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Video footage shared on social media appeared to show the tail of one aircraft aflame and spewing black smoke, and later images indicated that it was Sunwings plane. (Photo: Screengrab from YouTube)

2 jets collide on ground at Toronto airport, 1 catches fire,...

Both WestJet and Sunwing confirmed that their planes were involved in the collision at Toronto Pearson International.

6 Jan 2018 9:56 AM IST

Pakistan foreign minister Khawaja Asif

Friend who always betrays: Pak foreign minister criticises US

Khawaja Asif said, The US behavior is neither that of an ally nor of a friend. It is a friend who always betrays.

6 Jan 2018 9:06 AM IST

In the American states the black market was being fuelled by the higher cost of over-the-counter marijuana, the report concluded. (Photo: AFP)

Jeff Sessions wants tougher marijuana laws, all Republicans don't

The move illustrates the growing presence of the industry both politically and economically.

5 Jan 2018 6:39 PM IST

ISIS has been turning its sights on targets outside its base in the Sinai, putting more pressure on the government and presenting extra challenges for security services. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

ISIS threatens rival Hamas with video, executes accused accomplice

In the video, the man accused of collaborating with Hamas' military wing is executed.'

5 Jan 2018 5:35 PM IST

Kim Jong-un in his new years speech to the country warned US claiming that he had a nuclear button is on his desk at all times. (Photo: File)

North Korea fires missile which accidentally lands on its own city

Satellite images show a cleared ground indicating damages cause to a building and a greenhouse.

5 Jan 2018 4:32 PM IST

Republican Senator Rand Paul said he has been fighting to stop Pakistani aid for years but now there has been a breakthrough. (Photo: AFP)

Not a penny for countries that burn our flag': Republican on Pak aid...

US President Donald Trump has publicly called to end their aid to Pakistan, the Kentucky Senator said.

5 Jan 2018 3:49 PM IST

More than 650,000 Rohingya have fled what the UN and others say is a campaign of ethnic cleansing by the Myanmar military. (Photo: File/Representational)

No place to be born': 48,000 births projected in Rohingya refugee...

Save the Children based its projection of new births on an estimate of how many of the refugees were pregnant.

5 Jan 2018 3:29 PM IST

According to Aman Kapoor of Immigration Voice, H-1B extension change would be just wrong at every level. (Photo: Representational | File)

Will ruin ties with India: US lawmakers oppose visa changes

'The proposal could lead to the deportation of an estimated 500,000 to 750,000 Indian H-1B visa holders.'

5 Jan 2018 3:22 PM IST

Prabhu Ramamoorthy, allegedly groped the 22-year-old seated next to him on a Spirit Airlines flight from Las Vegas which landed in Detroit early on January 3. (Photo: Facebook/Ramamoorthy)

Indian man sitting with wife gropes woman on US flight, arrested

The victim told investigators that she woke up to find her pants and shirt unbuttoned and the man's hand inside her...

5 Jan 2018 2:26 PM IST

The development marks Xi Jinpings rise as countrys most powerful leader in decades. (Photo: AFP)

Xi calls on army to fight for country, says, Do not fear death'

Xi urged the PLA to step up research into high-tech means of warfare and engage in real combat training.'

5 Jan 2018 1:16 PM IST

The move is part of a bid to eradicate the gender pay gap by 2022 in the Nordic nation where 38 per cent of parliamentarians are female - above the global average - including Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir. (Photo: AFP)

Iceland holds the torch for gender equality, illegalises paying men...

Iceland is ranked as world's most gender equal country by the World Economic Forum.'

5 Jan 2018 12:47 PM IST

The storm was powered by a rapid plunge in barometric pressure that some weather forecasters called a bombogenesis, or a bomb cyclone. (Photo: AP)

Bomb cyclone' hits US: 12 dead, 80,000 powerless homes, 5000 flights...

Officials feared fast-dropping temperatures after the storm passed would turn snow on roadways to ice.

5 Jan 2018 12:18 PM IST