Orlando buries its dead in wake of gay club massacre Miami, Jun 18, 2016, AFP: Orlando turned to burying its dead Friday, with funerals for at least five of the 49 people killed in a massacre at a gay nightclub -- the deadliest mass shooting in US history. More burials...

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Man charged with murdering British MP Birstall, Jun 18, 2016, AFP: Sole suspect Thomas Mair has been charged with murdering British lawmaker Jo Cox and will appear in court later today, police said. Cox was attacked with a knife and a firearm outside her constituency...

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UK backs India's NSG bid; offers 'firm support' London, Jun 17, 2016, (PTI): British Premier David Cameron has assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the UK's "firm support" for India's NSG membership bid, a boost to the country ahead of the nuclear trading club's crucial...

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Tension in Pak town over conversion of Kalasha girl to Islam Islamabad, Jun 17, 2016, (PTI) The conversion to Islam of a 14- year-old girl from Kalasha community, Pakistan's smallest religious minority, has sparked clashes between majority Muslims and a few thousand...

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Mother kills pregnant daughter in name of 'honour' in Pak Lahore, Jun 17, 2016 (PTI) A mother slit open the throat of her 22-year-old pregnant daughter in Pakistan's Punjab province, the latest in a series of gruesome "honour killing" that have sparked national outrage. Muqadas,...

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Ex-SS guard, 94, convicted for complicity in Auschwitz murders Detmold (Germany), Jun 17, 2016 (AFP) A former SS guard was today convicted by a German court for complicity in the mass murders at Auschwitz death camp, capping what is likely one of the last Holocaust trials. More...

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2nd black box of crashed EgyptAir plane found Cairo, Jun 17, 2016 (PTI) In a breakthrough, searchers today located and retrieved the second black box of the crashed EgyptAir plane a day after recovery of the cockpit voice recorder of the aircraft which plunged into the...

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Novel model to help track ISIS activities online Washington, Jun 17, 2016, (PTI): Researchers have developed a model to identify behavioural patterns among online groups of ISIS supporters that could provide cyber police and anti-terror watchdogs a roadmap to their...

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3,000 arrested in B'desh crackdown, PM vows to catch killers Dhaka, Jun 11, 2016, (PTI) More than 3,000 people, including 37 militants, have been arrested across Bangladesh in a sweeping crackdown on Islamists to halt a wave of fatal attacks on minorities and secular...

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Qaeda chief vows allegiance to new Taliban leader: SITE Dubai, Jun 11, 2016, (AFP) Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has pledged allegiance to new Afghan Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, whose predecessor was killed in a US drone strike. The pledge came in a 14-minute...

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Zardari asks US to 'trust' Pakistan Islamabad, Jun 11, 2016, PTI Former president Asif Ali Zardari has asked the US to "trust" and "mend ties" with Pakistan to defeat terrorism, amid tension between the two countries over an American drone strike that killed the Afghan Taliban...

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Bangladesh: ISIS claims responsibility for ashram worker's murder Dhaka, Jun 11, 2016, (PTI) The ISIS today claimed responsibility for the killing of an elderly Hindu ashram worker in Bangladesh, as the Muslim-majority country reels under a series of brutal murders of secular...

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Indian govt is going to be America's 'great ally': Paul Ryan Washington, Jun 11, 2016, PTI: The Indian government is going to be America's "great ally" and there is a need to nurture this relationship, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Paul Ryan has said.In a major...

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Pak army chief asks US to bomb Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan Islamabad, Jun 11, 2016, PTI: Pakistan's powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif has asked the US to target the hideouts of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan militants and their chief Mullah Fazlullah in Afghanistan.General...

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Obama endorsed someone with 'criminal investigation': Trump Richmond (US), Jun 11, 2016, PTI: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has slammed US President Barack Obama for endorsing Hillary Clinton as the Democratic candidate despite being under "criminal...

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IS chief Baghdadi injured: reports London, Jun 10, 2016, (PTI): Islamic State’s dreaded chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been wounded in an air strike by coalition forces on one of the outfit's command headquarters close to the Syrian border in Iraq, media reports said on...

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Bill Gates: Chickens, not computers, can solve poverty Washington, Jun 10, 2016, AFP Want to end extreme poverty? Technology hyper-billionaire Bill Gates says the answer is chickens. And that's not the name of new Microsoft software.Gates, the founder of the world's largest...

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Took Saudis off blacklist over threat to stop funds: Ban United Nations, Jun 10, 2016, PTI The UN has temporarily removed the Saudi-led coalition in strife-torn Yemen from a blacklist for killing children due to threats from its supporters to defund programmes of the world...

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