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Drowned, starved and ended up in death camps: Rohingya crisis is what genocide looks like

Since October 2016, critical life-saving humanitarian activities have been severely restricted for the Rohingyas

Cassini crashes: Time for new mission to explore life on Saturn's moons

Cassini discovered new moons around Saturn, found evidence for an ocean below the surface of the moon Enceladus and even managed to land a probe on the satellite Titan

RAISE Act: Global panel of scholars explains 'merit-based' immigration

This Act would cut annual legal immigrant admissions by one-half, primarily by eliminating family-sponsored immigration visas for those who are not spouses or minor children of US citizens

Can taking down websites really stop terrorists and hate groups?

Tech companies may intend to be creating a safer and more inclusive environment for users - but they may actually encourage radicalisation

Why Hurricanes Harvey and Irma won't lead to action on climate change

This relationship between discrete disaster events and slow disaster eras is a critical one for us to understand

Spirituality gone awry: What is Dera and what you should know about Ram Rahim

The protests by Ram Rahim's followers resulted in the deaths of at least 38 people in Haryana

Eid al-Adha 2017: Explaining the Muslim pilgrimage of haj

So, what is the hajj and what is its spiritual significance?

Mind games: Can the brain be tricked into feeling pain relief?

The brain also seems to be able to be tricked into experiencing pain relief: Study

What Diana's week of mourning revealed about 20th-century British psyche

The week of mourning after Diana's death got its momentum from what I would call 'the Diana moment'

Emotionless chatbots handling customer services is bad news for consumers

Angry customers need kind words and the chance to express themselves

Volcanic emissions caused the warmest period in past 56 mn years: Study

Atmospheric CO-2 levels more than doubled in less than 25,000 years, the study says

US Navy collisions point to the risks of automation on sea, air and land

Four collisions involving US Navy ships this year have resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors

Robots won't steal our jobs if we put workers at center of AI revolution

A third of the tasks performed in 60 percent of today's jobs are likely to be eliminated

Why Princess Diana conspiracies refuse to die

Some say that MI6, the British intelligence service, caused the crash by blinding Diana's driver

Response to natural disasters like Harvey could be helped with game theory

Game theory is a powerful tool for the modelling and analysis of complex behaviours

Devastating Himalayan floods are made worse by an international blame game

This problem becomes more urgent as the Himalayas come under pressure from climate change

What made the rain in Hurricane Harvey so extreme?

Compared to other tropical cyclones, the rain from Harvey has been very hard

Why didn't sanctions stop North Korea's missile program?

UN sanctions went further by placing legal requirements on all states to prevent North Korea

End-to-end encryption isn't enough security for 'real people'

Blockchain technology might be able to help us secure our own endpoints, say computer experts

How safe is chicken imported from China? 5 questions answered

The US is the largest poultry producer in the world. Then why does it import chicken from China