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Thick smoke filled the planes cabin for at least 20 minutes (Photo: Screengrab)

Video: Flight engine catches fire, passengers chant prayers, sob mid...

Commending them for being professional, passengers said crew helped them and asked them to remain calm during the...

20 April 2017 7:03 PM IST

(Photo: Twitter/Representational)

Nigerian police arrest, charge 53 for attending gay wedding

The men pleaded not guilty to charges that also included conspiracy and unlawful assembly.

20 April 2017 12:25 PM IST

UN says 16 staff members freed by South Sudan refugees

UN says 16 staff members freed by South Sudan refugees

The UN peacekeeping department said all the staff members safely returned to their homes and the mission was...

19 April 2017 11:44 AM IST

(Photo: Representational/AP)

South Sudan refugees in eastern Congo take 13 UN mission agents...

The South Sudanese refugees wanted to be sent other East African countries to avoid their forced return to South Sudan.

19 April 2017 9:33 AM IST

Overloading of the fibre boat with no safety gadgets was the primary reason for the boat tragedy that claimed ten lives in Manapad sea off Tiruchendur coast in Thoothukudi district on Sunday.

97 migrants go missing off Libya

The boat's hull was completely destroyed and the survivors, all men, were found clinging to a floating device.

14 April 2017 1:07 AM IST

Migrants evacuate a camp of closely-packed wooden huts at Grande-Synthe near Dunkirk, as a huge fire reduces it to ashes (Photo: AFP)

Africa: 20 killed in fire at Muslim spiritual retreat in Senegal

Government spokesman Seydou Gueye said that several others were wounded in the fire on Wednesday in Medina Gounass...

13 April 2017 5:58 PM IST

The two Indian ships were in the region as part of an overseas deployment.

Somali pirates flee hijacked Indian cargo ship, take crew hostage

The Al Kausar vessel was seized earlier this month, part of a sudden string of attacks by Somali pirates.

11 April 2017 8:32 AM IST

In recent weeks there has been a resurgence of piracy off Somalias coast after five years of inactivity. (File Photo)

Hijacked Indian cargo ship rescued but 8 crew members missing

The Al Kauser was the third vessel seized by pirates in less than a month off the coast of Somalia.

10 April 2017 11:33 PM IST

A burqa-clad woman walks past CRPF jawans in Srinagar. (Photo: PTI)

Egypt to ban burqa in public places, govt institutions, drafts bill

MP Amna Nosseir said that wearing the veil is not a requirement of Islam and in fact has non-Islamic origins.

10 April 2017 8:33 AM IST

Relatives and onlookers gather outside a church after a bomb attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt. (Photo: AP)

After church blasts, Egypt's President declares 3-month state of...

The Islamic State group had claimed responsibility for the church bombings in the Nile Delta cities of Alexandria and...

10 April 2017 2:15 AM IST

Relatives and onlookers gather outside a church after a bomb attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt. (Photo: AP)

Blasts in 2 Egypt churches kill 43, injure over 100; ISIS claims...

The second church was attacked in Alexandria hours after a bomb blast at a church in Tanta killed 26 people.

9 April 2017 6:10 PM IST

A view of the extensive overhaul being carried out at the 170-year-old Holy Trinity Church at Bolarum. (Photo: DC)

Church bombing north of Egypt's capital kills 25, injures 71

The attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta comes just weeks before Pope Francis is due to visit Egypt.

9 April 2017 2:19 PM IST