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Following the death of a 32-year-old manual scavenger at a manhole in Mogappair, Chennai Metro Water called off the non-emergency sewage related works for a week. (Representational image)

Botched vaccine kills 15 children

The UN said the children died of â€œsevere sepsis/toxicityâ€from the contaminated vaccine.

4 Jun 2017 3:03 AM IST

South African President Jacob Zuma. (Photo: AP)

South African President Jacob Zuma under fire over graft accusations

More than 100,000 leaked documents and emails that showed improper dealings in lucrative government contracts by...

3 Jun 2017 2:39 PM IST

Yusuf Abramjee, donated the money here to two South African charities that assist needy pilgrims traveling for the annual Hajj Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.

South African Indian-origin Muslim man raises Rs 5 crore for Hajj...

Yusuf Abramjee, donated the money here to two South African charities.

3 Jun 2017 4:40 AM IST

The two suicide attackers were also killed in the blasts in Bourvare, a village near the Nigerian border. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Cameroon: 7 killed, several injured in twin suicide attacks

Regional Governor Midjiyawa Bakari held the militant group Boko Haram responsible for the attack.

2 Jun 2017 8:12 PM IST

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Photo: AP)

Living museum in Durban to reflect South African-Indian history

The museum will showcase Mahatma Gandhi's role in freedom struggle of South Africa.

2 Jun 2017 3:08 PM IST

The video, which was posted on media websites and social media, shows a group of officers in blue uniforms grabbing apples out of the back of a vehicle and hurling them at four men who are lined up at a roadside cliff. (Photo: Youtube screengrab/ Kiwi In Munich)

Video: South African police pelting thieves with apples they had...

South African media reported this weekend that the incident happened in the Theewaterskloof area in Western Cape...

28 May 2017 7:35 PM IST

The workers said they sold the drugs to an unidentified businessman, who in turn sold the merchandise to a suspected drug trafficker. (Photo: AP/Representational)

2 morgue workers in Tanzania cut open corpse's stomach, steal hidden...

The police arrested the 2 morgue employees after they admitted to cutting open a dead man's corpse and stealing the...

28 May 2017 8:35 AM IST

Smoke rises in the centre of the Libyan capital of Tripoli after clashes.(Photo: AFP)

Libya: 52 fighters dead in clashes with rival militias in Tripoli

Apart from sporadic gunfire in southern Tripoli, calm returned to the city on Saturday, the first day of the Muslim holy...

27 May 2017 6:47 PM IST

Al-Shabab militants. (Photo: AFP)

At least 28 dead as militias clash in Libya capital

Medical sources were not immediately available to confirm the figures.

27 May 2017 9:26 AM IST

Egypt army soldiers. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Egypt: Gunmen attack bus with Christians; 28 killed, 22 wounded

The ministry said there were between eight and 10 attackers dressed in military uniforms, according to witnesses.

26 May 2017 4:11 PM IST

The officials say Thursdays blast on the outskirts of the border town of Arsal burned a small truck that the five people were using. (Photo: AP)

3 police officers killed, 2 injured by bomb blast in Kenya

The police vehicle was moving from Kula Police Post toward the Liboi border town an official said.

24 May 2017 8:24 PM IST

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. (Photo: AP)

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir will not attend Saudi summit with Trump

Omar al-Bashir has excused himself from attending the summit Sunday 'for personal reasons', said SUNA news agency.

19 May 2017 7:11 PM IST