The arrests come after the first day of repatriating thousands of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar ended in failure.

Pence says South China Sea doesn't belong to any one nation

Published On: November 16, 2018 01:50 PM NPT By: Reuters

SINGAPORE, Nov 16: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday the South China Sea does not belong to any one nation and the United States will continue to sail and fly wherever international law allows, comments sure to rile China which claims the strategic sea route.

Last Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of genocide, get life terms

Published On: November 16, 2018 12:16 PM NPT By: Associated Press

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov 16 : The last surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge that brutally ruled Cambodia in the 1970s were convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes Friday by an international tribunal.

CALIFORNIA, Nov 16: A California jury has cleared US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of liability in a case involving a woman who alleged that the company’s talc-based products contain asbestos and caused her cancer.

LONDON, Nov 16: Seven high profile resignations have followed on the heels of Theresa May’s announcement that her cabinet has settled on a Brexit deal, with Labour claiming that the Conservative government is at risk of completely dissolving.

David Hockney painting fetches record $90M at NYC auction

Published On: November 16, 2018 10:20 AM NPT By: Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov 16 : A painting by the British artist David Hockney fetched $90.3 million at Christie’s on Thursday night, easily breaking the record for a work by a living artist sold at auction.

LONDON, Nov 15: Two British Cabinet ministers, including Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, resigned Thursday in opposition to the divorce deal struck by Prime Minister Theresa May with the EU — a major blow to her authority and her ability to get the deal through Parliament.

After 2,000 miles they crossed the U.S. border; then tragedy struck

Published On: November 15, 2018 06:18 PM NPT By: Reuters

TUCSON, Ariz./AGUACATE, Nov 15: The 911 emergency call came in to the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson station around midnight.

Bangladesh court bails jailed photographer Alam

Published On: November 15, 2018 04:29 PM NPT By: Agencies

NEW DELHI, Nov 15: A court in Bangladesh on Thursday granted bail to award-winning photographer Shahidul Alam, his lawyer said.

Northern California fire death toll at 56; 130 missing

Published On: November 15, 2018 04:16 PM NPT By: Associated Press

CALIFORNIA, Nov 15: As the scope of a deadly Northern California wildfire set in, the sheriff said more than 450 people had now been assigned to comb through the charred remains in search for more bodies.