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Iranian teenager comes clean about her surgeries to look like Angelina Jolie

It turns out that the teenager has fooled the entire world with her "so-called physical transformation". While indianexpress.com also covered the news and d...

Congress Has Narrowly Averted a Government Shutdown, for Now

The House of Representatives, working against a Friday midnight deadline, approved legislation in a 235-193 vote to fund a wide range of federal programs thro...

Shaun Abrahams has 60 days to vacate as head of NPA

President Jacob Zuma can not appoint, remove or suspend the national director of public prosecutions (NDPP), a full bench of the High Court in Pretoria has orde...

Pia Wurtzbach, Iris Mittenaere 'fight' over Miss Universe crown

Someone "took" the crown from Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. Her two predecessors - Iris Mittenaere of France and Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines ...

Sushma Swaraj speaks to Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother

After the Pakistan government made a decision to allow both the mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian national who was sentenced to death on espion...

Area schools adjusting to blast of winter weather

Lawrence County School District will have a delayed start. Some districts will delay the start of school: -Wharton ISD will delay the start of school by two...

South Africa's deputy says he believes woman who accused Zuma of rape

In spite the acquittal the trial damaged Zuma's reputation, not least because Khwezi - who died in 2016, was HIV-positive and Zuma told the court that he had ta...

Delhi woman who helped bust illicit liquor racket thrashed, paraded naked

The victim is the mother of four children. The house from where the liquor was seized was barely a few meters from the police post, Maliwal said, adding that ...

Mumbai woman killed husband, dumped body in septic tank for 13 years

After rescuing four women from the sex racket, the police conducted a second raid at the house, only to discover the skeleton of her husband, according to rep...

Man 'cements' his head in a microwave, firefighters come to his rescue

Firefighters have expressed their anger at having to spend an hour rescuing a YouTube "prankster" who got his friends to cement his head inside a microwave. It ...

Students Killed In Shooting At New Mexico High School

A candlelight vigil honoring the victims was held at a local park Thursday evening. Authorities planned to release more information Friday. So far, they have ...

US B-1B bombers to fly over Korea in joint exercise

The bomber flew from the Pacific US-administered territory of Guam and joined US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters in the annual exercises, which run until Friday....

Pope Francis moves to change Our Lord's prayer

The pontiff made the suggestion during a televised interview on Wednesday evening, in which he claimed that the traditional phrasing was "not a good translation...

PM Modi To Campaign For Second Phase Of Gujarat Elections 2017

Gujarat has been under BJP-rule for the last 22 years. Hitting out at the Congress, PM Modi said that the party only craves for power, while the BJP stands ...

Indian govt to check influx of Rohingyas from Bangladesh

Kolkata: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh convened a high-level meeting in the city with the chief ministers and home ministers of eastern states on Thursday t...

Pilgrims Killed in Boat Accident

The ill-fated boat - which carried over 100 passengers, including women and children - overturned due to heavy winds coupled with rough seas some 3.2 nautical m...

Zardari demands resignations of Shehbaz Sharif, Rana Sana after Tahirul Qadri meeting

Amongst other conclusions, the report said that Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif did not pass the "disengagement" order as he claimed before the judicial co...

House Ethics Committee Clears Nunes on Classified Information

The Tulare Republican is the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence , which is leading the investigation into Russia's alleged interf...

North Korea Claims Inevitability of War 'Established Fact' as China Urges Calm

Two dozen USA stealth fighter jets took part in the drills, six of them F-22s, six of them F-35As, as well as a dozen F-35Bs, marking the first time the highl...

British PM in Brussels amid possible Brexit breakthrough

We would have to ensure that any new wording is consistent with that. "If buying a bit more time means that we get a better outcome, which benefits businesses...

FBI Director Responds To Trump's Criticism

The senior Democrat on the committee, Rep. Jerry Nadler of NY, warned Wray that he was under attack from Republicans, and urged him to publicly rebut criticism ...

Young girl found dead at Juhu beach

The woman, Shakuntala Sharma, and her 38-year-old husband Prabhuprasad Saha, were residents of Shastri Nagar slum in Versova. He said that the woman looked like...

Anushka leaves for Italy with family amid wedding rumors

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Indonesia Condemns US' Recognition of Jerusalem as Capital of Israel

Meanwhile, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said democracy means respecting worldwide law. Most notably, Indonesia President Joko Widodo, in a televi...

FIRST ALERT ACTION DAY: Wintry weather to affect parts of MS overnight

National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisories in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. However, the majority of the region will see a...

Two women killed in Japan shrine attack

After attacking his sister, Shigenaga Tomioka apparently killed his female companion and then himself, the police sources added. Her driver reportedly has als...

United States cop jailed for 20 years in fatal shooting of black man

Slager pulled Walter Scott over for a broken light. "This tragic event that occurred in seconds has changed the lives of everyone involved", he said. But acc...

Do I look like a rowdy? Asks Vishal

The election commission has announced the final list with 58 candidates who are set to contest in the R K Nagar bypoll as Thursday's deadline to withdraw nomina...

China exports growth hits 8-month high, imports defy pollution curbs

In yuan terms, the surplus fell to 263.6 billion yuan, down from 285.4 billion yuan in October. Customs is expected to release dollar-denominated trade data l...

NJC sacks Justice Ademola, shuns his resignation letter

Family members of the police officers cried in the court, as hundreds of other cases have been thrown into limbo. It was addressed to the Chief Justice of Nig...