US fraternity faces 12-month ban over secret Facebook page
Pennsylvania: A fraternity (social club) at Pennsylvania State University has been suspended by its national headquarters for ‘a secret members
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Politics
Kurds concerned over Iran-backed Shia militias in Iraq
Baghdad: A senior Kurdish official in Iraq has raised concern over the involvement of Iranian backed Shia Muslim militias fighting
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Tomb of Saddam Hussein destroyed during the fight to recapture Tikrit
Baghdad: The tomb of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has been almost completely destroyed in fighting near Tikrit. The spectacular
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Iraqi forces to recapture Tikrit within a week
Baghdad: Iraqi forces are expected to retake Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein within a week. Currently, Tikrit is under
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Iraqi forces push Islamic State militants to Tikrit
Baghdad: Iraqi government forces are reported to have been advancing towards Tikrit through several fronts. Their pronged attacks have forced
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President of Sri Lanka pledges war crimes inquiry
London: The Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena said that he would order for a domestic inquiry into war crimes supposed
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Boko Haram abducted children forget their own identities
Abuja: It is understood that about 80 children rescued from a Boko Haram camp in Cameroon are not remembering their
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42 arrested in connection with the lynching of a suspected rapist
Dimapur: Police in north-eastern India said that they have already arrested 42 people in connection with the execution of a
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Iraqi army continues to drive IS militants from key locations
Baghdad: Iraqi forces are reported to have pushed Islamic State (IS) fighters out of the western town of al-Baghdadi. The
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Human shield to protect venues of Holi celebrations in Pakistan
Islamabad: It is said that a human shield was being formed at the venues of Holi celebrations in Pakistan. People
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