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US designates TTP-affiliate Jamaat-ur-Ahrar as 'terrorist group'
Jamaat-ur-Ahrar has claimed responsibility for at least five major attacks in Pakistan since December
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White House denies Iran ransom payment
US helped airlift $400 million worth of Swiss francs and euros to Iran after a prisoner release
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Tesla loss widens as company works to speed production
Tesla reported a net loss of $293.2 million in the quarter ended on June 30
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Obama administration denies Iran cash payment was a ransom
Senior officials at the Justice Department had objected to sending cash on a plane to Iran
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Hacking of DNC raises fears of cyber attack on US election
Cybersecurity experts see a potential for more hacks and incidents in the coming months
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Republicans mull Clinton amid repeated Trump stumbles
Republican Doug Elmets announced his support for Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention
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Libyan unity forces fight Islamic State in Sirte
The loss of Sirte would be a major blow to the militant group
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Knife attack in London kills one, injures six
Police say that they could not rule out terrorism as a motive
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Indian parliament passes historic tax reform bill
GST will replace a patchwork of central and state levies on goods and services
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Pakistani terror suspect captained Italy cricket team
Aftab Farook was caught on a wire-tap talking about using a Kalashnikov or bomb to attack targets
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Central London house prices show biggest fall in seven years after Brexit
Knight Frank's prime central London index fell 1.5 percent last month from a year earlier
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Indian man arrested for sexually assaulting woman on US flight
Woman fell asleep on the flight and woke up to find the man touching her inappropriately
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Pictures of the day: August 3, 2016
We look at 13 pictures of events from around the world
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Britain's new i360 tower a 'pier in the sky'
The tower's designers say the new structure is in keeping with Brighton's history of bold architecture
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Pakistani tourists request govt to clear maximum Indian visas
Poonch-Rawalakot bus service was launched in 2005 to facilitate visits by Indian and Pakistani citizens
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Turkish police raid science council, many detained, in post-coup purge
Many people were detained in the raid of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
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Emirates Airline flight from India crash-lands at Dubai airport
Dubai airport resumed flights on Wednesday after a nearly four-hour shutdown
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Indian minister visits Saudi to repatriate 10,000 stranded workers
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday that the employers had not paid the workers' wages
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London police deploy extra armed officers to protect against attacks
The threat level in London remains at "severe"
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India likely to rename West Bengal as Banga
Banerjee complains she barely gets a chance to speak in meetings with PM because West Bengal came at the end of list
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Swimsuit mural of Hillary Clinton creates a stir in Australia
Street artist Lushsux suspects his Instagram account was deleted due to him posting the raunchy Hillary image
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In pictures: China's Yushu Festival
In a series of photographs, we look at Tibet's indigenous people wearing traditional costumes and fine jewellery
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India parliament set to pass landmark tax reform
'It integrates India into one economic entity. India will become a big market' Indian finance minister says
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Millennials have less sex: study
The report found that those born in the early 1990s were significantly more likely to report no sexual partners
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Israeli army donkey sales stir Palestinian outrage
The donkeys will be auctioned off if unclaimed by their owners
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22 missing after India bridge collapse
The bridge straddling the river lies along a major highway connecting Mumbai to the tourism state of Goa
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Panama seeks to punish countries that blacklist it as 'tax haven'
The move could be directed at France, which put Panama back on its national blacklist of tax havens in Apri
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US Air Force declares F-35A fighter jet 'combat ready'
Air Force's F-35A is one of three variants of the aircraft, designed to conduct conventional landings and take offs
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2015 warmest on record for land and sea: report
El Nino is likely to have an even greater impact on global surface temperatures in 2016
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Trump's 'excesses' are sickening, says Hollande
The French leader was referring to a feud between Trump and the Muslim parents of a slain US soldier
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Turkey's Erdogan presses US to extradite preacher
Gulen has lived in self-imposed exile in the United States since 1999 and denies involvement in the July coup attempt
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China's online population exceeds 700 million
This number is more than double the number of people in the United States
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Iran president says US wasted nuclear deal opportunity
In the deal Iran agreed curb to its nuclear programme in exchange for a lifting of sanctions by world powers
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France lays to rest priest slain by 'jihadists'
The attack stunned France's religious communities, sparking fears of tensions in a country with five million Muslims
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$89,000 ice cream truck joins Boston police force
The truck is part of a city community policing effort set up in 2010 to reach out to children
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Car bomb targets security forces in Libya's Benghazi, kills 22
The blast occurred in a residential area in the Guwarsha district
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US woman accidentally shoots self while Snapchatting
The bullet destroyed her cellphone and injured her thumb and index finger
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Republican MP joins Democrat after Trump’s attack on Pakistani-American parents
Richard Hanna cited Donald Trump's controversial comments on parents of slain soldier as one of the reasons for break
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Obama says Trump 'unfit' to serve as president
"I said so last week. He keeps proving it"
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Sexual abuse plagues female workers on India's sugarcane fields
The workers routinely face abuse and rape by landlords and middlemen who enslave them through debt bondage
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Saudi appoints princess to oversee women's sports
Four Saudi female athletes are taking part in the Olympics this year in Rio, where they arrived with seven Saudi men
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Nepal's Maoist leader to be next prime minister
Former prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned last week, minutes before facing a no-confidence motion in parliament
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Dutch man waits for 10 days at Chinese airport to meet online girlfriend
The woman told media she thought it had all been a joke
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Erdogan accuses West of 'supporting terror, coup plotters'
'Those who we imagined to be friends are standing by the coup plotters and by the terrorists'
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India appeals for help for baby rhinos rescued in floods
Rescue teams have pulled stranded rhinos from floodwaters which have hit India's famed Kaziranga National Park
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In pictures: Countdown to Rio
We look at
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Turkey issues arrest warrants for 100 staff at Ankara hospital
It is not yet clear if any suspects had been detained
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Pictures of the day: August 2, 2016
We look at 13 pictures of events from around the world
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Dutch woman who fled Islamic State arrested on return home
She is suspected of participating in a terrorist organisation in Syria and/or Iraq
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Turkey to split spy service in two after coup
Erdogan was furious about the failure of the National Intelligence Service (MIT) to warn him about the coup