Saudi Arabia on Sunday beheaded a Pakistani national convicted of drug trafficking, bringing to 84 the number of such executions in the kingdom in 2015.


Pakistani beheaded in Saudi Arabia; 84 executions in 2015


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An India-born teen's prescription to combat racism has earned her the title in the national Race Unity Speech Competition in New Zealand.


Indian born in New Zealand wins competition against racism


Egypt on Sunday executed six convicted Islamist militants who were members of the Sinai-based Ansar Beit al-Maqdis group, the state prison department said in statement.


Egypt hangs six Islamist militants


Sri Lanka's promotion of a senior officer whose division was implicated in serious human rights abuses casts doubt on government pledges to credibly investigate alleged war crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.


New Sri Lanka army chief attacked by rights group


A woman who demanded a toilet instead of jewellery from her father at her wedding will get Rs.10 lakh as reward, it was announced here on Sunday.


Woman to get Rs.10 lakh for seeking toilet


A coalition of more than 60 Asian-American groups, including four Indian groups, have sought an investigation into what they allege are "discriminatory practices" in Harvard University's admission process.


Indian, Asian groups allege 'racial balancing' in Harvard admissions


The Islamic Hamas movement on Saturday slammed an Egyptian court's death sentence against its members, who are imprisoned in Israeli jails or killed in the last conflict with Israel.


Hamas slams Egyptian court's death sentence against its members


An Egyptian court sentenced Saturday ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi to death over a 2011 jailbreak.


Egypt's Morsi sentenced to death on jailbreak charges


An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi to death in a 2011 a jailbreak case.


Former Egyptian president Morsi sentenced to death


A Rwandan man extradited from Norway has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for genocide committed in Rwanda 21 years ago.


Rwandan jailed for 30 years for 1994 genocide


A US class action lawsuit accusing India's Ranbaxy of large-scale deception on its generic drug applications puts a question mark on drug imports from India, the largest supplier of generic drugs to the US.


US lawsuit puts generic drug imports from India under scanner


A US jury has sentenced Dzokhar Tsarnaev to death by lethal injection for his role in killing three people and injuring hundred others in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.


Boston Marathon bomber sentenced to death


A US federal jury in Boston on Friday sentenced 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for his role in the 2013 Boston marathon bombing attacks and the killing of a police officer when on the run, media reported on Saturday.


Boston bomber Tsarnaev sentenced to death


The Delhi High Court on Friday directed framing of murder charges against all 21 accused involved in the killing of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep.


Ponty Chadha killing: HC orders framing of murder charge against all 21 accused


Washington, May 15 (IANS/EFE) The US House of Representatives passed an amendment to eliminate a provision from the National Defence Authorisation Act that would have allowed the military to consider the enlistment of undocumented young people, dubbed "Dreamers" by their supporters.


House votes against undocumented migrants' serving in US military


The Supreme Court Friday upheld the death sentence of a couple for exterminating all the seven members of the girl's family, holding that the "couple indulged in such debased act of multiple murders driven by infatuation and exhibited no remorse".


SC upholds death sentence to couple for killing seven of girl's family


Some 1,000 Rohingyas and Bangladeshi migrants arrived safely in Sumatra, Indonesia, on Friday after receiving help from fishermen, officials reported.


1,000 South Asian migrants reach Sumatran shores


Friday marks the 67th anniversary of the Nakba, the Arabic word for catastrophe used to refer to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 and subsequent displacement of the Palestinian people, who are commemorating the day with demonstrations and protests in different parts of the West Bank.


Palestine commemorates 67th anniversary of the Nakba


A special CBI court on Friday permitted the agency to take porn accused Kaushik Kounar to Delhi on a four-day transit warrant to crack the case related to uploading of obscene videos on social networking sites.


Transit warrant to take porn accused to Delhi


Authorities in Australia on Friday banned an Indian-origin surgeon from practising in the country after he was found to have lied in his job application and lacked professional competence in performing complex surgeries, a media report said.


Indian-origin doctor banned from practising in Australia


The Supreme Court on Friday gave one more year time to the Goa judge holding trial of Tehelka's founding editor Tarun Tejpal for allegedly sexual assaulting his junior woman colleague in a five star hotel in Goa in November 2013.

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