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Terror link: Twitter blocks 125,000 accounts

Terror link: Twitter blocks 125,000 accounts

Twitter said on Friday that it suspended more than 125,000 accounts, most of them linked to the ISIS group, as part of...

7 Feb 2016 12:55 AM IST

Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini

United Nations chief: 34 groups now allied to ISIS

Thirty-four militant groups from around the world had reportedly pledged allegiance to the ISIS extremist group as of...

7 Feb 2016 12:54 AM IST

Sanders eats into Hillary Clinton’s national lead

Sanders eats into Hillary Clinton’s national lead

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has erased former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s substantial lead for the...

7 Feb 2016 12:52 AM IST

Pentagon reveals prisoner abuse

Pentagon reveals prisoner abuse

The Pentagon has released nearly 200 photographs of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, taken mostly between 2004 and...

7 Feb 2016 12:51 AM IST

UK press takes swipe at Julian Assange, UN panel

British newspaper columnists on Saturday took aim at Julian Assange and the UN panel that found the anti-secrecy...

7 Feb 2016 12:50 AM IST

NZ PM John key.jpeg

Throwing sex toys 'wrong image' for New Zealand: PM

Economic Development Minister was hit in the face by a pink dildo thrown at him by protester during national day...

6 Feb 2016 10:40 AM IST

Iraqi firemen work at four-star Capitol Hotel in Arbil in northern Iraq on Friday night. (Photo:AFP)

Death toll in hotel fire in Iraqi Kurdish region reaches 19

The fire took place at the four-star Capitol Hotel where rooms cost from $100-$240 per night.

6 Feb 2016 10:36 AM IST

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed addresses a gathering during a protest to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day in Islamabad on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Hafiz Saeed leads anti-India rally in Islamabad

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and Mumbai 26/11 attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed on Friday led a march in Islamabad, ranting...

6 Feb 2016 6:19 AM IST

Nepal earthquake survivors now fight freezing temperatures

This file photo shows temporary shelters in the Nepalese village of Laprak. — AFP

6 Feb 2016 5:29 AM IST

Taliban close ranks around new leader

Taliban close ranks around new leader

Afghanistan’s Taliban are closing ranks around their new leader after months of infighting that followed the death...

6 Feb 2016 5:29 AM IST

Pakistan legislator’s wife accuses stepson of rape

A Pakistani woman — wife of a legislator — alleged that her stepson had raped her.

6 Feb 2016 5:27 AM IST

China: Communist party doles out cash

China: Communist party doles out cash

China’s Communist Party has found a new way to court technology-savvy web users, setting phrases by President Xi...

6 Feb 2016 5:26 AM IST