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Tokyo: A man was arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven others with what was believed to be bleach at a rubber factory in central Japan Friday, officials said. Eight people were taken to hospitals after being stabbed by the man with a knife...

Toronto: A 44-year-old Indian-origin man has died of suspected cardiac arrest after waiting for more than eight hours for treatment in a Canadian hospital's emergency room area, a media report has said. Prashant Sreekumar began experiencing severe chest pains while at work December 22, Global...

Peshawar: Nine children, including three girls, were injured when a drone struck a madrassa in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said Friday. The drone targeted the religious seminary located in Shadikhel village in Tank district on Thursday while children were attending classes, they said. Rescue...

West Palm Beach (US): President Donald Trump said Thursday that he had launched a "powerful and deadly" US strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians. In a...

Toronto: A 20-year-old Indian doctoral student has been shot dead near the University of Toronto Scarborough campus, with authorities probing the case as a homicide, officials said. The shooting took place Tuesday, and the Toronto police Wednesday identified the victim as Shivank Avasthi, the Canadian...

Dhaka/New Delhi: A Hindu man was lynched in Bangladesh over alleged extortion, media reports said on Thursday, days after another man from the minority religion was lynched in the country. The incident took place on Wednesday in Rajbari town's Pangsha upazila, The Daily Star newspaper...

Dhaka: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and President of the Bangladesh Awami League, Sheikh Hasina Thursday slammed the "illegal" interim government in the country headed by Muhammad Yunus for perpetrating unspeakable atrocities against non-Muslims. In a message to the Awami League supporters on the occasion of...

Beijing: China Thursday denounced a Pentagon report, which accused Beijing of leveraging reduced border tensions with India to undermine US-India ties while deepening defence ties with Pakistan as an attempt to sow discord with false narratives. "The Pentagon's report distorts China's defence policy, sows discord...

Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman Thursday called on countrymen to join hands to maintain law and order, in his first address to party supporters hours after his arrival in Dhaka after a gap of 17 years. “Whatever political party we belong...

Kathmandu: Nepal police have arrested three foreign nationals, including two Indians, in two separate incidents with 4.3 kilogrammes of cocaine, officials said. A police team from the Narcotics Control Bureau, Koteswor, nabbed the foreign nationals, who arrived in Nepal via air route, from Kathmandu Metropolitan...