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Troops kill 7 civilians as protest turns bloody in Kashmir
Published On: December 16, 2018 10:19 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SRINAGAR, Dec 16: Indian forces who were exchanging fire with insurgents in disputed Kashmir on Saturday fatally shot at least seven civilians when large crowds descended on the site of the gunbattle in support of the militants, police, and residents said.
1947 best-picture Oscar sells for nearly $500,000 at auction
Published On: December 15, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Dec 15: One Academy Award trophy sold for nearly $500,000 and the second for well over $200,000 in a rare auction of Oscars that ended Friday in Los Angeles.
Bug may have exposed photos from 7M Facebook users
Published On: December 15, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec 15: Facebook’s privacy controls have broken down yet again, this time through a software flaw affecting nearly 7 million users who had photos exposed to a much wider audience than intended.
Japan begins reclamation at disputed US base despite protest
Published On: December 14, 2018 01:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TOKYO, Dec 14: Japan’s central government started main reclamation work Friday at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa despite fierce local opposition.
Oscar-nominated actress Sondra Locke dies at 74
Published On: December 14, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, Dec 14: Actress and director Sondra Locke, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her first film role in 1968′s “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” and went on to co-star in six films with Clint Eastwood, has died.
Barack Obama receives RFK Human Rights award at NYC gala
Published On: December 13, 2018 04:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec 13: Former President Barack Obama was honored with the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award at a gala in midtown Manhattan Wednesday evening.
Turkey train crash leaves 9 dead, dozens injured
Published On: December 13, 2018 04:07 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ANKARA, Dec 13: A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 47 others, officials said.
Pilot seriously injured after military jet crash off Hawaii
Published On: December 13, 2018 12:47 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HONOLULU, Dec 13: A Hawaii Air National Guard civilian contractor was in serious condition Wednesday after his plane crashed off the coast of Honolulu during a military exercise, authorities said.
2018 Breakthrough Entertainer: Country singer Kane Brown
Published On: December 13, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec 13: Kane Brown wasn’t sure he was going to make it. But there was one thing he was certain about: He was never going to give up.
Official IDs Canadian missing in China
Published On: December 13, 2018 10:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
TORONTO, Dec 13: The latest on the frictions between Canada and China over the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive.
Pakistan hits back at U.S. after downgrade on religious freedoms watch list
Published On: December 12, 2018 04:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12: Pakistan on Wednesday condemned a U.S. decision to add it to a list of nations that infringe on religious freedom, calling the move “unilateral and politically motivated.”
As May faces leadership vote, a look at what happens next
Published On: December 12, 2018 03:11 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, Dec 12 : British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a no-confidence vote from Conservative lawmakers angry about the divorce deal she has struck with the European Union.
Britain’s May to face no-confidence vote by lawmakers
Published On: December 12, 2018 01:55 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, Dec 12: A British Conservative Party official says Prime Minister Theresa May will face a no-confidence vote from party lawmakers.
Countries set to agree UN migration accord, despite walkouts
Published On: December 10, 2018 01:50 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MARRAKECH, Morocco, Dec 10 : Top U.N. officials and government leaders from about 150 countries are uniting around an agreement on migration, while finding themselves on the defensive about the non-binding deal amid criticism and a walkout from the United States and some other countries.
Malaysia Muslims rally to keep privileges
Published On: December 9, 2018 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9: Tens of thousands of Malaysian Muslims rallied Saturday in Kuala Lumpur against any attempt to strip the ethnic Malay majority of its privileges, in the first massive street gathering since Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s alliance won a historic vote in May.
Concert stampede in Italy leaves 6 dead, over 50 hurt
Published On: December 9, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
CORINALDO, Dec 9: Teenagers panicked before a rap concert at a jammed Italian disco, setting off a stampede that killed five of them and a mother who had brought her daughter to the event, authorities and survivors said. Fifty-three people were reported injured, including 13 in very serious condition.
6 dead, 35 injured in nightclub stampede on Italy’s coast
Published On: December 8, 2018 11:57 AM NPT By: Associated Press
ROME, Dec 8: Six people, all but one of them minors, were killed and about 35 others injured in a stampede of panicked concertgoers early Saturday at a disco in a small town on Italy’s central Adriatic coast, authorities said.
US appeals court won't immediately allow Trump asylum ban
Published On: December 8, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 8: A divided U.S. appeals court late Friday refused to immediately allow the Trump administration to enforce a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
China prepares mission to land spacecraft on moon’s far side
Published On: December 7, 2018 12:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Dec 7: China was preparing to launch a ground-breaking mission early Saturday to soft-land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia, the European Union and U.S.
After a year full of tears, Ariana Grande comes out on top
Published On: December 7, 2018 12:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Dec 7: Ariana Grande capped off a successful year as a pop star — but a trying one as a maturing young woman — at the 13th annual Billboard Women in Music event, where she was named Woman of the Year.
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