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Airport spokeswoman Trudy Wassel said airport police responded to a medical incident on the flight but that confidentiality rules prohibited her from additional comment. (Photo: AP)

Passenger strips naked on Alaska Airlines flight, runs up aisle,...

'I heard him whooping and hollering like he was having a good time, Woo-hoo,'' one of the passenger said.

16 May 2018 9:26 AM IST

Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday at the United Nations headquarters. (Photo: AP)

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi clarifies Nawaz Sharif's 26/11 remark

It is unacceptable that Nawaz is being branded as a traitor, Abbasi highlighted.

16 May 2018 8:51 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embrace each other after signing a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea on April 28. (Photo: AP)

North Korea suspends talks with South scheduled for today

The meeting was due to focus on plans to implement declaration that emerged from an April 27 inter-Korea summit.

16 May 2018 8:10 AM IST

Indias Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Tanmaya Lal participated in a UN Security Council (UNSC) debate on sexual violence in conflict as a tactic of war and terrorism on Monday. (Photo: Twitter)

India to UN: Make clear distinction between regular and illegal...

Lal said that it was unfortunate, since this negative narrative was not at all helpful.

16 May 2018 1:24 AM IST

A 2017 satellite image from a French space agency shows the nuclear test site with probable tarp-covered pallets and personnel in the main administrative area. (Photo: AFP)

Dismantling of North Korea nuclear site 'well under way': US monitor

N Korea said it will 'completely' destroy Punggye-ri test site, in a ceremony scheduled between May 23-25 in front of...

15 May 2018 5:24 PM IST

Lit candles are placed in the ground during a candlelight vigil in support of the victims and their relatives following a series of bomb attacks in Surabaya, in Jakarta on May 14, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

IS claims responsibility for Indonesia police HQ suicide bombing

A family of five,including a child, had carried out the suicide bombing that wounded 10 people.

15 May 2018 3:11 PM IST

This photo combo of booking mugs provided by the Solano County Sheriffs Office in Fairfield, Calif., shows Jonathan Allen and his wife, Ina Rogers. (AP)

10 kids with burns and injuries removed from California home; parents...

The children, ages 4 months to 12 yrs, were removed from their home March 31 after Ina called authorities to report...

15 May 2018 3:03 PM IST

When China closed its local cryptocurrency exchanges late last year, an underground ecosystem of bitcoin mules and peer-to-peer platforms sprung up to allow bitcoin trading to thrive, away from regulators watchful eyes.

Indian-origin man in US indicted in multi-million dollar...

Sohrab Sharma, Raymond Trapani and Robert Farkas were the three co-founders of a start-up company called Centra Tech.

15 May 2018 2:42 PM IST

Pakistani protesters carry placards during a demonstration against the killing of a local resident in a car accident involving a US diplomat in Islamabad.(Photo: AP)

US diplomat involved in road accident returns home over diplomatic...

The government reportedly took the decision after the US government assured that Colonel Hall will be tried under US...

15 May 2018 2:21 PM IST

The Ilyushin-18 plane carrying 32 passengers and seven crew made an emergency landing around 4:45 am Moscow time in the eastern Siberian region of Sakha. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sichuan Airlines flight forced to land, pilot 'sucked halfway' out,...

The cockpit experienced a sudden loss of pressure and drop in temperature and when he looked over, the cockpit's right...

15 May 2018 12:42 PM IST

The BRI, a multi-billion-dollar initiative launched by Xi Jinping when he came to power in 2013, has become a major sticking point in the bilateral ties. (Photo: File)

China clears USD 1 billion road in Sri Lanka, countering India...

Construction of the road linking the capital Colombo with the hill resort of Kandy had been delayed due to a lack of...

15 May 2018 11:50 AM IST

US President Donald Trump shows a signed Presidential Memorandum after delivering a statement on the Iran nuclear deal from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump says White House leakers are traitors, cowards'

Trump's tweet comes amid a latest leak from White House in which Kelly Sadler, a WH communication aide, made a crass...

15 May 2018 11:09 AM IST