London: A member of Japan's royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner., reports BBC. The 25-year-old eldest…

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron's new centrist party has stretched its lead in the polls ahead of parliamentary elections next month, new survey data showed Thursday, adding to the positive momentum for the 39-year-old leader, reports AFP. A survey from the Harris Interactive group showed…

MOSCOW: The first ever ferry service linking Russia and North Korea was launched on Thursday, the company operating it said, hoping to serve tourists and North Korean workers, reports AFP. The ferry will travel weekly between Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok and the North Korean port of…

New Delhi:  Actress Reema Lagoo died of a cardiac arrest in Mumbai at 3:30am this morning. She was 59. Lagoo had been taken to the Kokilaben Hospital,…

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted the probe into whether his team colluded with Russia to tilt the 2016 election in his favor as the "greatest witch hunt" in US history, reports AFP. His comment on Twitter came after former FBI chief Robert Mueller was appointed special…

GENEVA: An unlicenced Ebola vaccine could soon be tested in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo hit by an outbreak of the virus, the World Health Organization said Thursday, reports AFP. There is no licenced vaccine for the Ebola virus, but a promising candidate vaccine could be deployed…