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About 260 migrant workers from India have died in Qatar in 2015, according to figures from the Indian embassy in Doha

World figures outnumber influential leaders in politics and entertainment in the current top 10 of TIME's poll

Britain's parliament looks set to vote in favour of joining the bombing campaign against IS in Syria on Wednesday

Koch brothers denounce the collusion between government, lawmakers and big business that distorts competition

Residents said militants launched a surprise attack and clashed with the local forces, known as popular committees

Shopify, an e-commerce software company, reveals the first e-commerce transaction was made in 1994

Thousands of passengers were left stranded at the international airport in the state capital as floods hit

White House says Obama would veto resolutions and Congress does not appear to have sufficient votes to override veto

Traditional medicine is source of cultural pride in some Chinese quarters

Salim Toorabally's recalls how he stopped suicide bomber from entering the stadium without a ticket

Electric car star Tesla joins Apple and Google at top of annual ranking of innovative firms by Boston Consulting Group

Crowd of4,000 marched from parliament to headquarters of ruling Conservative party and Labour party nearby

Rights group decries lack of prosecutions of those involved in CIA's secret program to torture detainees after 9/11

New probe points finger at poor pilot training on how to cope with emergencies

The donation could help bolster the reputation of the technology community

Shashi Tharoor blamed BJP-led Indian government for 'rising intolerance in the country'

Twitter is the "platform of choice" most widely used by the active core of American supporters of IS, study said

Lemansky, whose Facebook page lists her as Katie Brown, faces a fine and 150 days in jail for the misdemeanor charge

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

Authorities accuse the three of using the Internet to spread messages and videos to promote IS

Defence secretary does not specify how many troops will be deployed

Names on pledge include Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg among others

Muslim parents killed their daughter, Lareeb Khan for being in a pre-marital sexual relationship

Says Google is providing true prices while eDreams creating websites including the word Ryanair to mislead customers

The huge blast caused panic close to the metro station in the Bayrampasa district of Istanbul

Klingberg was sentenced to 20 years for having passed information to Moscow on Israeli biological weapons research

US President says market forces had to be at the centre of efforts to reduce global warming

Abtahi says the reason he was given was that the captain and crew did not feel comfortable with him on the flight

'It is a tragedy that is completely preventable' UN special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

The editor-in-chief and bureau chief of a daily were arrested on spying charges last week

The woman, who remains unidentified, says she received a message saying 'talaq' three times

First flights bringing the displaced to Canada are expected to leave Jordan by the middle of the month

We’ve had this name for a long time, we’re not going to change, says Rugby club's spokesperson

Muslims now outnumber non-Muslims in Hamtramck, a city which was once made up of 90 per cent Polish Catholic

The portfolio for sale includes the Terry's Chocolate Orange and Terry's All Gold brands

Report says two-thirds of all terror attacks on US soil since 9/11 have been caused by right-wing attackers

The priest seemingly spent little of the money with the authorities freezing holdings of 656,000 euros on bank account

A Syrian family were praying in the direction of Makkah when two drunk women started shouting abuse

Analysts say ruling Al Saud dynasty has no intention of sharing power with elected politicians

Criticism comes as local media reported two Asian men had died in an "accident" while working on a construction site

'The United States supports Turkey's right to defend itself and its air space' Obama

Saudi Arabia is a main supporter of opposition groups seeking to topple President Bashar al Assad

Kingdom threatens legal action against Twitter users who compared its decision to execute a poet to punishments by IS

On the other hand, Houthi-run Saba news agency said that fighters had seized three Saudi military outposts

The unemployment rate declined to 6.3 percent in November from 6.4 percent in October

Police official says the 4 were very active on the Internet, promoting their extremist cause

24-year-old Yitzhak Gabbai is member of anti-Arab group Lehava

Alcohol is widely available and consumed by an estimated 3.5 million of the nearly 30 million Malaysian population

Minister of state for cabinet affairs confirmed that government sent a request for a special budget

New virus puts the fate of bananas to the test