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Paris, Aug 24: The burkini, a body-concealing women's swimsuit that fits an Islamic dress code, has stirred a controversy in France. In one of the recent cases of crackdown, a Muslim woman was forced to remove her burkini at a Nice beach. Photos have emerged showing police confronting the woman in Nice on Tuesday. At least four police officers accosted a woman who was resting on the shore at the

Nice (France), Jul 15: A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 84 people today in what President Francois Hollande called a "terrorist" attack on revellers watching a Bastille Day fireworks display. The driver was shot dead after barrelling the truck two kilometres through the festive crowd on the palm-lined Promenade des Anglais, sending hundreds fleeing in

New Delhi, Jul 3: The death toll in the Baghdad blasts in two crowded commercial areas has now hit 83 with 176 people injured, a government official confirmed. Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi toured the site of the blast Sunday morning. The bombings came near the end of the holy month of Ramadan, when the streets were filled with young people and families out after sundown. Video footage

Istanbul, Jun 29: Three suicide bombers opened fire then blew themselves up in Istanbul's main international airport on Tuesday, killing 36 people and wounding close to 150 in what Turkey's prime minister said appeared to have been an attack by Islamic State militants. One attacker opened fire in the departures hall with an automatic rifle, sending passengers diving for cover and trying to flee

London, Jun 24: Prime Minister David Cameron today announced his resignation in the wake of defeat in the crucial referendum after Britain voted to leave EU in a deadly blow to the 28-nation bloc that triggered a panic reaction in world markets and raised questions over immigration and other issues in the UK after the divorce. Brexit won finally by a wafer-thin majority of 51.9 per cent in the

New Delhi, May 13: Indian spiritual leader and Nirankari sect head Baba Hardev Singh was reportedly killed in a car accident in Canada on Friday. BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain confirmed the development on Twitter. Nirankari Baba Shri Hardev Singh passed away in a Road accident in Montreal. Really sad to hear about his demise. — Shahnawaz Hussain (@ShahnawazBJP) May 13, 2016 Baba Hardev Singh was

She is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a beacon of saintly integrity in the West who remained under house arrest for 15 years in her native Burma. However, there is another side to Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi that sits at odds with her iconic image. After the BBC Today presenter Mishal Husain gave Suu Kyi a rough ride during a BBC interview, Suu Kyi lost her composure and was heard to

Washington, Jan 27: Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump has commented on India for the first time after he entered the presidential race, saying that the country is doing great and no one is talking about it. "India is doing great," Trump told the CNN in an interview on Monday. After hitting the presidential campaign trial, this is for the first time that Trump has gave a glimpse

Cairo, Oct 31: A Russian civilian aircraft carrying over 220 people, mostly tourists, today crashed in the Sinai peninsula, Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Ismail said. In a statement, Prime Minister Ismail's office said a Russian civilian plane has crashed in the central Sinai. Security forces surrounded the area of the crash and ambulances rushed to the place of the incident. The Egyptian air

Islamabad, Oct 27: A massive earthquake struck remote and impoverished regions of northern Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 263 people as it shook buildings across South Asia and knocked out power and communications to already-isolated areas. The 7.5-magnitude quake was centered deep beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan's sparsely populated Badakhshan province, which