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A second district in Afghanistan’s northern province of Kunduz on Monday fell to the Taliban militants amid their recent advances in the area.

In Washington DC, more than 1500 people from all walks of life joined the event held at Sylvan Theatre Stage on the prestigious National Mall.

In a show of solidarity, in the aftermath of the mass shooting - intended to incite a race war - in a church in South Carolina , thousands gathered on the Arthur Ravenel Bridge.

The opening of the pass was agreed in 2014 when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited India.

She forks out 90,000 pounds-a-year to have her pets fed,watered and their every need attended to by four live-in staff at her home and rescue centre. She also spends 4,500 pounds a month on vet bills.

India has moved down to 61st place in terms of foreigners' money and now accounts for 0.123 per cent of the total global wealth worth USD 1.6 trillion in Switzerland's banking system.

Overweight type-2 diabetes patients live longer than those of normal weight, according to a new study conducted in Qatar.

"World leaders must grapple with new ways to approach 21st century threats posed by climate change, conflict and cross-border economic shocks," said former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who co-chaired the commission. A failure to adapt effecti...

Belmokhtar allegedly masterminded the 2013 siege of an Algerian gas plant in which 38 hostages, mostly Westerners, were killed.

A Vietnamese fishing crew said they were attacked by a Chinese vessel using water cannon in disputed waters near the flashpoint Paracel Islands, Vietnam's state media reported on Monday.

Pakistani police padlocked the offices of international aid group Save the Children on Thursday evening.

A 14-year-old Asian boy in the UK on Thursday stabbed his teacher at a school in northern England, prompting police to launch a hunt for him.

The Islamic State is believed to have collected radioactive material from hospitals and research establishments in cities it has captured in Iraq and Syria.

A brave guide dog jumped in front of a fast moving school bus in New York to save its visually impaired woman owner from being hit.

Recalling that 90,000 Pakistani prisoners of war were in India's captivity during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, Modi had said, "ifwe had a diabolic mindset, we don't know then what decision we would have taken."

Modi, who has long association with Ramakrishna Mission, participated in prayers at the Math along with monks who accorded a warm welcome to the Prime Minister.