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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)World
Donald Trump takes aim at problem of US toilets flushed '15 times'

The president said he had instructed the federal environmental authority, known as the EPA, to loosen regulations on...

7 Dec 2019 9:00 AM IST

A convicted Islamist terrorist, who spent part of his teens in Pakistan and released last year from a UK prison, is suspected to be the man who stabbed two people to death in a terror attack on London Bridge, police said on Saturday. (Photo: File)World
London Bridge attacker Usman Khan buried in PoK

According to British media reports, Khan's mortal remains were brought to Pakistan from the UK on Friday morning.

7 Dec 2019 8:59 AM IST

Local media said that the base hosts 16,000 military personnel and more than 7,000 civilians, and is home to a flight demonstration squadron. (Photo: AFP)World
One killed in shooting at US navy base, gunman shot dead

On Wednesday, a US sailor fatally shot two people and wounded third at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii before...

6 Dec 2019 9:00 PM IST

A 43-year-old woman from New Zealand, who had come to India to get married as per Indian traditions, was found dead at a hotel in Paharganj here on Saturday morning, the police said. (Photo: ANI)World
Blind man executed in US for burning ex-girlfriend to death

He was pronounced dead at 7:26 pm local time (01:26 GMT), according to a statement from the Tennessee Department of...

6 Dec 2019 3:37 PM IST

One 38-year-old woman, who declined to give her name, said she \didnt have the courage\ to find a spouse and move away from her mother, who had come with her to the match-making party. (Representational Image)World
Why young Japanese are choosing to not get married?

The same father said his eldest daughter was married but his youngest, a doctor living in the US, is single at the age...

6 Dec 2019 3:34 PM IST

This file picture shows Myanmars Aung San Suu Kyi delivering her Nobel speech during the Nobel ceremony in Oslo. (Photo: AFP)World
Leader Aung Suu Kyi faces Rohingya genocide hearings at The Hague

Office of Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace prize laureate, has said she will lead her country's...

6 Dec 2019 3:29 PM IST

Joe Biden will be competing with 20 other candidates including heavyweights like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to win Democratic nominations. (Photo:AP)World
'You're a damn liar': Joe Biden lashes out at voter, calls him 'fat'...

The 77-year-old Biden also responded forcefully to a suggestion by the questioner that he was 'too old' to be running...

6 Dec 2019 10:44 AM IST

In October, Aceh officials announced that poachers who threaten endangered orangutans, tigers and other wildlife could receive up to 100 lashes under new rules. (Representational Image)World
Indonesian man faints during flogging for pre-marital sex, revived to...

Aceh is the only region in Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority country that imposes religious law.

6 Dec 2019 10:36 AM 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)World
'No choice but to act': US House Speaker on move to impeach Donald...

'The president's actions have seriously violated the Constitution,' Pelosi said from the speaker's office at the...

6 Dec 2019 8:38 AM IST

Some of the missing may be in the list of dead which we are still to receive as identification is not possible because of the bodies being burnt, the Indian Embassy said in a release on Wednesday. (Photo: Twitter | @ indemb)World
'Most victims of Sudan fire tragedy belonged to Tamil Nadu, Bihar':...

The Indian Embassy has issued a detailed list of the Indians who were hospitalised, went missing or survived the...

5 Dec 2019 3:42 PM IST

She is the only Indian-American member in the powerful House Judiciary Committee. (Photo: Twitter)World
Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal wants Trump impeached

During first day of impeachment hearings, Jayapal came out in strong support of impeachment against President.

5 Dec 2019 2:59 PM IST

Indian nationals are among 23 people who were onboard the UK flagged oil tanker which was seized by Iran on Saturday, said cargo vessel owner Stena Bulk. (Photo: AP)World
18 Indians on Hong Kong vessel kidnapped by pirates off Nigerian coast

The Hong Kong-flagged 'VLCC, NAVE CONSTELLATION' was attacked by pirates during the evening hours of Dec 3 while...

5 Dec 2019 2:52 PM IST

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