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Visuals from outside the press club showed police firing tear gas shells and lathi-charging the journalists as well as breaking their recording equipment. (Photo: ANI)

Several journalists injured after police raid press club in...

The police fired tear gas shells and resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the crowd.

23 Oct 2019 8:38 AM IST

In the clip, one of the kidnappers can be seen yelling, There is no time, we will start killing passengers. (Photo: Screengrab)

'Hijacked' Mexican plane turns out to be drill; Twitter angry

the Twitteratti are not happy though as they feel such sensitive content had no business to be leaked.

22 Oct 2019 4:51 PM IST

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange (Photo: AP)

Julian Assange appears in UK court ahead of extradition hearing

The 48-year-old Australian is fighting a United States bid to extradite him on charges filed under the US Espionage Act.

22 Oct 2019 3:02 PM IST

Benjamin Netanyahu brandished a rectangular piece of dark green metal which he called a piece of that Iranian drone, or whats left of it, after we shot it down. (Photo: File)

Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form govt before deadline

The decision was an important defeat for Netanyahu as he seeks to continue his tenure as Israel's longest-serving prime...

22 Oct 2019 2:57 PM IST

Indias top vegetable oil trade body on Monday asked its members to stop buying Malaysian palm oil after Mahathir said at the UN General Assembly last month that India had invaded and occupied Kashmir. (Photo: File)

Malaysian PM stands by Kashmir comments despite India palm oil boycott

New Delhi has so far refused to comment on the trade spat.

22 Oct 2019 2:41 PM IST

The student asked Whos Jeff Bezos? twice, to another student sitting behind him. (Photo: Screengrab)

'Big deal,' high school teen says of Jeff Bezos when told he was a top...

Bezos surprised a company-funded computer science class at Dunbar High School in Washington, DC on Monday.

22 Oct 2019 2:37 PM IST

A perfect touchdown will catapult India into a super-exclusive club of the US, Russia and China, and open avenues for international programmes to turn the Moon into a stop-over station for missions to Mars.

Lots of room on moon': NASA welcomes international partners to mission

Specifically, the US Congress has explicitly prohibited any cooperation with China, the world's biggest economy and an...

22 Oct 2019 1:46 PM IST

US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) congratulated Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Photo: ANI)

Hard-fought victory: Trump congratulates Justin Trudeau for his win

The Liberals were leading or elected in 146 out of 304 electoral districts that had reported results by about 10:30 pm.

22 Oct 2019 12:37 PM IST

Not only has the Donald Trump administration refused to back down from that policy, it is currently constructing more detention facilities that would continue to separate women and children and hold them indefinitely.

Donald Trump to celebrate Diwali at White House on Thursday

According to the White House, Trump will participate in the Diwali celebrations by lighting a ceremonial 'diya' (lamp)...

22 Oct 2019 11:23 AM IST

Thousands protested against police across Bangladesh on Monday, a day after at least four people died when officers fired on a crowd in one of the countrys deadliest religious riots to date. (Photo: AFP)

4 dead in firing at protest over Hindu man's post in Bangladesh

In 2016, angry Muslims attacked Hindu temples in an eastern town over a Facebook post that allegedly mocked one of...

22 Oct 2019 11:08 AM IST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Conservative rival Andrew Scheer slugged it out Sunday on the last day of a rancorous election campaign. (Photo: AFP)

Trudeau's Liberals to form minority government after winning Canada...

Around 27.4 million people are eligible to vote at one of the approximately 20,000 polling places across the country.

22 Oct 2019 10:25 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. (Photo: AP)

US says deeply concerned over human rights abuses, religious...

It urged the Pakistani government to uphold the rule of law and the freedoms enshrined in the country's constitution.

22 Oct 2019 9:33 AM IST