An Indian-American man was killed and another man was critically injured when a convicted gunman opened fire at two convenience stores, minutes apart, in the US state of Georgia. Parmjit Singh, 44, was shot multiple times on Tuesday at his Hi-Tech Quick Stop on Burnett Ferry Road. The father of two high school students was […]
China does not want the Maldivian political crisis to become another thorny issue with India, said a Chinese official here. “We don’t want the problem of Maldives to become a problem between Indian and China,” a government official said here. The official told IANS that China was in touch with India over the issue. The […]
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) has announced that the country’s presidential election will be held on April 22. The announcement on Wednesday is in accordance of the ruling National Constituent Assembly’s (ANC) decision in January to move up the presidential election before the April 30 deadline, reports Xinhua news agency. President Nicolas Maduro will be […]
US politician Nancy Pelosi spoke for a little more than eight hours in the House of Representatives to oppose the budget deal to lift spending caps and avert a government shutdown because the plan does not address immigration issues. The House Historian’s office told CNN that Pelosi’s speech on Wednesday was the longest on record […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday announced a “bipartisan agreement” between Republicans and Democrats on a two-year budget deal just two days before the deadline for another government shutdown. He also said that the deal has the support of the White House, although he did not provide any specifics in that regard, Efe reported. […]
North Korea on Thursday ruled out any official meeting with the US during the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics slated to begin in South Korea from Friday. Pyongyang’s official Rodong Sinmun daily quoted an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that North Korea never begs for dialogue with the US and it does […]
Minimum temperatures again dipped in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday due to a clear night sky as the Met forecast no change in weather conditions till Friday. “It is expected to remain dry in Jammu and Kashmir over the next 24 hours,” a MET official said. There is likelihood of rain and snow, though, beginning […]
A series of strong aftershocks have hindered search and rescue efforts on Thursday for victims and survivors of a magnitude-6.4 earthquake in Taiwan that left nine people dead and 226 others injured. The earthquake struck the eastern city of Hualien on Tuesday night, reports Efe news. Sixty-two people remain missing, likely trapped under the rubble […]
Australia will issue a national apology to victims of child sexual abuse in public or religious institutions by the end of the year, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday. “As a nation, we must mark this occasion in a form that reflects the wishes of survivors and affords them the dignity to which they […]
The Russian Foreign Ministry has denied launching cyber attacks against the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games slated to be held from Friday in South Korea. “We are aware that Western media are planning to throw in pseudo-investigations on the issue of the Russian trace in hacker attacks on information resources related to holding the Winter […]