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Beijing, Aug 13: At least 44 people have been killed and 520 others injured, 66 of them critically, in twin blasts at a warehouse containing chemical and toxic materials in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin. The blasts ripped through the Ruihai warehouse, which stores dangerous goods, at 11.20 PM local time yesterday, following a fire report half an hour earlier. Fireballs erupted then

Dhaka, Jul 13: A video of a 13-year-old boy in Bangladesh, who was brutally tortured to death by a group of men for allegedly stealing a rickshaw, has triggered widespread protests including on social media, prompting authorities to launch a manhunt. The teenage vegetable vendor, Samiul Alam Rajan, was tied to a pole and beaten up for nearly 30 minutes until he died due to the torture while one of

Riyadh, Jul 3: Five Indians from Kerala were killed in Saudi Arabia when their vehicle was hit by a speeding trailer, a newspaper reported on Friday. All five -- Santosh Kumar, Iqbal Noman, Tulsi Krishnan, Ravindra Nair and Shiva Kumar Bhagvati Pillai -- died on the spot on Thursday, the Arab News quoted Indian embassy official Manoj Kumar as saying. They were employees of a private company in

New York, Jul 1: A hijab-wearing Muslim of Palestinian descent has been named the best-dressed girl at a school in New Jersey state, according to a website. Abrar Shahin, a student of Clifton High School, sports a black skirt and skinny jeans, ankle-high boots and a cropped white blazer in her yearbook photo. Her make-up is just about perfect, capped with plum-toned lip stick, the NorthJersey.com

Taipei, Jun 28: More than 500 people have been injured following an explosion at a water park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei after coloured powder being sprayed onto a crowd ignited. Government officials said 516 people had been injured, 194 of them seriously, with more than 400 still in hospital. "Our initial understanding is this explosion and fire ... was caused by the powder spray. It could

Cairo, Jun 27: Muslim clerics condemned three militant attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France today that killed dozens of people including holidaymakers. Al-Azhar, a leading Sunni Muslim institution based in Egypt, said the "heinous" shooting at a Tunisian coastal resort which killed 28 people, mostly Europeans, was a "violation of all religious and humanitarian norms". In a statement, it also

Vatican City, Jun 26: The Vatican on Friday signed a historic first accord with Palestine, two years after officially recognizing it as a state. The accord, a treaty covering the activities of he Church in the parts of the holy land under Palestinian control, was the first since the Vatican recognized Palestine as a state in February 2013. The product of 15 years of discussions, the agreement was

Melbourne/London, Jun 21: Thousands of yoga enthusiasts across the world today took to mats and stretched, bent and twisted their bodies in multiple complex postures as they marked the inaugural International Day of Yoga, celebrating the ancient Indian spiritual practice. More than a thousand people took part in several events across Australia to mark the day, with Prime Minister Tony Abott

London, Jun 16: Muslim pre-teens in four private secondary schools in London won't be allowed to fast during Ramadan without special permission. The Lion Academy Trust schools sent a letter home to parents announcing that Muslim students would not be allowed to fast during the school day for the upcoming holy month, which begins this week. In the June 10 letter, school officials said that it is

Islamabad, Jun 13: Protests were held across Pakistan's Sindh province to voice anger over what people described as "Indian war hysteria and inhuman brutalities being meted out to the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar". Activists of almost all religious parties and a number of political parties took out rallies and staged demonstrations across Sindh on Friday, Dawn online reported. Pakistan Muslim