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The World's First Suicide Bomber

On the night of July 5, the Tigers launched their first kamikaze operation.Miller took the wheels of the explosive-packed truck, smiled at everyone as he turned the ignition key and drove it slowly......

Rajapaksas return, a blow to India's prestige

'Rajapaksa's victory poses a serious foreign policy challenge for the Modi government,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's new president, right, with his......

UN seeks international judges to probe Lankan war crimes

One shocking finding of the investigation was the extent to which sexual violence was committed against detainees, often extremely brutally, by the Sri Lankan security forces, with men as......

The horror of being a woman in Pakistan

The Delhi gangrape case has highlighted how vulnerable women remain in India. But the situation in neighbouring Pakistan isworse, as most cases of sexual assault in that country are hushed up due......

'Afghanistan under attack from Pak's proxy militants'

Vanni Cappelli, an expert on Afghanistan from Poughkeepsie in New York state, is the president of the Afghanistan Foreign Press Association and a freelance journalist. In an interview to......

'Bollywood is a hard industry to break into'

'But it is also an industry that is very accepting when they see talent and hard work.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Nora Fatehi/Instagram Half a decade after she made her debut with 2014's......

Sports Shorts: Mourinho slips and falls at Russian ice hockey game

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: Portuguese soccer manager Jose Mourinho falls down, as ice hockey players Evgeny Medvedev and Pavel Datsyuk stand nearby,......

Match-fixing rears its ugly ahead in tennis circuit

Three Italian tennis players caught for match-fixing Italian tennis player Marco Cecchinato has been banned for 18 months and fined 40,000 euros ($44,024) for match-fixing, the Italian tennis......

Ramkumar rallies into Chennai Open quarterfinals

IMAGE: Ramkumar Ramanathan in action during the Chennai Open. Photo: PTI. A gutsy Ramkumar Ramanathan buried a sluggish start to eke out an inspiring win over Alexander Kudryavtsev and enter the......

David Ferrer withdraws from Wimbledon with elbow injury

David Ferrer. Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty Images for LTA Spain's David Ferrer has pulled out of Wimbledon on the eve of the tournament because of an elbow injury, the All England Club said in a......

Chennai Open: Wawrinka advances in doubles; Indians fall by wayside

India's Vijay Sundar Prashanth returns the ball to Jiri Vesely of Czech Republic during their first round match of the Chennai Open at SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI......

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The World's First Suicide Bomber

Rajapaksas return, a blow to India's prestige

UN seeks international judges to probe Lankan war crimes

The horror of being a woman in Pakistan

'Afghanistan under attack from Pak's proxy militants'

'Bollywood is a hard industry to break into'

Sports Shorts: Mourinho slips and falls at Russian ice hockey game

Match-fixing rears its ugly ahead in tennis circuit

Ramkumar rallies into Chennai Open quarterfinals

David Ferrer withdraws from Wimbledon with elbow injury

Chennai Open: Wawrinka advances in doubles; Indians fall by wayside

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