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The White House (Photo: AFP)

Car bomb threat at White House, security officals send alert

The individual was detained immediately and criminal charges are pending, the agency said in a statement, without...

19 March 2017 12:04 PM IST

French soldiers shot and killed a man who wrestled a colleague to the ground Saturday and tried to steal her rifle at Paris Orly Airport. (Photo: AP)

Paris airport attacker ready 'to die for Allah'

Ben Belgacem had a string of criminal convictions and showed signs of Islamic radicalisation.

19 March 2017 11:56 AM IST

US: Man sends epileptic reporter seizure-triggering tweet for anti-Trump remarks, arrested

US: Man sends epileptic reporter seizure-triggering tweet for...

Authorities also found an altered Wikipedia page that showed a fake obituary for Eichenwald with a death date of...

19 March 2017 11:09 AM IST

A drug commonly prescribed to pregnant women with a history of delivering premature babies may increase the risk of developing gestational diabetes. (Photo: Pixabay)

UK: 11-year-old girl set to become Britain's youngest mother, says...

It is believed that the father of the baby is also a minor and that he could be a few years older than the mother-to-be.

19 March 2017 10:38 AM IST

Kim Jong-Un, North Korean leader

N Korea tests powerful new high-thrust rocket engine

Kim Jong Un calls it a great event of historic significance for the country's indigenous rocket industry.

19 March 2017 10:31 AM IST

Travellers wait outside the Orly airport in Paris. (Photo: AFP)

Paris Orly airport attacker shot dead

At the airport, the man knocked the soldier to the ground and grabbed at her rifle, a senior military source said.

19 March 2017 6:38 AM IST

After the protest, striking drivers met transport department officials following which it was decided that government would arrange a meeting between the striking drivers and Ola and Uber representatives.

Uber's final frontier: Upstate New York

Currently, Uber and Lyft are banned outside of the New York City area.

18 March 2017 8:57 PM IST

Indian clerics Syed Asif Nizami and Nazim Nizami (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

2 Indian clerics held by Pak to return to India on Monday

Pakistan's intelligence agency had taken them into custody over their alleged links with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.

18 March 2017 8:31 PM IST

Kim Jong-Un, North Korean leader

US, China to cooperate on 'dangerous' N Korea situation

I think we share a common view and a sense that tensions in the peninsula are quite high right now.'

18 March 2017 4:24 PM IST

This image shows the launch of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile during a test. (Photo: AFP)

South Koreans protest against US missile defence system

Residents of Seongju county -- where the system will be deployed -- say it poses health and environmental hazards.

18 March 2017 3:48 PM IST

That decision helped land her in jail on charges of having sex with a 14-year-old boy. (Representational Image)

US: Pregnant teen 'rapes' 14-year-old boy, arrested on felony charges

She was arrested for rape, sexual abuse, enticing a child for immoral purposes, traveling to meet child for illegal sex...

18 March 2017 2:38 PM IST

The alert came in a system implemented by the government after the deadly November 2015 attacks in Paris. (File Photo)

Paris: Man tries to grab weapon, French soldiers shoot him dead

The airport was evacuated following the incident, the television channel said.

18 March 2017 2:33 PM IST