COLTS NECK, Nov 22: A family of four whose remains were found at the burned-down ruins of their New Jersey mansion was slain before the home was set ablaze, authorities said Wednesday, hours after the mansion owner’s brother was arrested on suspicion of arson at his own house.

EU and China break ultimate trade taboo to hit back at Trump

Published On: November 22, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: Agencies

BRUSSELS, Nov 22: Brussels and Beijing want to stop the US justifying tariffs as security measures, but the move carries high risks.

CANADA, Nov 22: Canada’s rate of gun-related homicides rose last year to the highest since 1992, boosting the overall rate of deadly incidents to almost a decade high.

Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen

Published On: November 21, 2018 02:40 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SANAA, Yemen, Nov 22: An estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of Yemen’s civil war in 2015, an international aid group said Wednesday.

NEW DELHI, Nov 21: An Indian court Tuesday handed down the first death sentence over anti-Sikh riots in 1984 that left nearly 3,000 dead following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

WASHINGTON, Nov 22: President Donald Trump has declared he will not further punish Saudi Arabia for the murder of U.S.-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi — making clear in an exclamation-filled statement that the benefits of good relations with the kingdom outweigh the possibility its crown prince ordered the killing.

LONDON, Nov 21: Earlier, the US and UK backed the candidacy of Kim Jong Yang, while claiming that the Russian candidate, Maj. Gen. Alexander Prokopchuk, would serve Kremlin's interests. Moscow has lambasted the claims, calling them “some kind of intervention into the international organisation’s electoral process.”

WASHINGTON, Nov 21: The United States has suspended a total of $1.66 billion in security assistance to Pakistan, Department of Defense spokesperson Col. Rob Manning told reporters.

Report: Trump wanted to prosecute Comey, Hillary Clinton

Published On: November 21, 2018 10:31 AM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 : President Donald Trump told his counsel’s office last spring that he wanted to prosecute political adversaries Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey, an idea that prompted White House lawyers to prepare a memo warning of consequences ranging up to possible impeachment, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

More than 50 killed by suicide bomber in Afghan capital

Published On: November 20, 2018 08:39 PM NPT By: Reuters

KABUL, Nov 20: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people, three government officials said.