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A former Georgia police officer convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes in the fatal shooting of an unarmed, naked man was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison. (Photo: AP)

'Uniform, gun not license to kill': Ex-US cop gets 12 years in naked...

Prosecutors asked for 25 years in prison followed by five years on probation, while defense attorneys asked for five...

2 Nov 2019 4:59 PM IST

US President Donald Trump has said that he is considering signing the first phase of the long-awaited trade deal with China in Iowa. (Photo: File)

Will US-China trade war end? Hinting at 'soon-to-be signed' deal,...

As per the initial decision taken by Trump and Xi last November, the two countries were scheduled to arrive at a deal in...

2 Nov 2019 3:56 PM IST

A 36-year-old woman has been found dead with a python wrapped around her neck in a home in the mid-western US state of Indiana which housed around 140 snakes, police said. (Photo: Facebook/ LauraHust)

36-year-old US woman has 140 snakes; found with Python wrapped around...

Hurst, of Battle Ground, Indiana, had an eight-foot (2.4-meter) reticulated python wrapped around her neck.

2 Nov 2019 12:50 PM IST

Another murder accused took advantage of the commotion and managed to escape from the spot. (Photo: File | Representational)

Several stabbed at synagogue in New York,' says Jewish Affairs Group

Police in the US have been battling a rash of attacks against Jewish targets in recent years.

29 Dec 2019 11:11 AM IST

$The amended Citizenship law along with a National Register of Citizens (NRC) being planned by the Narendra Modi government \may affect the status\ of Muslim minority in India, a report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has said. (Photo: PTI)$ World

1st time in Independent India': US Cong think tank on 'affecting...

The changes sparked significant controversy, including large-scale and sometimes violent protests.

27 Dec 2019 12:21 PM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

'Don't do it!': Trump calls for end to killing in Syria rebel bastion

Trump on Thursday praised Turkey's efforts, tweeting that Ankara 'is working hard to stop this carnage.'

26 Dec 2019 8:29 PM IST

The transcript of a July 25 call Trump made with the Ukrainian president in which he asked him to investigate the son of his political rival Joe Biden has become the subject of a Democratic-led impeachment inquiry into the president. (Photo: File)

US to provide USD 300 million military aid to Ukraine in 2020

The almost USD11bn (Â£8.4bn) Nord Stream 2 project has infuriated the US, with both Republican and Democratic lawmakers...

24 Dec 2019 11:20 AM IST

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. (Photo: AFP)

'Important step': US welcomes Saudi's verdict in Khashoggi's murder...

The United States 'encouraged Saudi Arabia to undertake a fair and transparent judicial process,' the official said.

24 Dec 2019 8:29 AM IST

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Trade deal with China to be signed 'very shortly': Donald Trump

'We just achieved a breakthrough on the trade deal and we will be signing it very shortly,' Trump said in Florida.

23 Dec 2019 8:46 AM IST

Stephen Biegun, the US special envoy for North Korea, arrived in South Korea on Sunday as Pyongyang stepped up pressure on Washington to make concessions to revive stalled denucleasisation talks ahead of a year-end deadline. (Photo: AP)

US envoy Stephen Biegun slams North Korea remark as 'hostile,...

Biegun said the US was 'fully aware of the strong potential for North Korea to conduct a major provocation in the days...

16 Dec 2019 1:55 PM IST

In 2016, China was in third place behind the US and France and a year later it had climbed to second place. There was no report in 2018. (Photo: File)

China suspends planned additional tariffs on US goods

The move follows US President Trump's cancellation of new tariffs on Chinese products as part of a 'phase one' trade...

15 Dec 2019 11:54 AM IST

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

'Didn't do anything wrong, not fair that I am being impeached': Donald...

Earlier in the day, he described the impeachment as a hoax and politically motivated.

14 Dec 2019 11:13 AM IST