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French gendarmes block the access to Trebes, a small town in southern France, where a man took hostages at a supermarket on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Police kill suspected jihadist in France shooting spree

A witness reported he shouted Allahu Akbar' before going into the premises.

23 March 2018 7:21 PM IST

Donald Trump has temporarily excluded six countries, including Canada and Mexico, and European Union states from higher US import duties on steel and aluminium meant to come into effect on Friday. (Photo: File)

Trump temporarily exempts EU, 6 others from steel, aluminium tariffs

After May 1, Trump would decide whether to permanently exempt the countries based on the status of talks.

23 March 2018 5:47 PM IST

Eight people are being held captive in a supermarket in the south-western France town of Trebes, a police source said on Friday, adding that the hostage-taker had shot at a police officer.(Representational Image)

ISIS gunman holds 8 hostages in France's supermarket

The local prefecture confirmed the hostage-taking at the Super U supermarket but did not confirm the Islamic State...

23 March 2018 5:23 PM IST

The decision comes after Xi cemented his power at a recent meeting of parliament by having presidential term limits scrapped, and the ruling Communist Party tightened its grip on the media. (Photo: File)

China wants to regulate video spoofs amid intensifying crackdown on...

Industry insiders say the sweeping crackdown on media content is having a chilling effect on content makers.

23 March 2018 5:06 PM IST

The Great Mills High School shooting came about five weeks after a massacre at a Florida high school left 14 students and three adult staff members dead and sparked a grassroots campaign for tougher laws on gun ownership. (Photo: AP/ Representational)

16-year-old wounded in US school shooting to be taken off life support

'My daughter was hurt by a boy who shot her in the head and took everything from us.'

23 March 2018 4:05 PM IST

Kaskar, according to the official, confirmed that his brother, Dawood Ibrahim wanted in several cases including the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, is in Pakistan. (Photo: File | PTI)

Dawood Ibrahim's D-company in Pak has diversified: US lawmakers told

D-company has diversified. They traffic weapons, counterfeit DVDs, and provide financial services.'

23 March 2018 3:25 PM IST

Trump tweeted that McMaster has done an outstanding job, but he never really clicked with the president, who bristled at the general lecturing on policy. (Photo: File)

You're fired: From The Apprentice' to White House, Trump hasn't...

National Security Advisor HR McMaster is the latest member of President Donald Trump's cabinet to be shown the door.

23 March 2018 1:34 PM IST

McDougal told CNN she was speaking publicly because, I want to share my story because everybody else is talking about it. (Photo: Twitter/ @karenmcdougal98)

Had sex dozens of times, was in love with Trump: Ex-Playboy model

McDougal said their first sexual encounter was at his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel and that afterwards he offered...

23 March 2018 11:50 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pak court rejects Sharif family's exemption plea

Nawaz Sharif said that suggestions to put names on Exit Control List were being given despite serving the country.

23 March 2018 6:47 AM IST

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

With dissidents locked up, Maldives lifts Emergency

The statement defended the Emergency measures, saying they had been precipitated by a constitutional crisis created by...

23 March 2018 4:37 AM IST

In November last year, the ISIS had claimed the responsibility for the shootout in which police sub-inspector Imran Tak was also killed in Srinagars Gulab Bagh area. (Photo: Representational | AP)

US imposes sanctions on French chemical weapons expert for IS

The State Department on Thursday identified Joe Asperman as a 'specially designated global terrorist.'

22 March 2018 8:39 PM IST

Hamas-run security forces in Gaza had earlier on Thursday detained the main suspect in last weeks assassination attempt against Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah after a gunbattle in which two security officers were killed, a security official said. (Photo: AP)

Main suspect in Palestinian PM attack dies after gunfight with...

Hamdallah and Palestinian Security Chief Majid Faraj's convoy was attacked by a roadside bomb in Gaza on March 13. They...

22 March 2018 7:20 PM IST