Home » World

World - Page 1258

Chinese President Xi Jinping poses with Hong Kongs new Chief Executive Carrie Lam ahead of a meeting in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP)

Carrie Lam sworn in as Hong Kong's new leader

Carrie Lam took her oath of office under China's national flag at the city's harbourfront convention centre, before...

1 July 2017 4:42 PM IST

House Bill 280 permits adults over the age of 21 who have a concealed weapons permit to carry a gun on public campuses. (Representational image/Pixabay)

US state allows college students, teachers to carry guns

The law is the latest in series of state legislative efforts around country to address the issue of campus safety from...

1 July 2017 4:12 PM IST

Senior prison authorities and officers from Nagpada police station are examining the jail premises.

Pakistan govt hands over list of 546 indian prisoners to Indian envoy

The Indian government too will hand over a list of Pakistani prisoners to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.

1 July 2017 4:09 PM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

American Muslim leaders condemn Trump's travel ban unlawful

A limited version of Trump's travel ban temporarily barring refugees and visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,...

1 July 2017 3:52 PM IST

India responded to Pakistan at the 34th session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

India offers USD 500,000 to UN Peacebuilding Fund

India has been a member of the Peacebuilding Commission since its inception in December 2005 and has so far contributed...

1 July 2017 3:04 PM IST

Indian-American Surgeon General Vivek Murthy (Photo: AP)

2 Indian-Americans to be honoured with Great Immigrants award

The honorees will be recognised with full-page public service announcement in The New York Times and an online public...

1 July 2017 2:50 PM IST

Nandu Thondavadi, 63, of Illinois was the CEO of Schaumburg-based Quadrant 4 System Corporation (QFOR) with his daughter (Photo: Facebook)

Indian-American former executives charged in USD 4 million fraud...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the duo as well as Quadrant 4 System in the accounting fraud...

1 July 2017 2:14 PM IST

he new rules come just one week after China ordered a halt to video streaming on three major websites. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

China bans Homosexual content from online video and live streaming

Earlier this month, authorities also closed dozens of celebrity gossip blogs which were described as 'catering to the...

1 July 2017 1:48 PM IST

Hafiz Saeed, Chief of Pakistans religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa. (Photo: AP)

Amid int'l pressure to curb terror funding, Pak bans Hafiz Saeed's JuD...

TAJK gained prominence as a JuD front when it held pro- Kashmir freedom rallies and displayed banners across Pakistan on...

1 July 2017 1:29 PM IST

US Congressman Ted Poe. (Photo: File)

Two faced Pakistan supports terrorism, says US Congressman Ted Poe

The second thing we do is to label Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism that is what they are a state sponsor of...

1 July 2017 1:14 PM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Trump weighs stepping up pressure on North Korea

American officials had been describing improved coordination with China as the centerpiece of their North Korea...

1 July 2017 1:12 PM IST

Police officers gather outside the mosque where a suspected Islamic militant stabbed two policemen in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)

2 Indonesian police officers stabbed by suspected militants

The two police officers were stabbed in the neck and face and are being treated at a local hospital.

1 July 2017 12:16 PM IST