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25 May 2018

India

India needs to be one of America's closest partners: Pompeo

India needs to be central to what the Trump administration does in South and Central Asia, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Friday.

25 May 2018

North Korea

Kim demonstrated tremendous capacity to lead North Korea: Pompeo

Kim Jong-un is not a weak leader and he has shown a tremendous capacity to lead North Korea, said US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo.

25 May 2018

Jet Airways

Delta Air Lines to resume non-stop NY-Mumbai flights after 9-year-gap

America's Delta Air Lines on Friday announced resuming its non-stop services from New York to Mumbai next year after it had suspended the services to Mumbai in 2009, blaming Middle Eastern carriers for hurting its ability to operate in parts of Asia.

25 May 2018

Hollywood

#MeToo: Eight women accuse Morgan Freeman of sexual harassment

Another top Hollywood name is in trouble over allegations of sexual misbehavior. Morgan Freeman constantly passed questionable remarks and often touched and stared inappropriately, they said.

25 May 2018

Thailand

Thailand: Senior monks arrested from temples to 'clean' Buddhism

Over 100 officials of Thai police raided four Buddhist temples on Thursday and arrested senior monks for alleged embezzlement.

24 May 2018

India

The Netherlands and India discuss cooperation across various sectors

On Thursday, The Netherlands and India explored possibilities of cooperation across diverse sectors at a CEOs Round Table hosted in Hyderabad House, New Delhi.

24 May 2018

North Korea

Trump-Kim meeting canceled: 'Inappropriate to hold summit,' says President Trump

US President Donald Trump has called off the highly-anticipated summit on 12 June with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Singapore was to host the meeting between the two leaders.

24 May 2018

Health & Wellness

Quarter of world's population will be obese by 2045: Study

Researchers have presented alarming findings at the 2018 European Congress on Obesity in Vienna.

24 May 2018

Pakistan News

Pakistan: Sunni extremists demolish historical mosque belonging to Ahmadiyya minority

Sunni extremists in Pakistan have demolished a historical mosque belonging to the Ahmadiyya community in Sialkot (Punjab province) on Wednesday, the latest attack on the minority group in the Muslim-majority country.

24 May 2018

South Korea

North Korea dismantles major nuclear site at Punggye-ri

The Punggye-ri nuclear site in North Korea has been completely dismantled, claim multiple media reports.

24 May 2018

Pakistan News

13 transgenders to contest Pakistan elections; 2 for National Assembly

At least 13 transgender persons will contest the general elections in Pakistan this year for the first time, with two of them contesting for the National Assembly.

24 May 2018

X

US President Donald Trump can't block followers on Twitter anymore

US President Donald Trump can't block Twitter users from following him just because they disagree with him, US district judge Naomi Reice Buchwald has ruled.

24 May 2018

Japan

Abacus to coding: 82-year-old Masako Wakamiya is world's oldest app-developer

Aging is a new stage of opportunity and strength, American writer Betty Friedan said once. And she was right.

24 May 2018

India

May-25 is Towel Day: Here's the reason to celebrate it

The world would celebrate "Towel Day" tomorrow as a tribute to author Douglas Adams by his fans.

24 May 2018

Bangalore

Seems like 'superfood', cockroach milk is here to stay

It may sound preposterous, but cockroach 'milk' just might become a mass-produced super health food in the near future.

24 May 2018

David Warner

Ball-tampering cost David and Candice Warner their third child

The price one pays for mistakes is sometimes exceptionally high. David Warner committed a professional crime, and he was punished.

24 May 2018

Donald Trump

US court rules against President Trump blocking his twitter followers

A US federal court today declared that President Donald Trump cannot block his followers on Twitter as this violated the First Amendment.

24 May 2018

Mike Pompeo

American official in China suffers sonic attack; US issues health-alert

The US has issued a health alert to its employees in China after an official experienced a possible sonic attack and was later diagnosed with a mild traumatic brain injury.

24 May 2018

Donald Trump

Trump administration orders probe to consider tariffs on automobile imports

US President Donald Trump today ordered an investigation into the import of automobiles, including trucks, and auto parts, to determine their effects on the US national security, a move that may lead to the imposition of new tariffs on foreign-manufactured automobiles.

24 May 2018

Donald Trump

Texas school shooting: Hundreds attended Pakistani student's funeral

17-year-old Sabika Sheikh, a Pakistani student in the US, was set to return home in a few weeks' time for Eid.

23 May 2018

North Korea

Summit with North-Korea's Kim may not happen next month: Trump

US President Donald Trump said there's a "very substantial chance" that his planned summit with North Korea's Kim Jong-un may not happen next month and speculated Chinese President Xi Jinping may be behind Pyongyang's new hard line.

