Thai Artisans Craft For King’s Funeral
Aided by a jazz soundtrack, Thai artisans work against the clock scratching, moulding and shaping the intricate clay sculptures that will adorn the funeral pyre of Thailand's revered former King...
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Bodies Go Unburied At Election Time In India’s Manipur
The body of Pausuan Lian has lain in a hospital mortuary for more than 500 days since he was shot dead during a land protest in India's Manipur state but his family is still refusing to allow his...
Medical Examiner Contradicts NYPD In Probe of Russian Diplomat’s Death
New York medical examiners investigating the mysterious death of a Russian diplomat are contradicting the police conclusions in the case. Sergei Krivov, a 63-year-old security officer, was found dead...
Saudi King Urges Fight Against Terrorism On Indonesia Trip
Saudi Arabia's King Salman called Thursday for a united fight against terrorism in a speech to Indonesia's parliament during a landmark state visit to the world's most populous Muslim-majority...
Indonesia, Saudi Sign Deals As King Salman Starts Landmark Visit
Indonesia and Saudi Arabia Wednesday signed agreements in areas ranging from trade to aviation as the kingdom's monarch visited the world's most populous Muslim-majority country for the first time in...
Mumbai’s Original Inhabitants Fear World’s Tallest Statue
A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue just off Mumbai's coast has divided the city. But the traditional Koli community,...
Smog May Force U-17 Football World Cup Out of Delhi
FIFA could pull Under-17 World Cup matches out of New Delhi because of concerns over air quality in the world's most polluted capital city, the tournament director said. Javier Ceppi said that air...
Court Acquits Three Over 2005 Delhi Bomb Blasts
An Indian court Thursday cleared three defendants over a series of bomb blasts in New Delhi in 2005 that killed 62 people, but jailed one of them for his links with a banned group. New Delhi's...
Nepali Girl Dies Due To Banned Menstruation Practice
A 15-year-old girl has died in Nepal's western Achram district after she was banished to a shed because she was menstruating, under an ancient Hindu practice that has been banned for more than a...
Indians In Ghana Celebrate Diwali Festival
Hundreds of Indians living in Ghana turned up for the Diwali day celebration organised by B5 Plus Limited in alliance with Delhi Public School (DPS) International Ghana. Diwali or Deepavali, is the...
The Gandhi Statue Removal Petition Had Nothing To Do With J.B. Danquah 4
“The iconic image of Gandhi is of a man of God steeped in austerity, sexually renunciate, meditating in his ashram, who the assassin’s bullet providentially transformed into a martyr…all the...
Granddaughter To ‘Gandhi Must Fall’ Campaigners
Mahatma Gandhi wasn’t racist, communal or casteist, says his granddaughter Ela Gandhi. The defence may seem startling, given that few associate him with those terms. But it comes in response to...
Mahesh Sharma Retreats From ‘skirts’ Comment
After drawing widespread criticism, India's tourism and culture minister has backtracked after suggesting that female foreign tourists should not wear skirts in the country. Talking to journalists in...
Teen Set on Fire for Rejecting Marriage Proposal
A Pakistani teen has died after a group of men set her on fire because of a rejected marriage proposal.
Maria Sadaqat had burns on 85% of her body when she was admitted to the hospital in Islamabad...