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Najafi resigned as mayor in 2018 after hard-liners criticized him for attending a dance performance by young girls.(Photo: Twitter/Mohammad Ali Najafi )

Ex-Tehran mayor, 67, shoots 35-year-old wife in the heart, surrenders

Earlier on Tuesday, Iranian media reported that Mitra Najafi, who is one of Najafi's two wives, had been killed in...

30 May 2019 9:59 AM IST

President Donald Trump says Iran wants to make a deal. (Photo:AP)

I was not informed about anything: Trump on recent McCain controversy

Trump has targeted former senator John S. McCain, after whom the ship was named, on several occasions.

30 May 2019 9:49 AM IST

In Sri Lanka, the State Department official is expected to meet with government officials and think tank experts to discuss security, peacekeeping, clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance, counterterrorism, and other areas of mutual interest. (Photo: ANI)

US State dept official to visit India in early June to discuss defence...

US Asst Secretary, R Clarke Cooper will travel to India to discuss defence cooperation and peacekeeping.

30 May 2019 9:16 AM IST

In April 2018, US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it had received 1,90,000 H-1B visa petitions.

US lawmakers introduce legislation to protect work visa of spouses of...

H-4 visas are issued to the spouses of H-1B visa holders, a significantly large number of whom are high-skilled...

30 May 2019 9:02 AM IST

The Office stated that the sightseeing ship was carrying 32 South Korean passengers and two crew members when it sank in the Danube River in downtown Budapest on Wednesday. (Photo: ANI)

7 tourists die in Hungary as boat sinks, South Korea calls for...

Emergency services are attempting to rescue as many people as possible, but the water level is high.

30 May 2019 8:57 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)

Netanyahu faces deadline: New Israeli government or election

At stake is the makeup of the future Israeli government and perhaps Netanyahu's own perilous legal situation.

29 May 2019 4:33 PM IST

Consumption and time spent on our platforms does indeed increase, said Ramez Shehadi, Facebooks managing director for Mideast and North Africa. (Photo:AP)

Data shows Ramadan in middle-east is for fasting, facebook and youtube

People in the Middle East spend close to 58 million more hours on Facebook during Ramadan and watch more YouTube videos.

29 May 2019 3:18 PM IST

A rising party star and vocal critic of President Trump, Kamala Harris, 54, is the fourth Democrat to join the battle for the partys nomination in the 2020 election. (Photo: AP)

Kamala Harris assures action in abortion issues, if elected to power

The move follows laws that recently passed in Georgia, Alabama and other states to drastically restrict abortions.

29 May 2019 2:11 PM IST

Nuclear-armed Pakistan, a staunch US Cold War ally and key player in the US-backed invasion of Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, has watched warily as Washington has in recent years pivoted towards its arch-foe. (Photo: PTI/File)

US Remove India from currency monitoring list; China, Japan stay

India has been removed from the monitoring list in this report, having met only one out of three criteria.

29 May 2019 1:54 PM IST

The pre-election cover by Aatish Taseer was acclaimed by Modis critics as divider by a global media powerhouse. (Photo:AP)

Changing times: 'TIME' mag now says 'Narendra Modi has united India'

Manoj Ladwa, the writer, credited Modi's emergence as a unifier to his origins in backward class.

29 May 2019 1:15 PM IST

China, which has already taken over Pakistans strategic Gwadar port under CPEC looks to assist Pakistani navy to restore balance of power in Indias backyard. (Photo: File | AFP)

Agreement reached by China, Pakistan to further expand CPEC

Both countries underscored their firm commitment for early completion of ongoing CPEC projects and to further expanding...

29 May 2019 12:13 PM IST

Relations between Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Mark Rutte are very good. (Photo:ANI)

Netherlands look to co-operate with India under PM Modis' leadership

Netherlands and USA are co-hosting the 2019 edition of Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Hague which starts from June 3.

29 May 2019 11:56 AM IST