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Epstein was arrested on Saturday night at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, where he had returned on his private plane from Paris. (Photo: Facebook/ jefferyepstien)

US financier Jeffrey Epstein found dead in prison

Epstein was registered as a sex offender in 2008 as part of a controversial plea deal.

10 Aug 2019 7:08 PM IST

Munsimar Kaurs video message, posted by her father on Twitter, has attracted over 47,000 views already since it was went live on Thursday. (Photo: Screengrab)

Watch: British Sikh schoolgirl branded 'terrorist', hits back with...

The video shows the young turbaned girl bravely relate the incident, which took place at Plumstead playground in...

10 Aug 2019 4:25 PM IST

Special prayers for the former external affairs minister were performed at Simtokha Dzong on Wednesday. (Photo: ANI)

Bhutanese king lights thousand lamps in memory of Sushma Swaraj

Former Bhutan prime minister Tshering Tobga attended the last rites of Swaraj in New Delhi on Wednesday.

10 Aug 2019 3:29 PM IST

The infant suffered two broken fingers in the shooting, but had since been discharged by doctors. (Photo: Twitter)

Trump's thumbs-up photo with orphaned baby in El Paso sparks...

The optics of the picture struck many on social media as demonstrating a lack of empathy or respect for gravity of...

10 Aug 2019 2:48 PM IST

$InSight spacecraft launches onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas-V rocket, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander designed to study the \inner space\ of Mars. (Photo: AP)$ World

Russia says five killed in mysterious rocket test accident: report

The accident occurred during tests on a liquid propellant rocket engine, RIA said, citing Rosatom.

10 Aug 2019 2:30 PM IST

The hajj is one of the worlds largest religious gatherings. (Photo: AFP)

Muslim hajj pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat for day of worship

Many walked through the pre-dawn darkness to the hill where the Prophet Muhammad delivered his final sermon some 1,400...

10 Aug 2019 2:05 PM IST

Prosecutors on Friday filed a terrorist threat charge against a 20-year-old man who said he walked into a Missouri store wearing body armor and carrying a loaded rifle and handgun to test whether Walmart would honour his constitutional right to bear arms. (Photo: AP)

'Was testing right to bear arms,' says 20-yr-old armed man at Walmart

The incident, just days after 22 people were killed during an attack at another Walmart in El Paso, caused a panic at...

10 Aug 2019 1:57 PM IST

A newly-discovered lake in Nepal is likely to set a new record of being the worlds highest lake replacing Tilicho, which is situated at an altitude of 4,919 metres in the Himalayan nation and currently holding the title. (Representational Image)

World largest lake Tilicho to be replaced by Nepal's newly-discovered...

The Kajin Sara lake in Manang district was discovered about a few months ago by a team of mountaineers, the Himalayan...

10 Aug 2019 12:43 PM IST

PM Modi was calm in crisis, says Discoverys Man vs Wild host Bear Grylls

'PM Modi was calm in crisis,' says Discovery's 'Man vs Wild' host Bear...

What stood out the most about Modi throughout the journey, Grylls said, was the global leader's humility.

10 Aug 2019 12:37 PM IST

Pakista PM Imran Khan (Photo; AFP)

Pakistan formally suspends trade ties with India

One notification suspends all kind of exports to India, while other banned import of goods of Indian origin or those...

10 Aug 2019 11:59 AM IST

However, the US has expressed concerns about the human rights situation in Kashmir and is worried about law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir, they said. (Photo: AP)

Pak 'bluntly told' not to use Kashmir for cross-border terrorism: US...

India has said Jammu and Kashmir was an integral part of India and the issue was strictly internal to the country.

10 Aug 2019 11:27 AM IST

Pakistan and India flag (Representational image)

After trains, Pakistan now suspends Lahore-Delhi 'dosti' bus service

The bus service was first started in February 1999 but suspended after the 2001 Parliament attack in India. It was...

10 Aug 2019 11:14 AM IST