UNITED NATIONS, March 25: The U.N. peacekeeping chief said Friday he expects operations in Haiti, Ivory Coast and Liberia to end by March 2018 which will save hundreds of millions of dollars.

Trump tastes failure as U.S. House healthcare bill collapses

Published On: March 25, 2017 08:47 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, March 25: President Donald Trump suffered a stunning political setback on Friday in a Congress controlled by his own party when Republican leaders pulled legislation to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, a major 2016 election campaign promise of the president and his allies.

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president overthrown in 2011 and the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region, walked free on Friday for the first time in six years, his lawyer said.

The attacker who plowed a car through a throng of pedestrians and then stabbed a policeman outside Britain's parliament was named on Thursday as Khalid Masood, a British-born man who was once investigated by MI5 intelligence officers over concerns about violent extremism.

UK parliament attack: Police arrest seven

Published On: March 23, 2017 06:50 PM NPT By: Agencies

LONDON, March 23: The police have arrested seven people in the investigation into a lone-wolf attacker who killed five people and injured 40 before being shot dead by police near the parliament in London, Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer said on Thursday.

90-year-old man buried in someone else’s grave in Austria

Published On: March 23, 2017 04:40 PM NPT By: Agencies

VIENNA, March 23: The grieving family just wanted to see the body one last time before his cremation. But peeking into the coffin for the final farewell they got a shock: it was someone else.

Five people were killed and about 40 injured in London on Wednesday after a car plowed into pedestrians and a suspected Islamist-inspired attacker stabbed a policeman close to Britain's parliament.

SEOUL, March 22:  North Korea's latest missile launch ended in failure on Wednesday as the United States sent a supersonic bomber streaking over ally South Korea in a show of force against the North, officials said.

EU to hold Brexit summit for 27 members on April 29

Published On: March 21, 2017 08:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BRUSSELS, March 21: Once Britain decides to trigger divorce proceedings next week, the 27 other European Union nations will be taking a month to decide on the negotiating framework to achieve the best-possible split-up for the bloc.

Macron, Le Pen clash in first French election TV debate

Published On: March 21, 2017 09:53 AM NPT By: Associated Press

PARIS, March 21: The two front-runners for the French presidency clashed spectacularly in the campaign's first televised debate between leading candidates Monday night.