International News Updates

New Delhi: Internet search engine Google has thrown up some interesting and amusing searches over the years, but this one certainly takes the cake. Look for the capital of ‘Khalistan’ and Google comes up with word ‘Lahore’, which is the capital of Punjab province of Pakistan. The results also highlight Sikh insignia ‘Khanda’ on blue […]

Kathmandu: A passenger bus skidded off a hilly road in Western Nepal on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, including eight women, Nepal Police said. The accident took place in Arghakhachi district when the bus heading towards Butawal city in Rupandehi district turned turtle and rolled down into a 200-meter gorge near Sandhikharka, 550 kilometres […]

Hong Kong: US President Donald Trump has signed two bills that supports human rights and pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, drawing angry objections from Beijing’s Foreign Ministry. The Human Rights and Democracy Act mandates an annual review, to check if Hong Kong has enough autonomy to justify its special status with the US, BBC reported. […]

Baghdad: As many as 13 people were killed and 70 others injured in firing in Iraq amid a fresh wave of protests in the southern city of Nasiriya on Thursday. Security forces opened fire and used tear gas to clear two bridges blocked by protesters. The agitating Iraqis have been demanding more jobs, end to […]

New Delhi: Over 30,000 Indian students received a General Student visa to the UK for the year ending September 2019 — up from almost 19,000 the previous year, marking a 63 per cent increase year on year, a statement said. In the last decade, more than 270,000 Indian students have benefited from the UK’s world […]

Kabul: US President Donald Trump paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan to spend Thanksgiving for the first time in that country with the American troops present there and assured those deployed that the Taliban have been engaged in talks. “The Taliban wants to make a deal,” Trump told troops at the Bagram Air Base, where […]

Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Friday played down the debate over his successor, saying it was too early to discuss it. All of you discussed a lot about my reincarnation. I am 84 or 85 years old and I am quite well. So why are you in a hurry about my reincarnation? he […]

London: Two people were stabbed to death and three others injured in a “terrorist” attack at London Bridge on Friday, police said. The incident began at an event at Fishmonger’s Hall at 1.58 p.m. on Friday. The suspect was shot dead by police within five minutes after being confronted by the officers, London Metropolitan Police […]

London: A convicted Islamist terrorist, who spent part of his teens in Pakistan and released last year from a UK prison, is suspected to be the man who stabbed two people to death in a terror attack on London Bridge, police said on Saturday. Police have identified the suspect as 28-year-old Usman Khan, inspired by […]

Washington: Nine people, including two children, were killed and three others injured in a plane crash in the US state of South Dakota. Peter Knudson, an official with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), was quoted as saying that a Pilatus PC-12 plane with 12 people on board crashed at about 12:30 p.m. (local time) […]

Washington: The White House has announced its refusal to participate in the first impeachment inquiry hearing before the House Judiciary Committee against President Donald Trump. Judiciary Committee Chairman and Democrat Jerrold Nadler had invited Trump’s lawyers to participate in the first public hearing scheduled for Wednesday, reports Efe news. Counsel to the President Pat Cipollone […]

San Francisco: More than 300 Donald Trump ads have been pulled by Google and its video-sharing platform YouTube for violating the companies’ policies. The campaign videos, notably, ran over the summer. This comes at a time when handling political advertisements on social media has become a growing concern as the 2020 US presidential election approaches […]

Madrid: The UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) opened here in the Spanish capital on Monday, where delegates are discussing measures to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement amid unclear prospects and challenges to multilateralism. The opening ceremony began with a warning from Hoesung Lee, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): “If we continue […]

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed a committee inquiring the Easter Sunday terror attacks to expedite their probe, identify those responsible for the attacks and bring them before the law even as he slammed his predecessors for failing to prevent the bombings. A string of suicide attacks, struck churches and luxury hotels […]

Washington: Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris has abruptly dropped out of the 2020 US Democratic presidential race, saying she does not have the financial resource to continue her campaign. The surprising announcement by Harris, 55, came during a call with her campaign staffers on Tuesday. Her decision makes the California senator the most high-profile candidate to […]