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Pope Francis gives shelter to homeless Romanian lady
Vatican City, Jan 21: In a warm gesture, Pope Francis has offered to house a homeless Romanian woman who delivered a girl in front of St. Peter's Square.
With the help of a female police officer, the 37-year-old woman delivered the baby…
14 Indian diaspora students picked to compete in top US science contest
New York, Jan 21: Fourteen students from the Indian diaspora have been selected to compete for $1 million in prizes at the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search Competition this year by fielding high-level projects ranging from cancer…
Terrorists kill 21 in Pakistan university; four attackers too die
Peshawar, Jan 21: At least 21 people including students were killed and dozens injured when four terrorists stormed the Bacha Khan University near here and opened indiscriminate fire in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering…
Five dead in Brazil plane crash
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 21: At least five people died when a small plane crashed into a van carrying passengers in Brazil, a media report said.
Police sources said the agricultural aircraft was spraying crops on Wednesday when it went down…
Nepal makes multi-billion-rupee development plan for Terai
Kathmandu, Jan 20: Shaken by the nearly five months long agitation of Madhesis in the Terai region, the Nepal government has prepared an NRS.5 billion development plan for the southern plains of the Himalayan republic.
Madhesis have been…
27 Bangladeshis arrested in Singapore for terror links
Singapore, Jan 20: At least 27 Bangladeshi nationals, who planned to take part in extremist activities in other countries, including their homeland, were arrested in Singapore, the island state's Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday.…
Sri Lanka to restart petroleum imports from Iran
Colombo, Jan 20: Sri Lanka on Wednesday said it will begin discussions on trade and petroleum sales with Iran next month as economic sanctions against Tehran have been lifted.
A high level delegation from Iran will arrive here in…
IS releases 270 out of 400 kidnapped in Syria
Damascus, Jan 20: The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group released 270 out of the 400 people it had kidnapped when its militants stormed a town in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour earlier this week, a monitor group reported on…
Ninth World Future Energy Summit opens in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, Jan 20: The Ninth World Future Energy Summit, one of the major events of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2016, opened here on Wednesday.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al…
15 killed in terror attack at Pakistan varsity: Report
Peshawar, Jan 20: At least 15 people, including two gunmen, were killed in when terrorists stormed the Bacha Khan University in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, Dawn reported citing Edhi Foundation sources.
The gunmen…