jail term for filming people in UAE
Dubai police arrest man for filming a person and uploading video on social media
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Three Afghans beheaded, school torched in suspected Islamic State attack
Unidentified gunmen beheaded three men and torched a boys' school in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan
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UAE announces pause in offensive on Yemen's Hodeidah
United Arab Emirates on Sunday announced a pause in the offensive it is backing against Houthi militants Hodeidah,
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Fugitive flamingo spotted after over a decade
The fugitive escaped from a Kansas zoo over a decade ago, in 2005
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North Korea's Kim asked China's Xi to help lift sanctions
China and the US both hope to see the Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons
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Ritual sacrifice draws crowds to Indonesia volcano
Thousands of locals and tourists climbed Mount Bromo early Sunday for a lavish religious ceremony
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Suicide bombing wounds 19 at Iraq ballot warehouse
The vote recount is expected to begin on Tuesday in the Kurdish provinces of Arbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk and Kirkuk
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Shark pulls woman overboard by biting finger in Australia
Melissa sustains cuts, a fracture, a torn ligament and a bad infection on her finger as a result of the encounter
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Issue of Taliban should be solved in ties with Pakistan: Afghan president
Pakistan knows its role well in peace, reconciliation in Afghanistan, says Ambassador to Kabul Zahid Nasrullah
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Indian troops martyr 33 Kashmiris in June
236 people were injured due to the use of brute force including firing of bullets, pellets, PAVA and teargas shells
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44 dead in bus crash in northern India: police
44 people have died in the accident, at least 3 others are injured.
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Eleven family members found dead in Delhi home: police
Indian police launched an investigation Sunday after a family of 11 was found dead inside their home in New Delhi
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US metal manufacturers mobilise against Trump tariffs
American metal industry has rallied its forces to plead for changes
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Chasing dinosaurs in Myanmar's conflict-ridden north
"Amber hunters" on a quest for a Jurassic Park-style discovery sift through mounds of the precious resin in Myanmar
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Jordan army sends aid to southern Syria displaced
The Jordanian army has sent cross-border deliveries of aid to displaced people in Syria's southern province of Daraa
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Mexico votes for new president, leftist rebel favored to win
The law bars current President Enrique Pena Nieto from seeking re-election
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War on plastic leaves manufacturers clutching at straws
With public pressure growing on governments to ban single use plastics, manufacturers are feeling the heat
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Ukraine's Roma under attack in wave of hate crimes
More than a dozen Roma people were forced to flee the camp outside the city of Lviv as a result of the attacks

















































