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Rs 390 cr fraud: Bank went to CBI after Delhi jeweller fled

The complaint was filed by the bank nearly six months back, however, the CBI registered a case on Thursday. The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday file...

Olympics: South Korea brings curtain down on 'Peace Games'

US Vice President Mike Pence attended the games' opening ceremony two weeks ago and sat in the same VIP box as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister and the ...

Palestinian killed after Israeli navy opens fire

About 32 Palestinians were injured in clashes that broke out between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Frida...

United Kingdom police responding to 'major incident' in city of Leicester

A shop and house on Hinckley Road collapsed and fire services struggled to prevent the flames from spreading to nearby buildings. Police declared a major inci...

Live Olympics in Pyeongchang wrap up as closing ceremony gets underway

The regime in Pyongyang had sent high-level official delegations to both the opening and closing ceremonies and had 22 athletes competing in events including sk...

Flood fears rise as wicked storm system tears across southern, central US

That would be 5.8' above flood stage and less than 1 foot higher than the crest earlier this week which put water into the Main Street business district. "It's ...

2nd Death In Kentucky From Severe Weather

The county's emergency management office said some structures, including barns and grain bins, were damaged. Clarksville is about 48 miles (77 kilometers) nor...

Fla. Launches Investigation of Law Enforcement Response to Shooting

Israel says his department is also looking into reports that at least three other Broward Sheriff's deputies didn't enter the school building during shooti...

Severed head found: Japan police quiz United States man

Police in western Japan are set to serve a fresh arrest warrant for an American man on suspicion of abandoning the body of a Japanese woman. A friend recalled...

Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake Strikes Papua New Guinea

About a half an hour later a second quake with a magnitude of 5.5 in the same area with a depth of 39 kilometres. A major natural disaster struck Papua New G...

MA colleges say they won't reject students who join gun reform protests

The movement has been led and inspired by survivors of the shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School , who have in the following days and...

Al-Shabab claims Mogadishu bomb attack

The first took place outside the presidential palace late on Friday. Police officer Ahmed Hassan said militants who stormed the palace were wearing Somali pol...

MA: woman dies in knife attack

Authorities have opened an investigation into the attack and were working to determine a motive, a news release from the district attorney's office said. Lesl...

Tina Fontaine: Raymond Cormier not guilty of Red River murder

There were gasps from Tina's family and their supporters as the verdict was read. Hours after a jury found Raymond Cormier not guilty of second-degree murder ...

J&K: One security guard killed in terrorist attack in Srinagar

Reports said that the attackers also decamped with a service rifle of the policeman. Hurriyat leader Qureshi was injured when unidentified gunmen attacked him...

Sridevi will be seen one last time in Shah Rukh Khan's Zero

India , in which she played a reporter, and Lamhe , or Moments , a 1991 film in which she played dual roles of mother and teenage daughter . She was seen ...

NASCAR moves up start of Atlanta race due to threat of rain

BC-CAR-NASCAR-Xfinity-Atlanta, 125 Harvick dominant in 4th Atlanta Xfinity win in last 6 yearsAP Photo GAJB114, GAJB113, GAJB111, GAJB109, GAJB112, GAJB110, GAJ...

Kamal Haasan pays homage to Sridevi

She was a very quick learner and understood the nuances of her character. The legendary actress was there with her husband Boney Kapoor and daughter Khushi....

Fred: More Sunday rain and thunderstorms return next week

Temperatures will warm up nicely Sunday through much of next week. Showers and storms will move in from the West late Saturday night into Sunday morning. ...

Yobe school attack: FG confirms 110 girls unaccounted

Yobe state Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam on February 23 put the number of missing girls in Dapchi at 84, but family members quickly refuted that. Dapchi, headquarters o...

FBI Uncovers Potential NCAA Violations By More Than 25 Players, 20 Schools

Knox was listed a player who had a meeting or meal with ASM agent Christian Dawkins . "Of course, we fully cooperate with any investigations or inquiries". C...

History Created: Gymnast Aruna becomes 1st Indian to win WC medal

Narasimhan congratulated B Aruna Reddy for making the country proud by winning Indias first gymnastics World Cup Bronze Medal in the event held at Melbourne ...

Democrats release memo defending FBI investigation

Among other things, the GOP memo accused the Justice Department of misleading the FISA court by failing to mention the political connections of the dossier'...

Ste. Anne hockey star sorry for medal removal

And, a pair of North Dakotan's played a big part in the final moments of the game. But although they pushed hard and played hard in the rest of the third, the C...

Scott calls for reform to state's gun laws, increase in school security

School will be in session from 7:40 a.m.to 11:40 a.m. through Friday, March 2. "It's a week of folks coming together, reconnecting and going through the heali...

Mother, Daughter in Gun Fight with Shotgun-Wielding Robbery Suspect

They crouch together on the floor behind the counter and as the suspect marches back towards them, Mrs Ring appears to shoot him. Tina Ring and her daughter A...

Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre church closes in tax protest

In recent years, the churches have sold to private companies land that had been leased in the middle of the 20th century for 99 years to the Jewish National F...

Syrian Kurd leader arrested in Prague on Turkish warrant

Turkey's justice ministry said it had started efforts for Muslim to be extradited to Ankara, and had demanded that Czech authorities capture and arrest Muslim. ...

German court defers decision on diesel ban

A mere 5% drop in the value of the diesel market could cost up to $1.9 billion across EU and U.S. vehicle makers-impacting employment for over 800,000 Germans...

BJP banking on Modi for Karnataka, may win over Cong MLAs

Breaking his silence over the Rs 11,400-crore fraud at India's second-biggest PSU bank, Modi had on Friday warned of strict action against those involved in fin...

Trump criticizes Florida deputy, talks guns in schools

A spokesman later said Trump was speaking specifically about semi-automatic weapons. The NRA's solution to mass shootings is more guns, and teachers carry...

Winter Olympics: Russians sing banned anthem after winning men's ice hockey gold

Canada is already assured of its highest Winter Olympics medal count - 27 with two days of competition remaining - but for a country whose C$5 bill shows childr...

Ben Stokes expected to return for England cricket team vs New Zealand

England looked set to end the hosts' run of eight consecutive ODI wins when Taylor fell for 113 after Stokes (2-43) struck twice, but Santner (45 not out from ...

China's Communist Party mulls end to two-term limit for president

If Xi were to stay on as China's leader beyond 2022, he would have to defy that tradition. Xi was elected as the head of the Party and President in 2013 and l...

Sheriff: Deputy never entered school in shooting

Scott opened the news conference to showcase his proposals by slowly reading the names of the school victims. Runcie said students and teachers who do not w...