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A school headmistress has banned skirts at a secondary school in the UK’s West Midlands region to prevent male teachers and pupils getting...

Thirteen top ISIS leaders, including five high-ranking military commanders, have been executed on the orders of the group’s chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi...

President Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandmother, known as Mama Sarah, vowed today to cook a traditional meal for her grandson when he visits the East...

Palestinian forces have arrested <g data-gr-id="8">around </g>100 Hamas members in the West Bank, a security official said today, raising...

Flags flew at half-mast over Buckingham Palace and Whitehall and play at Wimbledon was delayed as it was announced that a minute’s silence would be...

Kamal Bawa, India’s most prominent biologist and an evolutionary ecologist, has been elected to the prestigious Royal Society in recognition of his...

The row over phraseology widened as 120 British MPs wrote to the BBC to reconsider its use of term Islamic State (IS), as it may be seen as giving...

Amid US’ push for its Asia pivot strategy, the Pentagon has said it would “deepen” its security relationship with India to maintaining regional peace...

Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s attempt to stage a political comeback and become prime minister suffered a setback on Thursday  when...

More than 26 million Facebook profile photos have taken on a rainbow hue since the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that marriage is a right guaranteed...

A US Navy installation in Washington was given the all-clear on Thursday  after locking down for several hours over unconfirmed reports that an active...

British police have arrested a 15-year-old girl in east London on suspicion of committing a terror offence.Officers from the Metropolitan Police...