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National Service Defaulters Urged To Register This Year
The National Service Scheme (NSS) has urged persons who have undertaken their mandatory one-year service yet to...
Japan Table Tennis Prodigy Harimoto Seeks Olympic Dream
A 13-year-old Japanese table tennis prodigy has set his sights on the Tokyo Olympics after he narrowly failed to become...
Global Arms Trade Highest Since Cold War
Worldwide arms trade has risen to its highest level since the Cold War in the last five years, driven by a demand from...
Afridi Announces International Retirement
Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Sunday announced his retirement from international cricket, ending an...
India, Pakistan Target Elusive Women’s World Cup Breakthrough
India downed Pakistan by seven wickets in qualifying for the 2017 Women's World Cup on Sunday but both made it to the...
Steve Smith Replaces MS Dhoni As IPL Team Skipper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been sacked as skipper of his Indian Premier League team with Australia's Steve Smith...
The Man Who Turned the Lights On In Energy-Starved Nepal
The continuous whirl of hair dryers is a novel sound at the Blush Beauty Point parlour in Nepal's capital Kathmandu,...
Open Letter To Education Minister
Dear Honourable Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh: Re: The Accreditation Challenges in Transnational Educational...
Patients Feel the Pinch As Zimbabwe Doctors Strike
Hundreds of patients endured long hours waiting in casualty units at Zimbabwe´s state hospitals Saturday due to a...
Pencils of Promise Marks 4 Years of Removing Schools Under Trees
An unusual plea from a child beggar in the streets of India for a pencil instead of money, has left in its place...
New Chief of South India State Wins Bitter Confidence Vote
The new chief minister of India's Tamil Nadu state won a confidence vote in the regional assembly Saturday, hours after...
Smith, Marsh Tons Propel Australia Cricket Against India A
Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh Friday scored fluent centuries against a faltering Indian bowling attack on day one of the...
Oil Prices Slip As High Stocks Overshadow OPEC Cuts
Oil slipped on Friday, pressured by growing global stocks, while expectations that an oil output cut by producers might...
Apple To Start India Manufacturing In Coming Months With IPhone SE
Apple Inc will in the coming months start assembling its lower-priced iPhone SE models at a contract manufacturer's...
Sri Lanka Win Toss, Bowl In Australia Twenty20
Sri Lanka's new skipper Upul Tharanga won the toss and chose to bowl in the opening Twenty20 international against...
Timeline of Deadliest Insurgent Attacks In Pakistan
At least 70 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in Pakistan Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up...
Palanisamy Sworn In As Tamil Nadu’s New CM But Uncertainty Still Looms
Edappadi Palanisamy, an ally of jailed and disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala has been sworn in as the next chief...
Kutcher Passionately Testifies On His Anti-Sex Trafficking Efforts
No one got "Punk'd" Wednesday morning when Ashton Kutcher came to Capitol Hill. The actor testified Wednesday before...
US Sets Out Cautious Approach To Russia
Senior US officials have been setting out their position on Russia, in some of the new administration’s first...