London, May 25 (ANI): If you want your kid to get an Eton scholarship, all he needs to do is answer four (not so simple) questions.

Children taking one of Eton's entrance examinations were asked to imagine they were the Prime Minister.

Eton has a track record of producing 19 of them, including the present incumbent David Cameron.

The next part of the question was a touch more difficult, though.

Washington, May 25 (ANI): Former CIA director General David Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell has apologized for her extra-marital affair with the disgraced chief.

In her first in-depth interview, with ABC News affiliate WSOC in Charlotte, Broadwell said she has regret for the harm that the whole episode has caused.

She said that she is regretful for the pain she has caused to her family and friends, and she is not trying to focus on the past.

London, May 25 (ANI): There are growing tensions in northern Sri Lanka as Tamils are trying to prevent the Sinhalese-dominated army from taking over their land.

In a new development, villagers have driven out a group of surveyors sent by the authorities. Thousands others are involved in a court action trying to win back the land they were displaced from years ago.

Beijing, May 25 (Xinhua-ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Friday is named as assisted witness in a probe into an alleged corruption relating to a controversial arbitration of the Tapie case after a two-day hearing at a French court in Paris.

As former French finance minister, Lagarde has been investigated since August 2011 for complicity in forgery and embezzlement of public funds in the Tapie case.

Washington, May 25 (ANI): A 12-year-old Indian American from Plainville, Massachusetts, has emerged as the winner of this year's National Geographic Bee.

Sathwik Karnik won the 25th annual geography bee on Wednesday -correctly answering the question, Because Earth bulges at the equator, the point that is farthest from Earth's center is the summit of a peak in Ecuador. Name this peak, as Chimborazo, People magazine reported.

Kabul (Afghanistan), May 24 (ANI): At least three explosions were reported from an area close to the Indian Embassy here on Friday, though there was no information of human casualties, if any.

Afghan Police and the NATO-led international coalition were unable to confirm the cause of the explosions, though it was rumored that there could be a Taliban hand involved.

London, May 24 (ANI): Russia has rejected Beatles legend, Sir Paul McCartney's plea to free jailed female punk band Pussy Riot.

McCartney, 70, had asked for Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 23, to be given parole. They are serving two years for a protest show at a cathedral labelled religious hatred and hooliganism, reports the Daily Star.

Last night Maria went on hunger strike after she was barred from her parole.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): A 12-year-old girl in the United States hanged herself after being relentlessly cyber bullied by her middle-school classmates.

Gabrielle Molina was found hanging by a belt from a ceiling fan at about 2:15 p.m. at her home in Queens, New York, cops said.

According to the New York Post, the girl left a heartbreaking note that recounted the torture she faced at the hands of bullies.

Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): Humanitarian emergency directors from various UN agencies will travel on a six-day mission to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the United Nations said Thursday.

Karachi, May 24 (ANI): China has successfully taken over the operational control of Pakistan's Gwadar Port.

After pull out by Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) of a 40-year port management and development contract signed in 2007, China will operate the port, which is strategically located close to the Pakistan-Iran border and the Strait of Hormuz in south-western Balochistan province, reports the Daily Times.

London, May 24 (ANI): Prince Harry dubbed himself the Ginger Queen in a bowling match against Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia on Friday.

The 28-year-old royal, who snuck with Imbruglia into a bowling alley to have some fun, mocked his own strawberry-blond hair when he inputted 'Ginger Queen' as his name on the electronic scoreboard, the Daily Star reported.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Time magazine has released a photograph of President Barack Obama before he went to his senior prom in 1979.

The images that were published on Thursday, shows Obama, then 17, with his date and another couple before their senior prom in Hawaii.

In the images, Obama sports a white suit jacket while his date Megan Hughes wore a light blue gown.

Also seen in the picture is his classmate Kelli Allman, who offered the images, and her date Greg Orme.

Islamabad, May 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Pakistan, while hearing the six identical petitions against former Pakistan Army Chief and president Pervez Musharraf, has observed that it is the jurisdiction of the federation to lodge a complaint and constitute a special court for his trial for subverting and abrogating the constitution.

Washington, May 24 (ANI) Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, currently visiting the United States of America (USA), met senior Government functionaries including Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Muller.

Shinde also led the Indian delegation for second round of the Homeland Security Dialogue with Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napolitano leading US delegation.

London, May 24 (ANI): A Bangladesh Government report into the collapse of a multi-storied factory building has uncovered a series of violations.

The report revealed that the building had been constructed with sub-standard materials on unsuitable land.

According to the BBC, it also recommended life sentences for the building's owner and the owners of five garment factories operating there.

London, May 23 (ANI): Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has released an expletive-ridden heavy metal music video criticising abuses of state power in China.

The track, given the English-language title 'Dumbass', reconstructs his 81-day detention in 2011, including what he says is an exact model of his cell, reports BBC News.

The video shows impassive prison guards accompanying Ai as he eats, sleeps, showers and even sits on the toilet.

Islamabad, May 23 (ANI): US ambassador to Pakistan, Richard Olson has said that holding talks with the Taliban is a prerogative of the Pakistani government.

Olson said any reservations regarding these proposed talks will depend on terms and conditions of the dialogue with Taliban, reports the Daily Times.

London, May 23 (ANI): British Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed that Britain will 'never buckle' in the face of terrorism while condemning a sickening attack on a British solider in broad daylight.

Cameron called an emergency Cobra meeting after a man, believed to be a soldier, was killed in broad daylight by two suspected terrorists in Woolwich.

He said that the incident was the most appalling crime, adding that there were strong indications that it was a terrorist incident.

Islamabad, May 23 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that his government will continue the policy of reconciliation initiated by former premier Benazir Bhutto.

Sharif, who was addressing the media after a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari, said it is time for the political leadership and state institutions to join hands to overcome the challenges being faced by the country.

Washington, May 23 (ANI): Two suspected terrorists hacked a man believed to be a British soldier to death on a busy London street on Wednesday.

One of the men yelled 'Allahu Akbar', in an attack that was caught on video and left the nation shocked and horrified.

According to Fox News, the victim was killed on the spot, and the attackers waited at the scene until police arrived and shot both.