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The return of these artefacts to India is a warm and friendly gesture by the UK and US agencies, Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Ruchi Ghanashyam said. (Photo: Twitter)

Ancient artefacts from India repatriated in UK on Independence Day

The two artefacts are linked to one of the most prolific art smugglers in the world, named Subhash Kapoor.

16 Aug 2019 11:43 AM IST

The 24-year-old Connor Betts opened fire in a popular entertainment district, killing his sister and eight others. (Photo: AP)

Dayton gunman had cocaine, Xanax, alcohol in his system during attack

Montgomery County coroner, said that an autopsy conducted on the body of 24-year-old Connor Betts found drugs and...

16 Aug 2019 11:38 AM IST

Trump has made clamping down on legal and illegal immigration a signature policy of his administration. (Photo:AP)

'They pull the trigger': Trump blames mass shootings on mentally ill

Trump is under pressure to curb gun violence following two mass shootings that killed dozens of people this month in...

16 Aug 2019 11:06 AM IST

Trump stressed that he believes the Palestinians, who have boycotted his administration since his December 2017 recognition of Jerusalem as Israels capital, want an agreement. (Photo: ANI)

Fantasy or strategy? Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland from Denmark

The President has been curious about the territory's natural resources and geopolitical relevance, the paper reported.

16 Aug 2019 11:02 AM IST

Khalid Saifulla, and Naib Ameer of Hizbul Mujahideen along with former mujahideen (terrorists) participated in an anti-India protest outside the Press Club in Muzaffarabad (Photo: ANI)

Anti-India protests in Pakistan call for jihad in Kashmir

Khalid Saifulla, and Naib Ameer of Hizbul Mujahideen and others participated in an anti-India protest outside the Press...

16 Aug 2019 11:00 AM IST

Attorney Linda Corchado had feared this might happen when she heard her clients on hunger strike inside an immigrant detention centre had been forced to receive fluid through IV drips two weeks ago. (Photo: AP)

'Put pipe in nose 3 times': US officials force-feed Indian immigrant...

'He said it was terribly painful and it was an awful experience. Even as I was talking to him, he kept grimacing,'...

16 Aug 2019 10:51 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said two missiles were fired under his supervision. (Photo: AFP)

South Korea claims North Korea fires two unknown projectiles in East...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un also wrote a three-page letter to Trump, in which he expressed his unhappiness over the...

16 Aug 2019 10:37 AM IST

Malaysia to quiz controversial preacher Zakir Naik over racist remarks

The move came after he said Hindus in Malaysia had '100 times more rights' than Muslim minority in India.

16 Aug 2019 9:41 AM IST

Netanyahu has until October to face a pre-trial hearing after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced in February his intention to indict the leader. (Photo:AP)

US Muslim lawmakers barred by Israel; AIPAC, Democrats object

While most Republicans laid low, some support for Netanyahu's move, and Trump's intervention, trickled out.

16 Aug 2019 9:03 AM IST

In recent years Myanmar imposed debilitating restrictions on the Rohingya, a Muslim minority demonised as immigrants from Bangladesh. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Mexico finds 65 lost Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan migrants

The federal Public Safety Department said that the migrants recounted a long, complicated trip in a bid to reach the US...

16 Aug 2019 8:31 AM IST

Three Iranian ships attempted to impede the passage of a British oil tanker in Gulf waters, forcing a UK frigate to intervene, the British government said Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

24 Indians aboard Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 released in Gibraltar

A spokesman for Gibraltar's government also confirmed that police proceedings against four members of the crew had...

16 Aug 2019 8:06 AM IST

The arrested crew members of Grace 1 the Master, Chief Officer and two Second Mates were aboard the Panama-flagged supertanker that was detained off Europa Point in Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory on the Spanish coast, last month. (Photo: AP)

24 Indian sailors held on Iran ship in Gibraltar freed

'I am grateful and thankful for my release. And I am grateful to all who have facilitated my release in my legal team,'...

16 Aug 2019 1:30 AM IST