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A Pakistani 'jirga' or tribal court has punished a man for 'love marriage' and ordered him to pay a hefty Rs 1.7 million fine to his wife's family for bringing a "bad name" to them.

Opposition to the Republican health care bill strengthened, as key industry groups that had supported Affordable Care Act (ACA) or the 'Obamacare', said its replacement could harm vulnerable Americans, the media reported.

"The American public should be deeply troubled by any WikiLeaks disclosure designed to damage the intelligence community's ability to protect America against terrorists and other adversaries," said CIA spokeswoman Heather Fritz Horniak.

The Trump Administration has sought 60 days to respond to a court case that challenges the decision of the previous Obama Administration to authorise spouses of H1B spouses to work in the US.

North Korea on Tuesday banned Malaysians from leaving the country, dramatically escalating an already-heated diplomatic row over the murder of Kim Jong Nam.

The pilot of a Medanta Hospital air ambulance was killed when the aircraft crash-landed near Bangkok on Monday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted late on Monday.

US President Donald Trump signed a revised ban on travelers from some Muslim-majority nations Monday -- one with a reduced scope so Iraqis and permanent US residents are exempt.

Deep Rai(39), a US national of Indian-origin, was shot outside his home on Friday by a partially-masked gunman who shouted "go back to your own country", in a suspected hate crime.

Bangladesh on Sunday banned extremist Islamist group Ansar Al-Islam blamed for the brutal murders of several secular activists and atheist bloggers in the Muslim-majority country.

Pope Francis on Sunday called on people to carry and read the bible with as much dedication as they do their mobile phones.

Japan's ruling party on Sunday extended term limits for its leaders, a change that gives Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a shot at becoming Japan's longest-serving post-war leader.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a revised travel ban on Monday, just over a month after his original decree sowed controversy across the United States and chaos at airports, US media reported.

Dozens of police departments around the U.S. are amassing their own DNA databases to track criminals, a move critics say is a way around regulations governing state and national databases that restrict who can provide genetic samples and how long that inf...

North Korea warned on Saturday that the US will "pay dearly" if it relists Pyongyang as a state sponsor of terrorism following the murder of leader Kim Jong-Un's half-brother in Malaysia last month.

Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials.

“Major Defence Partnership” which he said moves India into the category of non-NATO type ally, “is a great step in the right direction.” “Actually this (Major Defence Partner) status that is unique to India. The idea is to actually institutionalise (the...