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The electric plane flew from Oslo airport for a brief journey. (Photo: AP)

Small plane with 3 onboard crashes into a house in New York

Details regarding the passengers are still unknown, the FAA said.

18 Aug 2019 11:23 AM IST

The detained Argentine businessman Carlos Ahumada was filmed in 2004 giving bundles of money to Lopez Obradors main ally in the City Council, Rene Bejarano. (Photo: AP)

Argentina detains businessman at center of Mexican corruption scandal

Ahumada was detained at the request of Mexican authorities and a process to extradite him to Mexico will begin...

17 Aug 2019 7:17 PM IST

US President Donald Trump and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AFP)

US cuts USD 440 million financial aid to Pakistan: report

The aid was disbursed under Pakistan Enhanced Partnership Agreement (PEPA) 2010, reported Express Tribune.

17 Aug 2019 4:48 PM IST

US President Donald Trump said he was having dinner on Friday with Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook of Apple Inc, a company the president has criticised for not manufacturing more of its products in the United States. (Photo: AFP)

Apple to spend 'vast' money in US: Trump ahead of dinner with Tim Cook

Trump has said he wants Apple and other manufactures to move their production from China and other countries to the...

17 Aug 2019 3:27 PM IST

The UN Security Council on Friday began a rare closed door meeting to discuss India revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir after Pakistan, backed by its all-weather ally, China, requested closed consultations on the issue. (Photo: File)

UN Security Council snubs China, Pakistan; ends Kashmir meeting...

'Pakistan raising Kashmir at the UN doesn't have any traction. There was no outcome,' sources said.

17 Aug 2019 2:49 PM IST

The US diplomat noted that the vitality of the bilateral partnership between New Delhi and Washington is an important factor in determining whether Beijing ultimately succeeds in reshaping Asia to its purposes. (Photo: ANI)

China should compete in fair, rule-based order in Indo-Pacific: John...

Sullivan said that China's model of development is upending cooperative approach from South Pacific to the Indian Ocean.

17 Aug 2019 2:38 PM IST

US President Donald Trump

Signs of recession worry Trump ahead of 2020

Trump's 2017 tax cut proved so politically unpopular that many Republicans ran away from it during last year's midterms.

17 Aug 2019 1:52 PM IST

Dawson was wearing a Trump 2020 shirt but the President thought he was one of the protesters. (Photo: AFP)

Man insulted at rally by Trump because of weight says 'I love the guy'

'That guy's got a serious weight problem. Go home. Start exercising. Get him out of here, please,' Trump said.

17 Aug 2019 1:22 PM IST

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

Empty rice cookers create bomb scare in New York

Police said the alarm was first sounded in Manhattan around 7:00 am when a passenger saw cooker abandoned at Fulton...

17 Aug 2019 11:00 AM IST

Jeffrey Epstein's death ruled as suicide by hanging: reports

It cited officials as saying that Epstein had used a bedsheet to hang himself.

17 Aug 2019 8:12 AM IST

Trump will launch his campaign against the backdrop of mounting Democratic calls for his impeachment. (Photo:AP)

'Thanks, but we're not for sale': Greenland to Donald Trump

'Because of the unofficial nature of the news, the government of Greenland has no further comments,' Greenland said on...

17 Aug 2019 8:08 AM IST

The entry to meeters and greeters area will be barred w.e.f. 10th August to 20th August 2019. Any inconvenience caused is regretted, IGI Airport authorities said. (Photo: ANI | Representational)

Thousands of travellers delayed at US airports by computer outage

JFK Airport in New York said on Twitter that 'the Customs computer system is down nationwide.'

17 Aug 2019 8:02 AM IST