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In video message on 9/11, Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for attacks on West, criticises those who backtracked from jihad

Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Muslims to attack US, European, Israeli and Russian military targets during a speech on the 18th anniversary of 11 Septemeber attacks

Why New Zealand shooter's Islamophobia is unfounded: History shows European settlers were worst oppressors

New Zealand terrorist attack: It is this European colonisation that around the world produced gun laws that allowed people, meaning White settlers, to keep firearms, ostensibly for their defence

IBM chief Ginni Rometty says skill gaps impeding Indians' prospects in tech jobs; education should be beyond getting degrees

Skills are perhaps more important than a degree, said IBM chairman Rometty

Indian Life and People in the 19th Century: JP Losty revisits Company paintings in fascinating new book

Some two hundred years after they were executed, many of these paintings have found their way to collectors Shilpa and Praful Saha, founders of the TAPI Collection, and are now the subject of curator and art historian JP Losty’s catalogue of the same, Indian Life and People in the 19th Century: Company Paintings in the TAPI Collection, published by Roli Books.

The Allure of India: Historian Seema Bhalla resurrects the Company style miniatures that once flourished under the European patrons

Historian Seema Bhalla commissioned 25 miniature paintings in the Company style that was started and spread by European patrons.

Russian president Vladimir Putin says he will 'never' give Crimea back to Ukraine

Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that under no circumstances would he give Crimea back to Ukraine, speaking in a new documentary released ahead of his expected re-election in next week's poll.

Hockey's winners cartel: Will dominance of European countries kill competition in the sport?

Outcomes in hockey have become so predictable that the game is drawing the fans away. Hockey has winners and losers, but few climbers and fallers.

Cyber attack on Ukraine takes a toll on US, European companies in the latest quarter

Investors should get used to hearing about cyber attacks during earnings calls, said Ian Winer, equity co-head at Wedbush Securities.

UK party wants ban on burqa in public, Sharia outlawed

London: The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has announced that it will include a pledge in its general election manifesto to ban the burqa or full-face veils worn by some Muslim women in public, the media reported on Sunday.

Russia: Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny gets 15 days in jail following nationwide protests

The wave of nationwide demonstrations that shook Russia's long dormant political scene over the weekend showed a new face of protest: mostly teenage demonstrators driven by accusations of high-level official corruption, glaring amid the nation's painful two-year recession.