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In the last 18 years, fifty tigers were beaten to death in the areas adjacent to the Sundarbans while over...
Hordes of headbangers amassed in Germany for the world's largest heavy metal festival - among them, two elderly men who...
A woman who sold her son to paedophiles on the dark net for sex has been jailed for 12 years...
Japan on Monday marked the 73rd anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima during the Second World War, with...
Parts of New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington, ground to a halt on Friday after a substation fault cut off power...
A woman, who fulfilled her air hostess mother's "dream" by piloting her final flight before retirement, says she feels "happy...
The Hope Diamond, a rare blue diamond that is one of the world's most famous jewels, has had a...
A distressed kangaroo leapt over a 2.2 metre (7.2 feet) wall at a shelter on Tuesday and escaped into a...
Vivid memories and emotions about things affect people’s perceptions of when they took place, a Chinese university study finds. In...
A couple who tricked their teenage daughter into travelling to Bangladesh in an attempt to force her to marry her...
The body of a French skier who went missing in the Alps, near the Swiss border, more than 60 years...
The International Tiger Day also known as Global Tiger Day is being celebrated in the country, as elsewhere across the...
A killer whale whose calf died on Tuesday shortly after birth has been spotted pushing its body in waters off...
An Indian woman has been detained after a dead infant was found on board a domestic flight from Guwahati in...
A large white-and-blue truck pulls up outside a stadium in central Japan and slowly expands into a place of worship....
Three children in Australia are suspected to have fallen ill from using eyeliner contaminated with lead, authorities say. The New...
The youngest Spitfire pilot to fly in the Battle of Britain during World War Two has died, it has been...
Upmarket British fashion label Burberry destroyed more than £28 million in unwanted products this year to stop them falling into...
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has apologised to a British cave diver he called a "pedo guy" in a row over...
A Moscow court has handed down 15-day jail sentences to four members of the Pussy Riot protest group who interrupted...
Indonesian villagers have slaughtered nearly 300 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a crocodile at...
Bengalis, people from the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh, constantly war over which of the two regions boasts...
Papa John's founder John Schnatter will be removed from the pizza chain's branding after his use of the N-word forced...
Archaeologists scanning a Mexican pyramid for damage following September's devastating earthquake have uncovered traces of an ancient temple. The temple...
A hungry rat has been blamed for a power failure during a ballet in Australia. Dancers and audience members were...
World Population Day, a United Nations' initiative celebrated every year on July 11 to raise awareness about the exploding world...
Scientists have discovered the oldest colours in the geological record, 1.1 billion-year-old pigments extracted from rocks deep beneath the Sahara...
Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws from its stores worldwide by 2020 to reduce environmental plastic pollution, the company says. The...
Several trains were delayed in a railway station in Uttar Pradesh state of India after the station master got drunk...
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has flown economy class to Russia to cheer on her nation’s football team at the FIFA...
The US Postal Service has been ordered to pay $3.5 million (£2.6 million) for copyright infringement after mistakenly using the...
Plans to fly a giant inflatable figure depicting Donald Trump as a baby over London during the US president's visit...
A father died protecting his children in a rare polar bear attack in Canada’s northernmost territory of Nunavut. Aaron Gibbons,...
A leader of the BJP’s youth wing allegedly shot himself at his girlfriend’s house in Bhopal on Tuesday night, after...
A 92-year-old US woman shot and killed her son, 72, in order to avoid being sent into a care home,...
A South African woman is recovering in hospital after being discovered alive in a mortuary fridge. The woman was taken...
Bangladeshi-born British celebrity chef Tommy Miah also known as ‘Curry King’, the owner of the award-winning The Raj Restaurant, and...
A Belgian boy has graduated secondary school aged eight after completing six years' study in just a year and a...
The Halda River, the biggest natural fish breeding ground in South Asia, is facing ‘severe’ pollution by industrial wastes carried...
For many people, the smell of a pizza fresh from the oven and lovingly crafted is a culinary delight that’s...
A Bangladeshi Argentine football fan died of cardiac arrest while celebrating his team's victory after the Nigeria-Argentina match of 2018...
A gun used by Han Solo in “The Return of the Jedi” sold for $550,000 at auction to the museum...
US astronaut Buzz Aldrin has sued two of his children and his former business manager alleging they stole money from...
On a Belgium beach, an artist adds the final touches to an imposing sand sculpture of the Incredible Hulk and...
A 9-year-old English bulldog was named the winner of the 2018 World’s Ugliest Dog contest in the San Francisco Bay...
A male tiger weighing 195kg (420lb) was relocated from the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to a sanctuary in...
When bank technicians in India were finally summoned to investigate why an ATM (automated teller machine) had not been working...
Akon says he's planning to release a new cryptocurrency named after himself - called Akoin. Speaking at the Cannes Lions...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to her first child, a girl, on Thursday, Ardern said in a...
An Indian woman has given birth to a baby boy at a toilet of Kamalapur Railway Police Station in Dhaka....
