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The flamboyant wife of Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom published an "inappropriate joke" today about US President Barack Obama on her Twitter account, only to later delete it and apologise.

The explosion went off outside the Kobbat al-Mehdi mosque where Shiiite Muslims are known to pray.

"I think it (Obama's statement) was completely shameful. "Within 24 hours we've got the president trying to score cheap political points," Jindal said.

Translated by Prof Wang Zhu Cheng and Ling Hai of Zhejiang University in Shanghai and published by Sichuan People's Publications, the book was launched at a function attended by eminent Yoga teachers from India.

Chan Park, Uber's regional general manager for Southeast Asia, said Bangkok is one of the worst cities in the world for traffic congestion.

In a meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a detailed discussion was held on the issues relating to global aid groups operating in the country and the government decided to allow the NGOs to operate for six months within specified areas of oper...

Pakistan hanged 11 death row prisoners on Tuesday before a temporary moratorium on execution kicks in during the month of Ramzan. The total number of executions since December have reached 150 when the self imposed ban was lifted.

"This is a precautionary measure in response to reports of levels of lead that are potentially non-compliant with the permissible levels in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (the Code)," Australian Department of Agriculture said in the notice.

A Malaysian tanker carrying nearly 7.5 million litres of petrol has gone missing with 22 crew members on board in the waters off southern Johor state's east coast.

British Labour Party MP Keith Vaz is likely to face an inquiry soon by the UK parliamentary watchdog in connection with the controversy over Lalit Modi’s visa issue, involving External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Kiran was speaking on the phone with a friend in India when some unidentified men demanded his phone.

Following inputs provided by Border Security Force, authorities in Bangladesh have begun flushing out northeast terrorists hiding in that country, a senior BSF official said here on Friday.

Rupert Murdoch is preparing to step down as chief executive of the media-entertainment conglomerate 21st Century Fox and hand the job to his son James, it was reported on Friday.

China will supply 14 subway trains with 112 carriages to Kolkata city, the biggest such contract for a Chinese company in South Asia.

Eleven Indo-Canadians have been honoured in Toronto with 'ICCC Annual Awards 2015' for strengthening bilateral ties and their business achievements besides contributions to the economy.

At least seven more pilgrims died on Sunday during the annual Urs celebrations of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Pakistan's southern Sindh province due to scorching heat which has claimed 17 lives at the famous fourteenth century sufi shrine till now.