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Malé, Feb 7: The political crisis in the Maldives deepened this week after embattled President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency and ordered the arrest of top judges and a former president. The upmarket holiday paradise does not often find itself in the news but a shock Supreme Court decision last week ordering the release of top opposition politicians has triggered a furious response

Cape Canaveral, Feb 7: The world's most powerful rocket, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, blasted off today on its highly anticipated maiden test flight, carrying CEO Elon Musk's cherry red Tesla roadster to an orbit near Mars. Screams and cheers erupted at Cape Canaveral, Florida as the massive rocket fired its 27 engines and rumbled into the blue sky over the same NASA launchpad that served as a base for

New Delhi, Feb 6: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s former wife Reham Khan reportedly left Pakistan, citing threats to her life, on Sunday. Talking to Pakistan’s Geo News channel, Reham alleged that she had been receiving threats through phone calls made to her staff and decided to leave Pakistan. “My staff was receiving threats since last September but now these have increased

Feb 6: The BSE Sensex cracked below the 34,000-mark by plunging about 1,275 points or 3.6 per cent in opening trade today due to across-the-board losses after investor sentiment was hit by a sell-off in world markets. Extending its falling streak for the sixth straight session, the 30-share index fell by 1,274.35 points, or 3.66 per cent, to 33,482.81 with all sectoral indices led by realty

London, Feb 6: The UK government has announced plans to double a so-called "health surcharge" paid by long-term visitors and students from countries outside the European Union including India to 400 pounds per year. The surcharge, introduced in April 2015, will rise from 200 pounds to 400 pounds per year, with the discounted rate for students increasing from 150 pounds to 300 pounds. The surcharge

Jakarta, Feb 5: The UN human rights chief warned on Monday that possible acts of "genocide and ethnic cleansing" against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority could fuel a religious-based conflict that spreads beyond the country's borders. "Myanmar faces a very serious crisis- with a potentially severe impact on the security of the region," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein

London, Feb 3: Indias most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim has been linked to a series of properties across Britain, according to a media report today. The 62-year-old fugitive mafia boss, wanted in India as the mastermind of the Mumbai bomb blasts in 1993 and accused of crimes such as match-fixing and extortion, accrued a vast property portfolio across the Midlands and south-east in the UK as

Paris, Feb 3: Tariq Ramadan, a prominent Swiss academic and renowned professor of contemporary Islamic studies at the University of Oxford, was charged in France with rape on Friday, based on accusations made against him four months ago by two women. The 55-year-old theologian and philosopher, was placed under formal investigation on charges of rape and rape of a vulnerable person, according to a

Havana, Feb 2: The eldest son of the late Cuban president Fidel Castro committed suicide today, state media reported. He was 68 years old. "Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, who had been treated by a group of doctors for several months due to deep depression, took his life this morning," Cuba's official newspaper Granma reported. "Fidelito" -- as he was known on island nation -- had initially been

A senior Pakistani provincial minister, Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, and his wife were on Thursday found dead at their house in the port city Karachi, police said. Bijarani, a veteran leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was the Planning and Development Minister in Sindh province, the Dawn reported. Bijarani and his wife Fariha Razzaq, who was a journalist, were found dead in their bedroom, the