Suleman Dawood, 19, was on board the vessel with Shahzada Dawood as a Father's Day bonding trip when their small submarine is believed to have imploded, killing all five on board, including British billionaire-explorer Hamish Hamilton.
Five months ago, Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot. Now, his cousin, Princess Eugenie -- Queen Elizabeth's grand daughter -- is marrying Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel. Here are the highlights from the second royal wedding of the year.
A man was arrested at the gates of Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday evening as he threw suspected shotgun cartridges into the palace grounds, Scotland Yard said.
A former features editor of the now defunct Rupert Murdoch-owned 'News of the World' tabloid in the United Kingdom on Friday pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack phones.
Earlier this year, the couple had announced that they would step back from their royal family roles and earned the support of Queen Elizabeth II.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are engaged and their wedding is to take place next year.
Another extension for General Bajwa in office at this juncture looks unlikely at this juncture, observes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
Andy Coulson, a former aide of British Prime Minister David Cameron, was on Friday sentenced to 18 months in jail for his involvement in the highly controversial phone-hacking scandal that rocked Rupert Murdoch's media empire here and brought down his popular tabloid.
"The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon," Buckingham Palace announced in a statement on Thursday.
The wait for Prince William's second baby was finally over as his wife Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, on Saturday gave birth to a baby girl.
Here's your opportunity to sample ilish dishes from the royal homes of Bengal, says Avishek Rakshit.
Mandarin Oriental New York, the premium luxury hotel a subsidiary of Reliance Industries is acquiring, is known for its much-in-demand ballroom, five-star spa and eating and drinking venues, including MO Lounge. Liam Neeson and Lucy Liu are among regular guests. Set up in 2003, 248-rooms-and-suites hotel towering over Central Park is an iconic luxury hotel located at 80 Columbus Circle, directly adjacent to the pristine Central Park and Columbus Circle.
We can't help notice the similarity between the two looks.
After the debacle of the first episodes of Season 6, the latter half give an even-handed treatment to intriguing not-so-well-known events of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, observes Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
American actor and entrepreneur Meghan Markle is more than just a royal heir's girlfriend.
Pakistan's top doubles player Aisam ul Haq Qureshi refused to compete in the upcoming Davis Cup tie against India, protesting against the ITF's decision to shift it from Islamabad to a neutral venue.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 37, will visit the country shrugging off security fears to follow in the footsteps of William's grandparents, father and late mother, Princess Diana.
'After greeting Prince Charles with a traditional bow, moving away from protocol, I also did a namaste, which HRH reciprocated twice -- once before the award presentation and the second time just before I left him.'
'What is the purpose of your visit?' the immigration officer at London Heathrow asked Deborah Das.
Prince William and Princess Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, collected quite a few Mumbai hearts on a hot two days in April.
In separate statements following an independent inquiry's conclusion that the BBC "fell short of the high standards of integrity and transparency which are its hallmark", her sons blamed the controversial 1995 interview for her "fear and paranoia" that damaged their parents' relationship.
Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid had ordered the hacking of phones of 100 high-profile people, including Prince William and a host of politicians and celebrities close to the royal family, a private investigator has claimed.
Congratulatory messages poured in as Prince William's wife Kate Middleton gave birth to a baby boy, with the whole of Britain and the Royal family ecstatic at the arrival of the country's future King.
According to 'The Sunday Times', the couple who had announced their decision to step back from official royal duties to relocate with their one-year-old son Archie last year will no longer use platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.
In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from Kashmir to Kerala and Mizoram to Maharashtra, explains Shreekant Sambrani.
The Old War Office (OWO) of Britain's World War II era prime minister Winston Churchill opened its doors as a brand-new luxury hotel in London with a glittering launch event, complete with surprise musical performances by musicians Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Andrea Bocelli. Princess Anne - the Princess Royal, the sister of King Charles III, officially unveiled the plaque for The OWO after a tour of the hotel with Hinduja Group co-chairman GP Hinduja on Tuesday evening. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also made a quick stopover, along with parliamentarians, entrepreneurs, hoteliers and stars of film and television.
'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr Leo Varadkar who will step down as Ireland's taoiseach (prime minister) next week.
'It is a diamond which has a very long competitive history.'
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, his brother William, the Duke of Cambridge, and their father Charles, the Prince of Wales, have all been invited to the emergency meeting at the Queen's Sandringham estate in Norfolk, while Meghan, who is in Canada with the couple's eight-month-old son Archie, is expected to join the discussion over phone.
Triumph's portfolio includes high-powered bikes such as the Daytona 200, Rocket III, SuperSports Daytona 675R and Tiger 800, apart from its iconic Bonneville family.
Queen Elizabeth II had an impromptu lesson in Indian dance mudras, or ritual hand gestures, when the 90-year-old monarch met celebrated dancer and choreographer Arunima Kumar at the Buckingham Palace.
The Queen's coffin then lowered into the royal vault in preparation for her final resting place by the side of her late husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, in an enclave of the historic chapel on her south-east England estate of Windsor.
The pair was recently spotted cosying up to each other.
Here's a list of films that deal with the British Monarchy best.
The actor has teamed up with M T Vasudevan Nair and director Hariharan again for the latest Malayalam film.
Lili is the first of the Queen's great-grandchildren to be born outside the United Kingdom as Harry and Meghan relocated to California in the US last year after they stepped back as frontline royals.
In What's Love Got To Do With It, Shekhar Kapur makes the simple point that when it comes to love, nothing else matters, observes Deepa Gahlot.
"I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign," the 42-year-old barrister said.
Former British prime minister Tony Blair was paid a whopping $1.5 million to advise Kuwait's royal family and had made great efforts to keep it a secret, a media report has claimed. Blair, currently the official envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East on behalf of the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia, received the amount for advising the first family of the oil-rich country and the deal was kept secret at the request of the Kuwait government.
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