23 May 2018

Sexual Harassment

10 more US employees allege sexual harassment by McDonald's management

The #MeToo movement has trickled down to the working-classes. Ten McDonald's employees from nine American cities have filed complaints against the giant in one week.

23 May 2018

Myanmar

New report claims "sheer brutality" by Myanmar's Rohingyas on Hindus

In what could potentially change the narrative around Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, a report by Amnesty International has made controversial allegations.

23 May 2018

Pakistan News

No progress in resolving Indus Water Treaty dispute: World Bank

The World Bank has said that it could not reach an agreement with Pakistan over its concerns regarding the Indus Waters Treaty with India after two days of talks in Washington.

23 May 2018

New South Wales

Australian Archbishop guilty of covering up pedophilia incident stands down

An Australian archbishop who was found guilty of covering up child sex abuse has announced today that he will stand down from his official duties.

23 May 2018

New Jersey

Eminent novelist Philip Roth dies at 85 in Manhattan

Philip Roth, a prolific writer and a dominant force in American literature throughout the latter half of the 20th century, has died at 85.

22 May 2018

World

Indian-origin schoolboy goes missing after scoring 100% marks at UK-school

A 15-year-old Indian-origin boy, Abhimanyu Chohan, has been missing from King Henry VIII Independent School in Coventry since Friday, after he was reportedly accused of cheating when he scored 100% marks in an exam paper.

22 May 2018

All India Bakchod

Close shave for 150 as Saudi jet makes emergency landing

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A330 jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Jeddah after suffering a malfunction in the hydraulic system.

22 May 2018

World

Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla's killer pleads guilty to hate crimes

US Navy veteran Adam Purinton, 53, who yelled "Get out of my country!" before killing Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla and injuring two others at a bar in Kansas city last year, has pleaded guilty to three federal hate-crime charges yesterday.

22 May 2018

Australia

Top Australian Catholic convicted of hiding sexual abuse of minors

In a major win for the fight against sexual abuse of children in institutions, Philip Wilson, the archbishop of Australia's Adelaide, has become the world's most senior Catholic to be convicted.

22 May 2018

Taliban

Taliban attacks kill 14 police officers in eastern Afghanistan

An Afghan official said at least 14 police officers have been killed after Taliban attacked several districts in eastern Ghazni province.

22 May 2018

Malaysia

Indian-origin leader becomes first Sikh minister in Malaysia

Gobind Singh Deo, an Indian-origin Sikh politician in Malaysia, became a Cabinet Minister yesterday, the first member of the minority community in the country's history to be appointed as a minister.

22 May 2018

India

India, Pakistan spar over Indus Waters Treaty at World Bank

A Pakistani delegation raised the issue of India's alleged violation of the Indus Waters Treaty with the World Bank yesterday, officials said.

22 May 2018

Gujarat

US Supreme Court to hear dispute over Gujarat power plant

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition filed by Indian villagers seeking to hold a US-based international financial institution responsible for widespread environmental damage they blame on a power plant it financed in Gujarat.

21 May 2018

Narendra Modi

PM Modi arrives in Russia for informal summit with Putin

Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Russian coastal city of Sochi for an informal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin where the two leaders are expected to discuss developmental issues and bilateral concerns.

21 May 2018

China

Mosques should raise national-flag to strengthen concept-of-nation: China Islamic Association

All mosques in China should raise the national flag and study Chinese Constitution, socialist core values, and traditional classical Chinese culture to strengthen their "concept of nation" and carry forward "spirit of patriotism," China Islamic Association said in a letter published on its website.

21 May 2018

World

Australia: Indian student plunges 40m to death while taking selfie

In a tragic incident, a 20-year-old Indian student has died after falling off rocks into the ocean from a popular tourist attraction in Western Australia while trying to take a selfie.

21 May 2018

Narendra Modi

Russia: PM Modi to hold informal summit with Putin

PM Narendra Modi today arrived in Russia's Black Sea coastal city Sochi for an informal summit with President Vladimir Putin.

21 May 2018

Moon

China launches 'Queqiao' satellite to explore Moon's far side

China successfully launched a relay satellite early on Monday to set up a communication link between Earth and a planned Chinese lunar exploration mission to explore the Moon's mysterious far side.

21 May 2018

Pakistan News

Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif's confession on Mumbai attacks gets Dawn blocked

A media watchdog has alleged that circulation of Dawn, an English newspaper of Pakistan, has been stopped after it published an interview of former PM Nawaz Sharif. In the interview, he had confessed about his country's hand in the 26/11 attacks that shook Mumbai.