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Kishori Amonkar, 84-years-old iconic India’s finest classical vocalist, has died in Mumbai. She mesmerized her audiences with skilful singing for decades. she died on Monday night at her home in central Mumbai. Local media reported Amonkar…

The US says it is withdrawing funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries. The state department says the agency supports or participates in a programme of…

At least 58 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town in north-western Syria, a monitoring group says. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that strikes on Khan Sheikhoun by…

The opposition parties in the South African parliament are considering an emergency session to pass a vote of no confidence on President Jacob Zuma. The Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbeke said in Cape Town that the motion was…

Neil Gorscuh’s Trump Supreme Court nominee, is facing an uphill task against his approval as the Supreme Court Judge, if Democrats stick to there guns. US Senate Democrats said they have enough votes for a filibuster to block Neil…

United Nations investigators have found more mass graves in the central Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where tribal militias are battling security forces. “We have shared with the authorities the discovery of new mass…

The man suspected of killing 11 people by bombing a St Petersburg train is a native of Kyrgyzstan who obtained Russian citizenship, the Central Asian country's security service says. Forty-nine people were injured in the explosion between…

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has received a belated birthday present of a motor-controlled wheelchair. Zimbabwean leader, 93, got the “mobile chair” from his cabinet ministers during a ceremony held at State House in Harare on…

Prime Minister Theresa May has laughed off journalists' questions about going to war with Spain following the Gibraltar Brexit row. Mrs May said her approach to negotiations was "definitely jaw jaw". On Sunday ex-Tory leader Lord Howard…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed outrage over the explosion that took place on Monday at the St Petersburg's metro system on Monday that saw the death of at least 10 persons. President Putin said that the government was…