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The CBI judge while granting bail observed that CBI was seeking to make mountain out of mole. (Representational image)

Indian-origin student who hacked computers to change his grades...

Varun Sarja, 20, of Olathe, pleaded guilty on Friday to two counts of identity theft and two counts of unlawful computer...

19 May 2018 9:02 AM IST

Security forces at the site of a suicide attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Multiple blasts at Afghanistan stadium kill at least 8: officials

The blasts occurred at a football stadium in the city that was hosting a cricket match at the start of the holy month of...

19 May 2018 8:36 AM IST

A Cuban state airways plane with 110 passengers and crew on board crashes shortly after taking off from Havana, as the countrys president warns many people are feared dead. (Photo: AFP/Twitter)

Passenger plane crashes in Cuba, killing more than 100 people

Emergency personnel combed through the wreckage, lending little hope that there could be other survivors.

19 May 2018 8:05 AM IST

The incident took place at Santa Fe High School in the city of the same name, located about 50 kilometres southeast of Houston. (Photo: AP)

Ten dead in Texas school shooting, student arrested

This is the third school shooting in the past seven days, and the 22nd since the beginning of the year in the US.

18 May 2018 9:18 PM IST

Hafiz Saeed who walked free on November 24 was back to his ranting on Kashmir Valley. (Photo: AFP)

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed's security restored by Pakistan's Punjab...

Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's security has been restored almost a month after it was withdrawn on order of the...

18 May 2018 8:24 PM IST

President Donald Trumps pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency passed on a vote of 54-45. (Photo: AFP)

Gina Haspel set to be first ever woman CIA director

The 61-year-old Haspel, a Russia specialist, takes over from Mike Pompeo, whom Trump recently made his secretary of...

18 May 2018 3:03 PM IST

Cambridge Analytica, whose clients included Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign, sought information on Facebook users to build psychological profiles on a large portion of the US electorate. (Photo: AFP)

Cambridge Analytica files for chapter 7 bankruptcy in US court

Cambridge Analytica announced it will begin bankruptcy proceedings after losing clients, facing mounting legal fees over...

18 May 2018 1:20 PM IST

2-yr-old Kurdish toddler dies in police chase near France-Belgium border

2-yr-old Kurdish toddler dies in police chase near France-Belgium...

In the van intercepted by the police were 30 people including 26 adults, all of Kurdish origin and are now being...

18 May 2018 1:15 PM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Nawaz Sharif to soften stance after 26/11 statement

PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif chaired a meeting of the ruling party. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Shahid...

18 May 2018 5:44 AM IST

The Bhoiwada police has booked Shaikh under sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code that pertain to murder and disappearance of evidence.

Indian-origin woman murdered in England home, hunt on for killer

The victim ran a local chemist's shop in Middlesborough with her 36-year-old husband, Mitesh, whom she met while...

17 May 2018 8:39 PM IST

Cheriyan said he decided to build the mosque after he saw workers taking taxis to go to the nearest mosque.(Photo: AFPâ€‰)

Indian christian businessman gifts mosque to Muslim workers in UAE

Saji Cheriyan, 49, who hails from Kerala's Kayamkulam, built the mosque for Muslim workers living in a worker...

17 May 2018 2:53 PM IST

Trump had multiple chances to craft a DACA fix with Congress. But one never materialized, despite overwhelming public support for letting Dreamers stay. (Photo: File)

Donald Trump calls some illegal immigrants as 'animals'

Venting out his frustration at officials in both Mexico and California, Trump vowed to strengthen the US' 'weak'...

17 May 2018 1:58 PM IST