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Israeli ultra-Orthodox media blurs women in govt picture
Ultra-Orthodox website Behadrey Haredim,published the picture but blurred the women's faces
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Saudi citizen killed in rocket attack launched from Yemen: Saudi Press Agency
The civil defense sends communiqué stating that village of al Hosn in Dhahran faced [an attack] by military rockets
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This June will be a second longer
This is the 26th time scientists have added a second to a particular day
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Boy who was smuggled into Spain in suitcase is allowed to stay
Boy's father lived legally in Spain, but his income was too low to allow his son to live with them
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High-level gathering: PM to attend water conference in Tajikistan
Tajik envoy speaks about CASA-1000 and trade ties with Pakistan
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DNA from pizza crust helps police identify US murder suspect
Authorities have not ruled out that the crimes were committed with the help of accomplices
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With few mosques around, Muslims in Italy take to praying at supermarkets, car parks
There are just two purpose-built mosques for 1.5m Muslims in Italy, who make up the second biggest religion there
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Obama defends US actions, denies they are losing against Islamic State
Obama blamed recent advances of IS on a lack of training and reinforcement of Iraq's own security forces
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Saudi Arabia unveils plan to construct world's largest hotel in Makkah
In addition to 10,000 rooms, it will feature 70 restaurants and multiple helipads
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Briton guilty of making bomb that killed US sergeant in Iraq
Sardar was caught seven years after the explosion when the FBI found his fingerprints on some of the bombs
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Iran rules out nuclear inspections of military sites, questioning scientists
Supreme leader says no 'intelligent government' would allow such a thing and 'excessive demands' must be resisted
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World Cup 2020: Qatar still failing labourers on reform, says Amnesty
Amnesty listed nine "fundamental" areas for reform and said Doha has managed only "limited progress" in five
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Stuck in Gaza, hackers open lines to the world
It involves using dedicated servers to scoop up telephone IP addresses from big corporations and businesses
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Lotsa twerking and lolz in new Scrabble dictionary
Head of language content at Collins says the Internet age has revolutionised the inclusion of slang in dictionaries
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Hate crime: Woman imprisoned for shoving Hindu man off New York subway platform
Mendez confessed she hated all Muslims and Hindus since 9/11 and was 'mad because she liked the buildings'
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Malala urges world leaders to give all girls 12 years at school
Nobel laureate says 12 years of free education was critical particularly for girls
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7 surprising things we learnt from Bin Laden's 'treasure trove'
From recruitment letters to personal notes to his family, OBL documents reveal a hidden side of the al Qaeda chief
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Greenpeace staff to work for free after India blocks funds
Our employees are willing to work without pay for one month, says Greenpeace
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Racist search term points to White House in Google Maps
Google says it is sidelining its crowd-sourced map making tool to implement way to prevent bogus edits
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We hire only non-Muslims: Indian firm tells job-seeker
MBA graduate says Hindu friends were given placements but he lost the opportunity because of his religion
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Eight British men due in court over multi-million pound gem robbery
Hatton Garden,London, boasts almost 300 dealers and more than 50 jewellery shops
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Over 4,000 Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan and Afghanistan granted Indian citizenship
Citizenship for 4,230 Hindus and Sikhs were approved by the end of April 2015
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US senator stages 10-hour talkathon opposing surveillance
The Republican senator from Kentucky brought the Senate to a standstill Wednesday
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IS in full control of Syria's ancient city Palmyra: monitor
The al Qaeda offshoot controlled the central city's military air base, prison and intelligence headquarters
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New Zealand glacier body identified after 42 years
Moen, 19, was caught in an avalanche in September 1973, says police
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$800m payments: Etisalat, government may resolve PTCL dispute
Islamabad ready to take the hit; PC Chairman Zubair says transaction was ‘poorly run’
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Sharing intelligence
Extending hands that hold the keys to the intelligence files across the mutual border is going to be a challenge
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Indian election commission censures Shiv Sena MP for demanding disenfranchisement of Muslims
Election authority says such remarks violate the election code of conduct
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Nawaz pushes Turkmenistan to fast track implementation of TAPI
Nawaz to visit Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, hold talks with the Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev
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US, Britain fine six top banks nearly $6bn for forex, Libor abuses
All five, plus the Bank of America, will also pay more than $1.8 billion in fines to the US Federal Reserve
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Bin Laden was grooming son as heir to al Qaeda's throne
A month before Bin Laden was killed his son was planning of ways to safely meet up with this father, began training
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Bin Laden was bent on spectacular US attack until the end: files
US releases more than 100 documents that shed new light on the mindset of al Qaeda's founder
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Meet the 'stock' faculty of Axact's universities
Evidence against Axact just keeps piling up after an NYT report revealed the company was operating as a diploma mill
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The Hijabi Chronicles: Muslim women enter hip-hop arena
Group leader says she rhymes about helping people, protesting and speaking up for humanity
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Karzai demands cancellation of ISI, Afghan spy agency intelligence accord
Statement says former Afghan president has expressed concern at the signing of the cooperation between spy agencies
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Muslims of Bihar donate land to build world's largest Hindu temple
Idea is to construct the building earthquake proof, since temple is located near the border of Nepal
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Crop-loss Indian farmers sell their children to survive: authorities
Lal Singh sells two sons to a shepherd for a year of labour, in exchange for Rs35,000
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Bay of Bengal migrant crisis: the boats and the numbers
Several 1000 more believed to be trapped on boats at sea with little food or water in a crisis sparked by smugglers
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Prostitute pleads guilty after killing Google executive with heroin
She pleaded guilty on Tuesday to administering a controlled substance and involuntary manslaughter
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Israel PM halts ban on Palestinians using settler buses
Israeli public radio said Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon had agreed to the ban
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Train accident in northern India leaves 10 dead
A train rams into a tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people killing 10 people and injuring more than 30
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Museum defends artist's call for drugs to fuel teens' creativity
"Basically what I'm proposing is the idea of using performance-enhancing drugs in education"
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With nuclear deal in sight, Iran drives harder bargain in Indian trade talks
The shift in Iran's stance has also been visible in the vital energy sector
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Twitter-Google deal puts tweets in search results
It's a way for organizations and people on Twitter to reach a global audience at the most relevant moments, says Arac
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Saudi Arabia dismisses reports of 'buying' nukes from Pakistan
Saudi Defense Ministry official says such reports are not new, and are likely to continue for some time
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The Morsi death sentence
he Arab spring has taken Egypt full circle, and back to square one
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UAE jails 5 Qatari officials for insulting leaders: Media
Hammadi was first accused of being a spy for Qatar when he was arrested in June last year
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Texas police, under threat, seek gang truce after deadly brawl
Of the 18 injured in the brawl, seven remain in the hospital and all are in stable condition
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More African-American children committing suicide than whites: Study
Suicide rate nearly doubled among black children during that time while it fell among white children
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Philippines says it’s prepared to help Rohingya migrants
Nearly 3,000 migrants have swum to shore or been rescued off Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand over the past week