Home » World

World - Page 924

Abdel Rahman said the victims had fled battles in the province, where Syrian regime forces and a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, the Syrian Democratic Forces, are fighting the extremist group in separate offensives. (Photo: AFP)

Syria: UN first-aid convoy reaches stripped of vital medical supplies

A WHO official said the govt removed most medical material from UN vehicles including surgical kits, insulin and...

5 March 2018 7:52 PM IST

The Indian Embassy has started collecting information from the public, including details of the Western Union account number or bank account details where the money was transferred. (Photo; Representational | File)

Fraudsters use Indian embassy telephone lines in US to cheat people of...

The Indian Embassy in Washington has informed the US government about it and launched its own internal investigation.

5 March 2018 3:20 PM IST

24-year-old Beth Evans and her boyfriend claim that they were asked to leave an Emirates flight bound for Dubai from UK when one of the attendants overheard Evans complaining about period pain to her boyfriend. (Representational Image)

Bangladeshi student strips, watches porn, attacks stewardess; held

Shortly after Malindo Air flight departed from Kuala Lumpur, 20-yr-old took his clothes off and started watching...

5 March 2018 3:06 PM IST

Trump vowed during his State of the Union address last week to extend an open hand to both parties in pursuing an immigration deal that shields 1.8 million undocumented migrants from deportation. (Photo: AP)

Trump tariffs expected next week with no country exemptions: Ross

Ross, who said he expected them to go into effect in the coming week, played down the impact on the US economy of...

5 March 2018 11:30 AM IST

A member of the Syrian Civil Defense group running as he holds a child who was wounded during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces in the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus, Syria (Photo: AP)

White House accuses Russia of killing civilians in Syria

The WH said Russian military aircraft took off and carried out at least 20 daily bombing missions in Damascus and Ghouta...

5 March 2018 11:17 AM IST

Krishna Kumari Kohli

PPP's Krishna Kohli elected Pakistan's first dalit senator

Pakistan's Hindus, who make up around two percent of the country's 20 crore people, have long faced economic and social...

5 March 2018 6:26 AM IST

Tibetan Buddhist monks praying during a ceremony for Monlam at the Rongwo Monastery, in Tongren County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. (Photo: AFP)

Tibetans greet new year with giant Buddhas, a huge thangka, dancing

The thangka's size flaunts its monastery's wealth and power, said Anna Sehnalova, a Tibetologist at Oxford University.

5 March 2018 12:23 AM IST

US President Donald Trump shakes hand with China President Xi Jinping at the end of a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo: AFP)

Trump praises Chinese president Xi Jinping extending tenure 'for life'

During the remarks, Trump praised Xi as 'a great gentleman' and added: 'He's the most powerful (Chinese) president in a...

4 March 2018 11:47 AM IST

Nearing the end of his first term, Xi Jinping will be formally elected to a second at the annual meeting of Chinas largely rubber-stamp parliament opening on March 5. (Photo: File)

Will 'take necessary measures' if US harms trade, says China

Xi Jinping's top economic aide, Liu He, met with US officials at White House this week to discuss the fraught economic...

4 March 2018 11:32 AM IST

Eighty others were wounded in the coordinated attacks in the capital Ouagadougou, which follow two other major assaults there in the past two years. (Photo: AP)

Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Burkina Faso attacks

Alakhbar reported that attacks were carried out in response to the killing of one of JNIM's leaders, Mohamed Hacen...

4 March 2018 10:00 AM IST

White House (Photo: AP/File)

White House placed on lockdown after man fatally shoots himself

"Adult male has been declared deceased," the Washington, DC Police Department said on Twitter.

4 March 2018 9:10 AM IST

James Eric Davis Jr. was arrested following an intensive daylong search that included more than 100 police officers, some heavily armed in camouflage uniforms, authorities said. (Photo: AP)

19-yr-old kills parents in Central Michigan University, held...

James Eric Davis Jr. was arrested without incident after an individual spotted him on a train passing through the north...

3 March 2018 5:10 PM IST