The world's oldest known Sumatran orangutan has died in an Australian zoo aged 62, leaving behind 54 descendants. Puan, described...
A three-day conference titled ‘Capacity Building in Green Infrastructure and Housing for Poverty Reduction in the Pacific Region’ begins...
An Indonesian woman has been found in the belly of a giant python after the swollen snake was captured near...
The World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) will be observed worldwide on June 17 with the focus on sustainable land...
The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), a Hong Kong-based not-for-profit organisation, named Reuters as the winner of the SOPA...
A Nigerian man has buried his father in a brand new BMW instead of a coffin in order to see...
A second-hand Hermes Birkin bag has sold for £162,500 ($217,144) in London, a new European record for the most expensive...
In Morocco's capital, the beach is a favourite place during the holy month of Ramadan. Waves lap in a steady...
A tree regarded as the icon of the African savannah is dying in mysterious circumstances. International scientists have discovered that...
Shoppers in the Afghan capital are going online for everything from fashion to furniture to avoid bomb attacks and sexual...
David and Victoria Beckham are donating their royal wedding outfits to raise money for victims of the Manchester bombing. Twenty-two...
An early landscape painting by Vincent Van Gogh has sold for €7 million (£6.2 million; $8.3 million) at an auction...
An international seminar titled “Accountability: The International Criminal Court and the Rohingya Crisis” will be held on June 4 at...
An anonymous bidder has agreed to pay $3,300,100 at auction to have a private lunch with Warren Buffett, the billionaire...
Imagine being trapped in a spaceship with the world's smelliest fruit. Thailand's space research agency has just announced plans to...
Over the last two weeks, every household in Sweden received a booklet of instructions on how to prepare for war....
French entrepreneur and politician Serge Dassault has died at the age of 93, his family has said. Mr Dassault led...
New Zealand plans to slaughter about 0.15 million cows aiming to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national...
Former US astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the Moon, has died in Texas aged...
A mother who tricked her teenage daughter into travelling to Pakistan to marry an older man was jailed for four...
One of the great American authors, Philip Roth, has died aged 85. The Pulitzer, National Book Award and Man Booker...
Ten workers at McDonald's fast food franchises in the US have filed complaints of sexual harassment against the firm. The...
On the first day in her new cell, Tatiane Correia de Lima did not recognise herself. "It was weird to...
Pope Francis said on Sunday he would elevate 14 churchmen from five continents to the rank of cardinal, picking candidates...
In a corner of his sprawling farm, Milouda Mohammed proudly unveiled his latest venture - a pond full of catfish...
US wildlife officers in Washington state have shot dead a mountain lion that killed a cyclist and mauled another. The...
American Franchise Pizza Chain Sbarro Bangladesh Thursday announced unlimited pizza as exciting Iftar menu for the month of Ramadan. Like...
Antor, a 10-year-old boy shares his dreams and struggle to study just like any other children. Not long ago, it...
Kochipata, a magazine for children and juveniles, celebrated its first founding anniversary by awarding its junior writers and renowned personalities....
A US man died when a vape pen blew up and launched projectiles into his skull, found a post-mortem examination....
A rare blue diamond that has spent the past 300 years in Europe's royal houses has been sold at auction...
A Chinese climber who was crippled by frostbite on Everest more than 40 years ago has scaled the summit at...
The Kilauea volcano erupted on May 3, leaving the future of hundreds of people in Hawaii's Big Island uncertain. More...
A man has been fined a record-breaking $120m (£88m) for making more than 90 million automated marketing telephone calls in...
A record-breaking sale of late billionaire David Rockefeller's private art collection has brought in over $646 million on its opening...
A 13-year-old boy in the US state of Alabama regained consciousness just after his parents signed the paperwork to donate...
Fighting great odds and overcoming seemingly insufferable obstacles, an SSC examinee secured a GPA of 3.61 in his exams writing...
A woman has been allowed to enter a Japanese traditional bullfighting ring for the first time after a ban was...
Doctors at a Connecticut hospital say they removed a 132-pound tumour from a woman’s abdomen, and she is expected to...
Faisal Mohammed Al Shimmari farms in some of the most extreme conditions in the world, at Al Ain, an oasis...
A French museum dedicated to painter Étienne Terrus has discovered paintings it thought were by him are fakes. The Terrus...
Nearly 1,500 new words and expressions have been added to the Tibetan vocabulary. A national committee on standardisation of the...
Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the largest single mass child sacrifice event in human history. More than 140 children...
Shahriar Caesar Rahman, a Bangladeshi conservation biologist specialising in reptiles, is one of the six who won the prestigious Whitely...
The only polar bear ever born in the tropics has died in Singapore of age-related ailments. "We have jointly made...
A menu of the first meal ever served aboard the Titanic has fetched £100,000 at auction. The lunch, including consommé...
Princess Diana would approve of her son Prince Harry’s marriage to US actress Meghan Markle, according to author Andrew Morton...
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