Home » World

World - Page 605

Albanian military personnel walk next to MIG-19 jet fighters inside the main tunnel of the Gjader Air Base built near the city of Lezhe. (Photo: AFP)

In hidden mountain air base, Albania stores jets for sale

The communist-era jets, which include MiG-19, MiG-17 and MiG-21 models among others, have been out of commission for...

2 April 2019 8:46 AM IST

Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: AP)

'Thought was going to kiss': 2nd woman says Joe Biden touched her...

'It wasn't sexual, but he did grab me by head,' Lappos, told Hartford Courant on Monday of her encounter with Biden.

2 April 2019 8:36 AM IST

The Housing Department claims Facebook mines data about its users and then employs machine learning to predict their responses to ads in ways that may recreate groupings defined by characteristics such as race.

No evidence of 'Silver Touch' associated with NaMo App, claims...

Facebook had also announced that it removed 687 pages and accounts linked to the Congress party for 'coordinated...

2 April 2019 8:29 AM IST

By doing so and that too in just three minutes -- India had entered the elite club of space countries USA, China and Russia, The Prime Minister said. The satellite was orbiting at an altitude of 300 kilometres. (Photo: AFP | Representational Image)

Indian satellite destruction created 400 pieces of debris: NASA

The satellite was destroyed at a relatively low altitude of 300 kilometres, well below the ISS and most satellites in...

2 April 2019 8:10 AM IST

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine greet supporters in Ankara on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Local polls: Erdogan party faces upset after 16 years

Speaking to supporters in Ankara after Sunday's polls closed, Erdogan had said the election was a victory for the AKP.

2 April 2019 6:30 AM IST

Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf. (Photo: AP/File)

Pervez Musharraf treason case: Verdict to be out soon

Pervez Musharraf will get all legal rights if he appears before the court on May 2, the Supreme Court said.

2 April 2019 6:24 AM IST

The company has asked the court to bar the companies from creating and promoting the sale of fake accounts, like, and followers on Facebook and Instagram. (Photo: ANI)

Facebook deletes 103 pages, groups and accounts linked to Pakistan...

Facebook says it removed them "for violating Facebook's policies on coordinated inauthentic behaviour or spam".

1 April 2019 5:49 PM IST

'Positive progress' made on listing of Azhar as global terrorist by...

China last week defended its repeated attempts to block the listing of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a global...

1 April 2019 2:53 PM IST

AFP photographed one woman weeping, her face buried in her hands, while paramedics checked her. (Photo: AFP)

20 killed, 10 injured in bus fire in Peru

A number of the victims burned to death, trapped on the upper level of the interprovincial bus in Lima, firefighters...

1 April 2019 2:02 PM IST

A police car racing to the scene of the crash collided with another vehicle, killing the two people inside and seriously injuring three police officers, the DPA news agency reported. (Photo: AFP)

Russia's one of richest women killed in German plane crash

Natalia Fileva, a co-owner of private Russian airline S7, died in the accident, the company said in a statement.

1 April 2019 11:06 AM IST

Two hunters found her body in a wooded area along a dirt road in a rural part of a nearby county a few hours after her friends called police, Holbrook said. (Photo: Facebook)

Murdered US student may have thought car was her Uber ride, say police

Rowland was charged with murder and kidnapping of Samantha, 21, who was last seen outside of Five Points bar in Columbia...

1 April 2019 9:13 AM IST

Long part of the underground rap circuit, the 33-year-old rapper struggled to find fame but began selling his own mixtapes, which hip-hop royalty Jay-Z once bought 100 of for USD 100 each. (Nipsey Hussle/Twitter)

Grammy-nominated US rapper Nipsey Hussle fatally shot:â€‰report

Police dept spokesman could not confirm deceased victim's name, but a shooting on Sunday had killed one person and...

1 April 2019 9:01 AM IST