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Mahatma Gandhi, Indian independence movement on Oxford curriculum

Move comes after a campaign demanded decolonisation of subjects.

29 May 2017 2:05 AM IST

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Theresa May woos British-Indians voters with Hindi song

The Hindi song has been especially composed for the General Election 2017 to promote connectivity with the 1.6 million...

29 May 2017 2:00 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: AP)

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Emmanuel Macron says Trump handshake was moment of truth'

Footage of the handshake as the pair met for lunch at the US embassy in Brussels ahead of a Nato summit on Thursday has...

29 May 2017 1:55 AM IST

$A photograph, which has been widely shared on social media, showed the message \love from Manchester\ on a Paveway IV bomb loaded on a British jet carrying out air strikes from Royal Air Force (RAF) Akrotiri in Cyprus. (Photo: Facebook)$ World

UK Air Force crew write 'Love from Manchester' on bomb meant for ISIS

Children as young as eight and parents were among the dead after thousands of fans were targeted as they left the gig on...

28 May 2017 8:14 PM IST

Pope Francis recites the Regina Coeli prayer from his studios window overlooking St. Peters Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 28, 2017. (Photo: AP)

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May the Lord welcome these martyrs: Pope's tribute to Coptics killed...

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Friday's attack, which killed 29 people.

28 May 2017 6:47 PM IST

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British police release CCTV footage of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi

Investigators gave details of Abedi's last hours as they released photographs from security cameras.

28 May 2017 5:42 PM IST

25-year-old Harriet Sharp had bullied, attacked and manipulated the victim, Martyn Brown since October 2016, after she proposed to him. (Photo: Facebook)

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UK woman abuses, bullies fiancÃ©, stabs him 28 times; jailed for 11...

The couple began dating when they were introduced by a mutual friend. But things went downhill when Sharp started coming...

28 May 2017 4:27 PM IST

British Airways planes are parked at Heathrow Airport during a 48hr cabin crew strike in London. Air travelers faced delays Saturday, May 27, 2017 because of a worldwide computer systems failure at British Airways, the airline said. (Photo: AP)

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British Airways blames outsourcing IT jobs to India for technical...

The GMB union said BA laid off hundreds of IT staff last year and outsourced the work to India to cut costs.

28 May 2017 2:33 PM IST

Kim told the Korean Peoples Army (KPA) officials and those at the academy that the weapon systems capability has been upgraded compared with last year in terms of efficiency to detect and track targets, as well as strike accuracy. (Photo: AP)

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Kim Jong Un inspects test-fire of new anti-aircraft weapon

North Korea on May 21 tested its most powerful ICBM on Sunday from a location near Pukchang.

28 May 2017 2:10 PM IST

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Intelligence services identify 23,000 jihadist suspects in UK

The figures by the counter-terror agencies laid bare the scale of the potential threat in Britain.

28 May 2017 1:32 PM IST

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Donors give thousands to buy drinks for Manchester heroes

In Manchester, numerous fundraising initiatives have sprung up since the massacre rocked the city.

28 May 2017 12:59 PM IST

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British Airways cancels flights from London after global IT failure

The airways apologised in a statement for what it called an 'IT systems outage' and said it was working to resolve the...

27 May 2017 7:39 PM IST