US student held in North Korea died of oxygen-starved brain, says Ohio coroner
An American student imprisoned in North Korea for 17 months died from lack of oxygen and blood to the brain, according to an Ohio coroner's report rel...
Saudi woman named to senior government post for first time
A Saudi woman has been named to a senior government post for the first time, authorities said on Wednesday (Sept 27) shortly after a ban on women driv...
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe dissolves lower house, calls for snap election
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially dissolved parliament Thursday, effectively kicking off a national election campaign where he faces an un...
Thousands flee their homes as Vanuatu volcano threatens to erupt
Authorities declare an emergency on Ambae island after a recent increase in activity raises fears of an imminent disaster.A belching volcano on an isl...
15 killed in attack on drug rehabilitation center in Chihuahua
Gunmen killed 15 people in a mass shooting at a drug rehabilitation center in the northern border state of Chihuahua. The Chihuahua state prosecutor's...
US Prez unveils new framework for tax reform calling for sweeping cuts
US President Donald Trump has unveiled a Republican framework for tax reform that calls for sweeping tax cuts and a simplification of the tax code. Sp...
Russia says it has liquidated last arsenal of chemical weapons 3 years ahead of Schedule
Russia has liquidated the last arsenals of chemical weapons in the Southwest of the country, three years ahead of schedule. Mikhail Babich, Chairman o...
Indian Army destroyed naga rebels on Myanmar border
Army fought Naga rebels along the India-Myanmar border"Insurgent suffered large number of casualties," the army statement said. Army denied reports th...
Rockets attack on Kabul airport
As many as 20-30 rockets were fired at the Kabul international airport hours after US Defence Secretary James Mattis landed in the Afghan capital. Tal...
6.0 magnitude earthquake shakes northern Japan
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck off northern Japan. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no risk of tsunami. The Japan Mete...
Twitter announces test project allowing tweets to be expanded from 140 to 280 characters
Twitter has announced a test project allowing tweets to be expanded to 280 characters, double the existing limit in the latest effort to boost flaggin...
Saudi Arabia issues decree allowing women to drive
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time. Saudi Press Agency reports, Government ministries are ...
US imposes new economic sanctions against North Korea
President Donald Trump has warned North Korea that any U.S. military option would be devastating for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was not Wash...
US, India agree there will be no tolerance for terror safe havens
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that she discussed the issue of terror safe havens in Pakistan with her US counterpart ...
Apple drops Microsoft Bing, chooses Google for web searches
Apple has switched the default provider of its web searches for Siri on iOS and Spotlight on the Mac to Google from Microsoft’s Bing.Now if you ask Si...
North Korea's foreign minister accuses Trump of declaring war
North Korea's foreign minister has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country and said Pyongyang had the right to shoot down US...
Zuckerberg to sell up to 75 million FB shares for philanthropy
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he will sell a large number of his company’s shares that could raise up to USD 12 billion that he intends to...
Iraq's Kurds to vote on referendum of independence for autonomous region
Iraqi Kurds will today vote on a referendum of independence for their autonomous northern region, despite warnings within the country and from its nei...
Trump administration announces new travel restrictions of certain foreigners
The United States has expanded its controversial travel ban to people from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad. The White House said the restrictions foll...
Angela Merkel wins 4th term as Chancellor of Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term in Germany's election while exit polls also predicted the historic entry of the hard-right nationalist...
Pakistan's envoy to UN criticized for using fake image to malign India
Pakistan’s envoy to the UN has been criticized for using a fake image to illustrate alleged Indian atrocities in Jammu and Kashmir.Pakistan’s Permanen...
Trump and Kim are fighting like kindergarten children: Russia
An escalating war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un ratcheted up a notch on Friday as the US president dubbed North Korea's leader a "madm...
Bhutan backs India's bid for permanent seat in UN Security Council
Bhutan has said that countries like India, Japan, Brazil and Germany must be given permanent seats in the UN Security Council, as it backed reforms in...
Pak anti-graft body freezes accounts of Sharif, family
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif suffered a major setback after Pakistan's anti-graft body froze the bank accounts and seized the properties of him ...
NSA Doval's 'double squeeze' strategy will never succeed: Pak
Pakistan today said that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's "offensive defense and double squeeze" strategy to make India a regional hegemon will ...
N.Korea may consider H-bomb test in Pacific Ocean
North Korea said on Friday it might test a hydrogen bomb on the Pacific Ocean after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to destroy the country, with lea...
UNSC warns against holding Iraqi Kurd vote
UN Security Council has warned that a referendum on independence by Iraq's Kurdistan region was potentially destabilizing, adding its weight to intern...
Trump says putting more sanctions on North Korea
US President Donald Trump said that he was putting more sanctions on North Korea, the country which has been carrying ballistic missile and nuclear te...
A pink of salt: Ancient lake in China changes colour to pink, attracts tourists
A salt lake in China which is also known as "China's Dead Sea" has turned pink and green. The strange colours of the lake are attracting many people f...
US committee to probe Twitter on Trump-Russia link
New Delhi: A US Senate Committee will question Twitter representatives next week as part of its enquiry into a possible link between Russia and Presid...
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