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The report said that ISIS is struggling financially in Afghanistan, where it has resorted to extortion of the local population. (Photo: Representational Image/A

IS families escape Syria camp as Turkey battles Kurds

Fighting raged along the border of an offensive that has provoked an international outcry and left dozens of civilians...

13 Oct 2019 6:52 PM IST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau donned an armored vest and appeared with a heavy security detail at a major election rally on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Justin Trudeau wears protective vest after unspecified threat

RCMP spokeswoman Stephanie Dumoulin said for security reasons they do not comment on security measures given to the...

13 Oct 2019 1:57 PM IST

Thousands of people, some shouting Erdogan terrorist , took to the streets of Paris and other European cities on Saturday in protest at the Turkish assault on Kurds in Syria. (Photo: AFP)

Thousands in Europe march against Turkey's Syria offensive

About 5,000 people marched to the Swedish parliament in Stockholm.

13 Oct 2019 1:49 PM IST

One person died and at least 18 others were injured Saturday when the top floors of a New Orleans hotel that was under construction collapsed, officials said. (Photo: AP)

1 dead, 18 injured as under-construction hotel collapses in US

The New Orleans fire department received reports at 9:12 am local time that the Hard Rock Hotel in downtown New Orleans...

13 Oct 2019 11:33 AM IST

A top US senator has accused Pakistan of supporting terror groups like the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and harbouring terrorists belonging to these groups in the war-torn country. (Photo: Twitter/ SenatorHassan)

Top US Senator blames Pak of supporting Taliban, al-Qaeda in...

The senator made the statement ahead of her meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh that took place on Friday.

13 Oct 2019 11:25 AM IST

Mariam Thresia, the foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family (CHF), will be raised to the glory of the altar during a solemn Eucharistic Celebration in Romes St Peters Square on Sunday, Vatican News said. (Photo: mariamthresia.org)

Kerala nun Mariam Thresia to be declared saint by Pope Francis today

Mariam Thresia was called during the first half of her life simply Thresia, the name given to her at baptism on May 3,...

13 Oct 2019 10:26 AM IST

Japans military scrambled Sunday to rescue people trapped by flooding in the aftermath of powerful Typhoon Hagibis, which killed at least eleven people, caused landslides and burst rivers. (Photo: AP)

11 dead, thousands in shelters as typhoon hagibis hammers Japan

Japan's military deployed helicopters to rescue people seen in aerial footage standing on balconies waving towels to...

13 Oct 2019 9:59 AM IST

Two protesters have been charged with violating Hong Kongs new ban that criminalised the wearing of masks at rallies. (Photo: File)

Pro-government protesters rally in Seoul to support minister

They expressed anger over what they saw as an excessive probe by state prosecutors aimed at intimidating the minister,...

12 Oct 2019 7:37 PM IST

On Friday, Trump had asked American companies to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including shifting manufacturing of their products to the US after Beijing imposed additional tariffs on USD 75 billion worth of US goods. (Photo: AP)

On a Twitter spree, Donald Trump puts out 32 posts in 20 minutes

The US President is often seen using the micro-blogging site to make announcements, issue threats and to take a jibe at...

12 Oct 2019 3:39 PM IST

Ravinder Rana, Chief Medical Superintendent of the district hospital said, We tried to resuscitate his breathing but there was no response from him as he was brought dead here. (Photo: Representational)

14 killed, 98 injured in bus accident in Nepal

Police have suspected that the bus was overloaded and that the number of passengers on-board at time of accident might...

12 Oct 2019 1:18 PM IST

Alexei Leonov, a legendary Soviet cosmonaut who was the first man to perform a spacewalk in 1965, died in Moscow on Friday aged 85 after a long illness. (Photo: AFP)

Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space, dies at 85

NASA and the European Space Agency both praised the pioneering cosmonaut.

12 Oct 2019 12:30 PM IST

Erdogans comments came two days after NATO member Turkey took delivery of the first consignment of advanced Russian S-400 missile defence system parts. (Photo: AFP)

'Turkey won't stop Syria operation despite threats,' says Recep Tayyip...

'Whatever some may say, we will not stop this step that we have taken,' Erdogan said in a speech in Istanbul.

12 Oct 2019 11:44 AM IST