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Congressman Mike Pompeo. (Photo: AP)

China 'in league of its own,' says US on human rights violations

A report said China had significantly intensified its campaign of mass detention of members of Muslim minority groups in...

14 March 2019 11:51 AM IST

Officials in El Paso County, Colorado, said some 1,100 motorists were stranded on Interstate 25 near Colorado Springs. (Photo: TrevDon | Twitter)

'Bomb cyclone' brings snow, high winds to US; 1,339 flights cancelled

Meteorologists call it 'bomb cyclone,' a winter hurricane that forms when barometric pressure drops 24 millibars in 24...

14 March 2019 11:37 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping

May take 'other actions': US diplomat after China blocks move on JeM...

China for the fourth time blocked a UN move to designate Masood Azhar as 'global terrorist'.

14 March 2019 10:11 AM IST

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump in Manila, Philippines, in November 2017.

US to build 6 nuclear power plant in India

US has been looking to sell more energy products to India, the world's third-biggest buyer of oil.

14 March 2019 9:08 AM IST

An airline official has said one recorder was partially damaged. (Photo:AP)

Ethiopia to send plane's black box abroad, as grief grows

The black box from the Boeing jet that crashed and killed all 157 people on board will be sent overseas for analysis.

13 March 2019 3:35 PM IST

A Kentucky teenager sued CNN on Tuesday for defamation. (Photo:Twitter)

US teen, who had face-off with native american, sues CNN for 275...

Sandmann and other Covington Catholic students had been in Washington to attend a March for Life anti-abortion rally.

13 March 2019 2:25 PM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar (Photo: AFP)

China hints at blocking move to list Azhar as global terrorist in UNSC

Proposal to designate Azhar under 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UNSC was moved by France, UK and US on Feb...

13 March 2019 2:00 PM IST

US President Donald Trump

Trump speaks to Boeing CEO after Ethiopian plane crash

Donald Trump, concerned about the deadly crash of a Boeing 737 MAX passenger plane, spoke to Boeing Chief Executive...

13 March 2019 12:37 PM IST

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar. (Photo: AP)

Not designating Masood Azhar as global terrorist against peace: US

Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar meets the criteria to be designated as a global terrorist by the UN.

13 March 2019 11:23 AM IST

President Barack Obama presents Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Joe Biden to run for 2020 US Presidential elections: Report

Former Vice President Joe Biden will run for the White House in the upcoming presidential elections.

13 March 2019 10:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Theresa May denied accusations by some in her governing Conservative Party. (Photo:AP)

British PM May's Brexit deal overwhelmingly crushed by lawmakers

May's pleas in House of Commons to support her draft exit deal or run the risk of chaotic exit from EU, were rejected by...

13 March 2019 9:57 AM IST

Cardinal George Pell. (Photo: AP)

Australian Cardinal jailed for 6 years for sexually abusing choirboys

The cardinal faced a maximum 50 years in prison for the five charges.

13 March 2019 9:21 AM IST