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1993 Mumbai serial blasts: Death for two, Abu Salem sentenced to life
Published On: September 7, 2017 06:11 PM NPT By: Agencies
MUMBAI, September 7: Twenty-four years after serial bomb blasts ripped through iconic Mumbai locations, a special court has announced the death penalty for two men convicted on charges of criminal conspiracy and murder.
Hurricane Irma brings death, destruction to the Caribbean
Published On: September 7, 2017 04:24 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN JUAN, September 7: Hurricane Irma has killed at least 10 people as the dangerous Category 5 storm continued its destructive march across the Caribbean early Thursday.
China supports UN action on North Korea while urging talks
Published On: September 7, 2017 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Sept 7: China supports further United Nations action in response to North Korea's latest nuclear test but also wants to see renewed efforts to begin dialogue involving all sides, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday.
Deadly Irma pounds Caribbean, takes aim for Florida
Published On: September 7, 2017 01:05 PM NPT By: Reuters
SAN JUAN, September 7: Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, killed eight people and plunged Puerto Rico into darkness on Thursday as it swept through Caribbean islands while aiming for Florida.
Philippine president's son denies links to $125-million drug shipment
Published On: September 7, 2017 11:54 AM NPT By: Reuters
MANILA, Sept 7: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s son on Thursday told a Senate inquiry he had no links to a seized shipment of $125 million worth of narcotics from China, dismissing as “baseless” the allegations of his involvement in the drugs trade.
Hurricane Irma blacks out Puerto Rico, heads for Hispaniola
Published On: September 7, 2017 11:47 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Sept 7: Hurricane Irma blacked out much of Puerto Rico as the dangerous Category 5 storm raked the U.S. territory with heavy wind and rain while staying just out to sea, and it headed early Thursday toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Fire at building in India's Mumbai kills at least six
Published On: September 7, 2017 11:43 AM NPT By: Reuters
MUMBAI, Sept 7: A blaze in a building under construction in a suburb of the Indian city of Mumbai killed at least six people, most of them laborers, and injured nearly a dozen, fire and police officials said on Thursday.
Journalists, activists protest murder of Gauri Lankesh
Published On: September 6, 2017 04:44 PM NPT By: Reuters
BENGALURU, September 6: Indian journalists and rights activists protested on Wednesday against the murder of an outspoken publisher of a weekly tabloid amid growing concerns about freedom of the press at a time of rising nationalism and intolerance of dissent.
Powerful Hurricane Irma bears down on Caribbean islands
Published On: September 6, 2017 03:43 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA, September 6: The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history bore down on the islands of the northeast Caribbean late Tuesday, following a path predicted to then rake Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba before possibly heading for Florida over the weekend.
UNHCR: 123,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar
Published On: September 5, 2017 04:33 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh, Sept 5: A massive influx of Rohingya refugees fleeing recent violence in Myanmar has pushed aid services in Bangladesh to the brink, with established camps already beyond capacity, aid workers said Tuesday.
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