Home » World

World - Page 728

Pope Francis demands for every possible measure to be taken to protect young refugees. (Photo: AFP)

Pope accepts resignation of US cardinal over abuse cover-up claim

Cardinal Wuerl had offered to resign earlier after facing criticism over a report detailing mass sexual abuse cases when...

13 Oct 2018 11:14 AM IST

Trump said that he was working with Congress to find USD 6 billion in new funding for 2018 and 2019 to fight the opioid crisis. The plan will also seek to cut opioid. (Photo: File)

US has taken toughest-ever action on China's unfair trade practices:...

The US has a nearly USD 500 billion trade deficit with China per annum, which Trump says is unsustainable for the US.

13 Oct 2018 11:13 AM IST

Post delivery, the submarine will soon be commissioned into the Indian Navy. (Photo: ANI)

US limits nuclear technology to China citing proliferation, military...

The move came a day after US Dept of Justice announced arrest of Chinese intelligence officer who was stealing secret...

13 Oct 2018 9:20 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Don't use songs in rallies, family of singer Prince tells Donald Trump

'Prince Estate has never given permission to Trump or White House to use Prince's songs,' tweeted musician's...

13 Oct 2018 8:40 AM IST

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Govt didn't know about Dassault pick: Nirmala Sitharaman

Dassault negotiated for years with India's state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the order, with the jets...

13 Oct 2018 1:28 AM IST

Hurricane Michael: Rescuers search for victims in US as death toll rises to 11

Hurricane Michael: Rescuers search for victims in US as death toll...

Michael made landfall on Wednesday afternoon as Category 4 storm, the most powerful to hit Florida's northwestern...

12 Oct 2018 7:15 PM IST

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla toured Balaroa, where barely a vertical structure remained. (Photo: Twitter | @antonioguterres)

UN chief Antonio Guterres visits Indonesian city hit by quake, tsunami

The 7.5-magnitude quake and wall of water that tore through Palu killed more than 2,000 and left thousands more missing,...

12 Oct 2018 6:50 PM IST

Trump said West could very well be future presidential material, to which the rapper said he would not want to get in the way of the Republicans 2020 reelection. (Photo: AFP)

'I love this guy right here': Kanye West hugs Trump, muses on...

West who had been invited to lunch to discuss prison reform made the meeting into one of the more unusual encounters in...

12 Oct 2018 6:33 PM IST

The nuptials have drawn most senior members of the royal family, including Eugenies grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who will host a champagne luncheon for the newlyweds shortly after the ceremony. (Photo: AP)

Another royal wedding for Britain as Princess Eugenie weds Jack...

Princess Eugenie, the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, married Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel.

12 Oct 2018 6:27 PM IST

Heavy rains trigger landslide in Ri Bhoi in Meghalaya. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Landslide kills at least 31 in eastern Uganda: Govt officials

'The landslide pushed huge boulders into a river which burst its banks and the water swept away the people,' an official...

12 Oct 2018 1:16 PM IST

The family received a call from her mothers employer on August 31 who told them that the woman died. (Representational Image)

7 dead, 9 missing after under construction mall collapses in Mexico

Local council secretary Genaro Garcia said 15 others were injured, and all the victims are believed to be construction...

12 Oct 2018 12:55 PM IST

US has demanded answers from Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Photo: File/AP)

US, Turkey press Riyadh to explain fate of missing journalist

President Trump was more forceful in his call for answers from Saudi Arabia but said he would not jeopardise arms sales...

12 Oct 2018 12:34 PM IST