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Since 2006, three cargo jets have been destroyed and four pilots killed by in-flight fires that investigators say were either started by batteries or made more severe by their proximity.

Device unlocked: US customs agents are checking more mobiles at...

According to CBP, agents conducted 60 per cent more searches of travellers' cellphones' in 2017.

6 Jan 2018 5:23 PM IST

White House (Photo: AP/File)

Fearing Pak response to aid cut, US developing risk communication...

US is developing risk mitigation plan, given the past experience that Pak blocks ground lines of communication as...

6 Jan 2018 2:32 PM IST

US President Donald Trump had accused Pakistan of giving nothing to the US but lies and deceit in return for USD 33 billion aid. (Photo: AP)

Twitter will not ban world leaders like Trump irrespective of...

Twitter responded in its blog post that even if it did block a world leader, doing so would not silence that leader.

6 Jan 2018 1:59 PM IST

Trump in a New Years Day tweet accused the country of giving nothing to the US but lies and deceit and providing safe haven to terrorists in return for USD 33 billion aid over the last 15 years. (Photo: File)

Not just aid-cut, WH open to 'all options' to deal with Pak terror...

The warning came after the US suspended about USD 2 billion in security aid to Pakistan for failing to clamp down on...

6 Jan 2018 1:23 PM IST

United Airlines says a disruptive passenger on a flight from Shanghai to New Jersey was asked to get off, resulting in an unscheduled stop in San Francisco and an arrival delayed by eight hours. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

Man smears faeces all over, US flight makes emergency landing

According to local news reports, the plane was grounded overnight for maintenance.

6 Jan 2018 12:48 PM IST

US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley speaks during a Security Council meeting in New York. (Photo: AFP)

The world is watching you: Nikki Haley to Iran in lieu of civilian...

US President Donald Trump has come out in support of the protestors.

6 Jan 2018 12:09 PM IST

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

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

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

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 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