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A section of the giant motorway bridge that collapsed at Genoa in Italy. (Photo: AFP)

30 feared dead as motorway bridge collapses in Italy

Aerial footage showed more than 200 metres (650 feet) of the viaduct, known locally as the Morandi bridge, completely...

15 Aug 2018 2:39 AM IST

A view of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge in Genoa, northern Italy, Tuesday, August 14, 2018. (Photo:AP )

Around 30 dead as bridge collapses in Genoa, says Italian minister

The disaster occurred on highway that connects Italy to France and other vacation resorts on eve of a major Italian...

14 Aug 2018 6:29 PM IST

Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gestures as he talks to members of the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP), in Ankara, Turkey. (Photo: AP)

Will get Samsung, boycott iPhone: Turkey prez in retaliation to US...

Erdogan said Turkey was facing an 'economic attack' and a 'bigger, deeper operation' but showed no sign of making...

14 Aug 2018 3:54 PM IST

The convention linked to what it said was the Twitter account of the winning boy - named there as Emmett Brewer from Austin, Texas. (Photo: Twitter | p0wnyb0y)

Boy, 11, hacks into replica US vote website in minutes at convention

The boy was the quickest of 35 children, ages 6 to 17, who all eventually hacked into copies of the websites of six...

14 Aug 2018 2:55 PM IST

For the first time since the 1959 revolution, the 1.4 million Cubans living abroad, were also invited to participate in the discussion. (Photo: AP | Representational)

Cubans to join public debate on new constitution recognising private...

The debate also opens the door to same-sex marriage, a major demand of Cuba's LGBT community.

14 Aug 2018 2:44 PM IST

In Zhewan village, one of the worst-hit villages in Sijie, 80 per cent of homes were damaged, according to Gao Guangjin, a Party official with the village. (Photo: AP | Representational)

Magnitude-5 quake hits China, 18 injured

The epicentre of the quake which struck on Sunday was at a depth of seven kilometres, China Earthquake Networks Centre...

14 Aug 2018 2:36 PM IST

Wilson resigned as archbishop of Adelaide in July, two months after being convicted. He wanted to hold on to the position until he completed his appeal but came under pressure from Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, fellow clerics and abuse victims to quit. (Photo: File)

Australian archbishop begins home detention over sex abuse cover-up

The court allowed Philip Wilson to serve his detention at home after assessment by authorities due to range of health...

14 Aug 2018 1:37 PM IST

Yemeni children vent anger against Riyadh and Washington on August 13, 2018 as they take part in a mass funeral in the northern Yemeni city of Saada, a stronghold of the Iran-backed Huthi rebels, for children killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition last week. (Photo: AFP)

Protests at funeral for Yemeni children killed in Saudi-US coalition...

At least 29 children were among those killed in the air raid Thursday on a bus in a crowded market in Dahyan, Saada...

14 Aug 2018 1:29 PM IST

Long seen as a pioneer for womens rights in the Arab world, Tunisia has pushed ahead with other reforms promised after its 2011 revolution. (Photo: AP)

Tunisia announces draft bill to give women equal inheritance rights

Tunisian law currently stipulates that male heirs should receive double the assets given to females of the same level of...

14 Aug 2018 1:21 PM IST

The male driver of the car was detained by officers at the scene. (Photo: Screengrab)

Pedestrians injured as car drives into UK Parliament barriers, man...

The incident happened at 07:37, prompting a major police response.

14 Aug 2018 1:05 PM IST

Federal Officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 45 people in the Houston area for violating US immigration laws during a five-day enforcement action. (Photo: File | AFP)

Over 100, including Indians, detained for illegally entering, living...

Individuals arrested included nationals from Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina, Cuba, Nigeria, India,...

14 Aug 2018 12:53 PM 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)

Trump signs USD 716 bn defence bill with watered-down China measures

The defence policy bill includes watered-down controls on US govt contracts with China's ZTE Corp and Huawei...

14 Aug 2018 12:23 PM IST