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India e-cigarettes: Ban announced to prevent youth 'epidemic'

Sitharaman said that now, though no Indian company was manufacturing e-cigarettes, some 400 brands were already operating here offering the product in 150 fla...

Auto smashes into lobby of Trump Plaza in New Rochelle, New York

Maintenance worker Kevin Jenkins told CBS he saw the driver "sitting in the chair, he was bleeding". The driver of a black Mercedes-Benz C300 coupe crashed ...

Hong Kong protests again turn violent as police use tear gas

The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act , which is now in the Senate, has wide-ranging bipartisan support, including from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca...

Australian man, 76, dies in swooping magpie incident, police say

He was treated at the scene by paramedics before being airlifted to St George Hospital in a critical condition . He later died, police said . One magpie had ...

Iran: Rouhani-Trump Meeting at UN Is Off

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said on Sunday the previous day's attacks "did not help" prospects for a meeting between the two leaders during the United...

Another parent arrested as part of Varsity Blues college admissions scandal

The indictment said UCLA admitted Sui's son as a soccer recruit on November 5, 2018, awarding him a scholarship of 25 per cent. Officials claim Sui wired the re...

Justice Department sues Edward Snowden over memoir

The lawsuit , filed by U.S. Attorney Zachary Terwilliger in the Eastern District of Virginia, alleges that Snowden violated non-disclosure agreements signed wi...

Russia detains two North Korean vessels after one opens fire

Russian coastguards say they have seized two North Korean boats and more than 80 crew members. The border guards managed to detain one of the vessels with 2...

Trump backed off on Iran last time - but will he again?

Friction between the United States and Iran have escalated since May a year ago, when Washington unilaterally pulled out of the deal and slapped Tehran wi...

India says expects to gain control over Pakistan Kashmir one day

But this was for the first time that such a statement came from the Indian external affairs minister, raising fears in Pakistan that India might be up for somet...

Washingtonians likely to feel pain at the pump after Saudi attack

President Donald Trump has said that the United States is ready to help Saudi Arabia, but will wait for a "definitive" determination on who was responsible....

Farooq Abdullah devoted to Indias unity, I condemn his arrest: Chidambaram

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, or MDMK, chief Vaiko alleged on Monday that Kashmir has been made a "penal complicated" and acknowledged he would test...

Hurricane Humberto 2019: Bermuda now in the path as Humberto gets stronger

On the forecast track, the center of Humberto is forecast to approach Bermuda Wednesday night, September 18. It is forecast to continue at that pace through M...

Trump says United States reaches trade deals with Japan, no word on cars

U.S. technology industry officials say they expect the digital trade agreement with Japan to be closely aligned with provisions in the new U.S. -Mexico-Cana...

Forecast: Humberto strengthening but moving away

Hurricane Humberto is expected to become a major hurricane with 178kmh winds by Tuesday night (Sept 17) or early Wednesday, forecasters said, as the storm track...

Iran rejects "baseless" accusations it had role in Saudi oil attacks

Gulf Coast rose over the weekend and on Monday, a ship broker said, and regional Gulf crude prices traded over-the-counter were higher in anticipation of bids f...

Sadananda Gowda assures 3-language policy to continue amid Hindi row

Protesting against Union Home Minister Amit Shah's call on Saturday to have Hindi as the common or national language, the opposition Congress and the regional...

Cleanup after Dorian resumes in Bahamas as tropical storm Humberto swirls away

Hurricane Humberto is slowly making a turn to the northeast and will begin pulling away from the southeastern United States while slowly strengthening during th...

Johnson, Juncker hold Brexit talks; no visible breakthrough

The Hulk boast, made in a weekend interview with the Mail on Sunday newspaper, exasperated Europeans who said Johnson was trivializing the possible economic...

Iran dismisses as 'pointless' USA claims about Aramco attacks

The attacks are unlikely to change plans for Aramco's long-awaited initial public offering but may affect the valuation, risk consultancy Eurasia Group said in ...

Robert Mugabe's home village to pay tribute to former leader

The former president has been lying in state in Harare since Thursday after the government announced three days of national mourning. Others, however, believe...

‘No deal, no compromise: PM Imran says process of accountability to continue

Mr Khan said Pakistan will not be the first to strike with nuclear weapons if the two countries started a war over disputed Kashmir - but said his country wou...

A Cyclist Has Died After He Was Swooped By A Magpie

He later died, police said . A cyclist who was thrown from his bike while trying to escape a magpie south of Sydney has died in hospital. Earlier this mont...

Humberto strengthens into Category 1 hurricane

As of Monday morning, Humberto is a Category 1 hurricane , with winds up to 85 miles per hour. "Tropical Storm Humberto will likely become a hurricane later ...

Osama Bin Laden's Son Killed In US Counterterrorism Operation, Trump Says

Video released by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2017 that was seized during the 2011 USA raid that killed Osama bin Laden showed Hamza bin Laden with a t...

One firefighter killed, several others injured in ME explosion

People inside the building smelled smoke shortly before the explosion and were able to evacuate in time, a town spokesperson said . A town official in ME say...

Mike Pompeo blames Iran for drone attacks

He dismissed a claim by Yemeni Houthi rebels that they had attacked the two facilities, run by state-owned company Aramco. Saudi Arabia's energy minister ...

Taiwan severs diplomatic ties with Solomons

Taiwan yesterday severed official ties with the Solomon Islands as the South Pacific nation chose to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. Tai...

Kavanaugh's Latest Sexual Misconduct Scandal Becomes a 2020 Litmus Test

While considering his impeachment, the House Judiciary Committee concluded that impeachment "should only be applied to high crimes and misdemeanors committed wh...

Sindh govt to probe Ghotki incident: Minister

Abdul Haq, a controversial religious figure who is alleged to have played a key role in forcible conversions of Hindu girls in the province, and his men were r...

Moscow holds Taliban talks

The operations, launched last night, were aimed at foiling attacks planned by the Taliban on Afghan forces, said a senior security official in capital Kabul, ...

Tropical storm to become a hurricane after passing Florida

Destroyed boats are pushed up against the pier in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in Treasure Cay on Abaco island, Bahamas, on September 11, 2019. The distu...

Boris Johnson says he'll go 'Hulk' on Brexit

But he said Saturday: " Boris Johnson created a stark choice for moderate, progressive MPs in the Conservative party - to accept a no deal Brexit or walk awa...

Three Vietnamese universities enter Times Higher Education rankings

It now is the joint Indian toppers with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The University of Cape Town (UCT) has jumped up 20 places to 136th positio...

Google Maps helps solve decades-old missing man mystery

His family finally have closure now, after a local property surveyor from the Florida town, browsing Google Maps satellite images of his neighborhood, spo...