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Two of Bollywood’s greatest stars, Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor, will share a screen together for the first time in almost three decades when comedy “102 Not Out” is released Friday. The movie, directed by Umesh Shukla, sees…

White House lawyer Ty Cobb is leaving his position, and a lawyer who represented former President Bill Clinton during his impeachment process is joining President Donald Trump's legal team as it adopts a more adversarial posture toward…

The military is investigating why an aging cargo plane making its final military flight nosedived into a Georgia highway on Wednesday, killing all nine people on board. The Puerto Rico Air National Guard WC-130 was flying from…

Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy at the centre of the Facebook data-sharing scandal, is shutting down. The firm was accused of improperly obtaining personal information on behalf of political clients. According to…

The Boys Scout organisation in America has announced it will be changing its name, as girls will soon be allowed to join the organisation. Boys Scout of America on Wednesday announced a new name for its Boy Scouts programme: Scouts…

Rapper Kanye West, on the receiving end in the music world after backing President Donald Trump, sparked fresh outrage Tuesday when he called slavery “a choice.” The rapper, never shy about expressing himself, made the comments in…

US President Donald Trump seemed pleased Tuesday by a suggestion he should get the Nobel Peace Prize for his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, promising that a time and place for the historic meeting will soon be…

South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, has said that the American President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme, a South Korean official said on…

A Polish man, Mateusz Fijalkowski, is suing the police of Fairfax County in the United States of America and a lifeguard for saving him from drowning. Fijalkowski, who had visited the US in 2016 on a summer programme, worked at a…

Iran’s judicial authorities have ordered a ban on the popular messaging app Telegram, which had played a role in anti-government protests early this year, local media reported on Monday. “The ban comes into force with immediate…

Porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims she had an affair with Donald Trump in 2006, filed a lawsuit against the US president on Monday for defamation. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, lodged the complaint with the US…

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday dismissed new allegations by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Tehran has a secret nuclear weapons programme. In a tweet, Zarif said that US President Donald Trump…

Malaysia has for the first time jailed a man, who pleaded guilty to breaking the new law against fake news on Monday. The man, Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman, admitted to making and posting on YouTube a video accusing emergency services…

Investigations have been launched into the activities of 214 people after a pornographic video featuring children was shared on the WhatsApp messaging platform in Germany. There were 50 cases before the public prosecutor’s office in…

A Kenyan man, Jervason Musinga Kiendi, 33, who went to a police station to report a case of robbery was shocked to see the robbers behind  the police reporting desk. Kiendi accused the three policemen, who were in a saloon car of…

It was a buyer’s market in Britain in March as a record number of homes were sold for less than the asking price, new research from estate agents shows. Some 86 per cent of properties, almost nine in 10, sold for less than the asking…

Poland is facing a shortage of workers after an exodus of people to Britain and Germany. The country is having to recruit workers from countries like Ukraine and Bangladesh to fill vacancies in trades such as building, welding and…

Amber Rudd has resigned as home secretary after repeatedly struggling to explain her role in the unjust treatment of Windrush generation migrants. The home secretary had faced mounting pressure over her role in setting the culture…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has repeated his harsh criticism of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for what he calls open bias against Africa, saying it has failed to mete out justice in any other part of the world. “The ICC…

As Ni­ger­ian asylum seekers flood into Canada across a ditch in Upstate New York, Canadian authorities are asking the United States for help — but not with managing the influx at the border. Instead, they want U.S. immigration officials…

North Korea rapprochement is moving with speed as country promised to shut its atomic test site in May and invited US weapons experts to the country. US President Donald Trump had expressed optimism about securing a nuclear deal with…

Terminally-ill British toddler Alfie Evans died on Saturday after doctors withdrew life support, the child’s parents said, following a protracted legal battle and a campaign that drew support from Pope Francis. “Our baby grew…

Louis Arthur Charles - the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge reveal the name of their new prince.    (BBC)

US President Donald Trump has adduced reasons for not getting his wife a gift as she marks her 48th birthday on Thursday. The President confessed that he was rather too busy to go get a birthday gift for the First Lady. The day…