Kuala Lumpur: A 26-year-old woman doctor was among the 22 Malaysians in Syria reportedly involved in the activities of terrorist group Islamic State (IS), police here confirmed on Sunday. The doctor was married to a Malaysian, who was a member of the IS group, police counter-terrorism official Ayub Khan Mydin Pitchay said. “We areRead More

Baghdad: Witnesses say Islamic State group militants have publicly killed six Iraqi soldiers in Anbar province, where it continues to make gains despite an expanding US-led campaign of airstrikes. Witnesses say the soldiers — one in uniform and five in civilian clothes — were lined up against a wall todayRead More

Thessaloniki: Greek authorities say four people have been killed and at least 23 injured when a truck caused a pileup on the Egnatia Highway in northern Greece. Regional fire brigade chief Chryssanthos Athanassopoulos said “over 35 vehicles” were involved in the crash. Repair work had shut down Egnatia’s eastbound lanesRead More

Cape Town: The trial of an Indian-origin British businessman, accused of plotting the murder his Indo-Swedish wife during their honeymoon in South Africa in 2010, will start here on Monday. Billionaire Shrien Dewani, 34, was extradited to South Africa from the UK in April after being accused of hiring threeRead More

Tokyo, A powerful typhoon is on course to brush by tokyo on Monday, after barrelling into southwestern Japan with heavy rain and wind that caused flights to be cancelled flights and knocked out power. Typhoon Phanfone, which was downgraded from an earlier status of a super typhoon, is moving atRead More

New York, Scientists have finally pinned down the number of lakes that exist on Earth – a grand total of 117 million. Most of the world’s lakes are in places where humans don’t live, said David Seekell, an environmental scientist at Umea University in Sweden. “This is something one wouldRead More

London, A woman in the UK who was fed up of being single got married to herself in a full wedding ceremony attended by 50 guests. Grace Gelder, a photographer by profession, said that after being single for six years she had built up a brilliant relationship with herself –Read More

Hong Kong, Clashes in Hong Kong between pro-democracy activists and counter-protesters continued Saturday, while one of the groups leading the week-long demonstrations demanded explanations from the local government as a pre-condition for returning to the negotiating table. Criticism of the pro-Beijing government of this semi-autonomous Chinese territory continued to mountRead More

Hindus are asking all the museums and art galleries of Australia to exhaustively re-examine the procurement process and the provenance of their Hindu art collections, and if proved stolen, return to Hindu temples these originally belonged. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, welcomed Australian PrimeRead More

USA, Two female teachers Shelley Dufresne, 32, and Rachel Respess, 24 have been arrested for allegedly having sexual relationship with their student from a high school in USA. According to reports from WGNO News, the teachers met the student after a football game, then brought him back to one ofRead More