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Hindu groups argue that they are asking meat shop owners with proper licenses to close only during nine-day period

Agarwal began his fast demanding law to protect Ganges river and scrapping of construction of hydroelectric projects

Israel accuses Hamas of leading protests and using them as a cover for attacks

Royal wedding featured 850 guests and many celebrities and royalty strolling up to Windsor

Research shows majority of US voters see sexual harassment as a serious problem

Pope Francis ordered Archbishop McCarrick to retire to a life of prayer and penitence

Media reports suggest journalist Khashoggi was killed and dismembered after visiting Saudi consulate in Istanbul

Syrian war has killed more than 360,000 people since 2011 with brutal repression of anti-government protests

Relations between two NATO allies are also under strain over US support for Kurdish fighters in northern Syria

Beijing is accused of rights abuses in Xinjiang, torture of Uighur detainees and tight controls on their religion

Number of people in emergency shelters is expected to swell to 20,000 across five US states

President Erdogan has previously said Ankara could not remain silent over Saudi journalist’s disappearance

According to Bulgarian authorities, TV journalist died from a blow to head and suffocation and was raped

The decision comes two months after Taliban withdrew safe passage for the neutral humanitarian agency

Harvard University will face accusations that it discriminates against Asian-American applicants

Him and Xi Jinping plan to meet at the G20 summit in Argentina in late November

Indonesia has busted a child-trafficking ring that offered babies for sale on Instagram

The small Himalayan state of Sikkim on India's border with Tibet was declared fully organic in 2016

Russian clergy fiercely opposes as the biggest split in Christianity for a thousand years

Astronaut, Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin were forced to make an emergency landing after the incident

Israeli forces detained a Palestinian suspected of stabbing and wounding a soldier

UK leadership was unanimous in acknowledging Pakistan’s extraordinary achievements in counter-terrorism, says ISPR

After Uruguay, Canada will be the second country to legalise the herb

China's exports to the US rose to $46.7 billion while imports slumped to $12.6 billion

Wreaks havoc on infrastructure, blocking roads and hampering emergency work

Hurricane Michael is a Category 4 monster storm in the Florida Panhandle

The protest organised by Women's March Chicago comes after Kavanaugh's SCOTUS appointment

At least 31 people were killed when a landslide rolled down the slopes of Mt Elgon in eastern Uganda

Thousands of women were expected to march Saturday in Chicago and cast early midterm election ballots

Kabul voters will wrestle with newspaper-sized ballot papers on October 20

President Donald Trump became more forceful in his call for answers from Saudi Arabia

The case against Brunson has become the flashpoint in a diplomatic row between Ankara and Washington

The comment came at one of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Bali

Venezuela’s opposition says Maduro lobs ludicrous accusations at enemies to deflect from his own incompetence

Creator imagines world one day where you would interact with objects way you do with other people or pets

Survey team discovered the shipwrecks from sightings by local sponge divers and fishermen

Journalist Khashoggi has not been seen since October 2 when he went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul

Victim first escapes stampeding cows twice but goes back in to save his dog

Species including reptiles, amphibians and fish can reproduce with just a single parent

According to Forbes, Mohammed Dewji is 17th on the list of Africa's billionaires and worth $1.5 billion

13.8 million foreign tourists visited Spain's Balearic Islands in 2017

Weinstein has accused of misconduct by dozens of women, allegations that helped launch the #MeToo movement

Amnesty International criticises ruling and urges Egypt to give suspects "fair trial" in civilian court

Bulgarian TV host Marinova's brutal killing has shocked the Balkan country and revived debate over press freedom

Odisha state government evacuated more than 300,000 people from five coastal districts

Israel and Egypt both keep tight control of their borders with Gaza, citing security concerns

An-Nahar, which was founded in 1933, published eight blank pages in print and linkless white boxes on its main page

UAE is tourism and trade hub for Middle East, but tolerates little public criticism of its monarchy or policies

Govt scraps capital punishment owing to public outcry

At least 15 Afghan border police were killed battling Taliban militants on Thursday