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Washington, May 28 (IANS): The White House omitted Gauthier Destenay, the same sex  husband of Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel,...

Kabul, May 20 (Reuters): Afghanistan’ first all-women TV station, Zan TV ("Women's TV"), goes on air on Sunday ,May 20....

Colombo, May 11: The world-renowned sand sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik, who is in the Sri Lankan capital to exhibit his mammoth...

Colombo, May 13 (newsin.asia): The human bones found at the Shangri-La hotel construction site on Galle Face here on Saturday,...

Dhaka,May 11 (newsin.asia):  The practice of politicians falling at the feet of their leaders to secure their "blessings" is common...

By Rafia Zakaria Karachi, May 11 (Dawn): “You can’t clap with one hand,” one of the rapists in the notorious Delhi...

London, May 6 (newsin.asia):The BBC is to screen its first period drama featuring an entirely non-white cast after securing the...

By Frances Bulathsinghala/www.southasianmonitor.com The very same edifice which bore witness to the many discussions between Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Mohandas...

Cirebon, April 27 (Channel News Asia): Female Islamic clerics in Indonesia declared a series of fatwas on Thursday, including one...

By Srinath Raghavan/The Hindustan Times A little over six months ago, the government announced an international competition to design a...