81 migrant children separated from parents since June

Published On: December 6, 2018 05:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Dec 6: The Trump administration separated 81 migrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border since the June executive order that stopped the general practice amid a crackdown on illegal crossings.

China demands Canada release Huawei executive

Published On: December 6, 2018 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Dec 6: China on Thursday demanded Canada release a Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to technology tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate trade talks.

Respect Ruvimbo Topodzi was 15 and walking home from school in her native Zimbabwe when a 22-year-old man asked her out. She turned him down but it was too late.

STOCKHOLM, Dec 6: Yemen’s warring parties convene in Sweden on Thursday for U.N.-led peace talks for the first time since 2016 in a small victory for special envoy Martin Griffiths as he attempts to re-launch negotiations to end nearly four years of war.

Qatar could give Saudi more headache after leaving OPEC: Bloomberg

Published On: December 6, 2018 12:46 PM NPT By: Agencies

TEHRAN, Dec 6: Qatar’s surprise decision to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) might be just a taste of things to come, as some analysts suggest the tiny Persian Gulf country plans to irritate Saudi Arabia even more by leaving the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council ([P]GCC).

2 US Marine planes with 7 crew crash off Japanese coast

Published On: December 6, 2018 12:41 PM NPT By: Agencies

WASHINGTON DC, Dec 6: The US Marine Corps says two of its aircraft were involved in a "mishap" off the coast of Japan, and a search-and-rescue operation is underway. Very few details have been made public after the initial USMC news release.

MOSCOW, Dec 6: An American destroyer sailed off the Russian coast, near the Pacific Fleet base in Vladivostok, in a first such stunt since the Cold War. Another US ship is expected in the Black Sea soon, amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

Six missing after U.S. military aircraft collide off Japan

Published On: December 6, 2018 10:35 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON/TOKYO, Dec 6:  Six U.S. Marines were missing following a still-unexplained mishap off the coast of Japan on Thursday involving two U.S. Marine Corps aircraft, which may have collided mid-air during a refueling exercise gone wrong, U.S. officials said.

Border agent indicted for capital murder in 4 Texas deaths

Published On: December 6, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press

DALLAS, Dec 6: A U.S. Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers told investigators he wanted to “clean up the streets” of his Texas border hometown, a prosecutor said Wednesday while announcing that a grand jury had indicted the man for capital murder.

Magnitude 7.5 quake strikes in Pacific near New Caledonia

Published On: December 5, 2018 03:11 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec 5: A powerful earthquake that struck in the southern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday sent jitters around the region after authorities warned of possible tsunamis, but there were no initial reports of destructive waves or major damage.