The Pope said Mother Teresa put into practice his ideal of the church as a merciful “field hospital” for the spiritually and materially poor. Read More
Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov died today, the government announced, ending over a quarter of a century of his iron-fisted rule in the Central Asian nation with no clear successor lined up. Read More
In yet another set back to Lucknow based Sahara group, the Supreme Court Friday asked the Subrat Roy led group to come clean by disclosing its sources from where it had raised Rs 25,000 crore and paid its investors in cash, observing that it is “difficult to digest” as such a huge amount “cannot fall from the heavens.” Read More
Rousseff, 68, was convicted by 61 of the 81 senators of illegally manipulating the national budget. The vote, passing the needed two-thirds majority, meant she was immediately removed from office. Read More
In a major blow the the dreaded terrorist organisation, the chief spokesman and strategist of external terror operations of Islamic State, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, was killed in a US strike while overseeing military operations in northern Syria. Read More
A vehicle driven by a suicide bomber exploded after ramming through a gate at the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan today, wounding two security guards and three local workers of the embassy, authorities said. Read More
There is 'evidence' to show that the ISIS is in contact with militants in Bangladesh, US Secretary of State John Kerry today said on his first visit to the Muslim-majority country. Read More
Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, the mastermind of a cafe attack in Bangladesh that killed 22 people including an Indian girl last month, was today killed along with his two aides during a police raid on their hideout near the capital. Read More
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today sought the creation of an institutional mechanism of interlocutors to talk to all stakeholders in Kashmir to carry forward former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's policy of a dialogue internally as well as with Pakistan. Read More
A Muslim woman, who was divorced by her husband through a phone call from Dubai, has challenged the Muslim practices of polygamy, triple talaq (talaq-e-bidat) and nikah halala, leading the Supreme Court to seek response from the Centre on her plea today. Read More
