Death Toll Continues to Rise in Nepal, Bangladesh & Northern India Floods
DHAKA: Severe flooding has killed at least 61 people, displaced nearly 800,000 and inundated thousands of homes across a third of Bangladesh, government officials said
Turkey: Belarusian diplomat shot and wounded by neighbor
ANKARA: A Belarusian diplomat was seriously injured late Wednesday after being shot by an unidentified attacker in the Turkish capital, international media reported. According to
Metals worth millions stolen in Brazil at cargo terminal
SAO PAULO: Armed men stole $40 million of gold and other precious metals on Thursday from a Sao Paulo cargo terminal at South America’s busiest
US to resume federal executions after 16-year break
WASHINGTON: The US federal government will resume its use of capital punishment after a 16-year hiatus and have set execution dates for five convicted murderers,
WhatsApp to launch digital payments service in India
NEW DELHI: Messaging giant WhatsApp plans to launch its first payment service this year in India, its biggest market with 400 million users, the company
Earthquake of 6.3 M strikes near south coast of Japan’s Honshu
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near the south coast of Japan’s island of Honshu early on Sunday, the European earthquake monitoring service EMSC reported.
Massive manhunt in wilderness for teen murder suspects
MONTREAL • Two teen triple-murder suspects on the run in the central Canadian wilderness – perhaps holed up in thick, insect-infested forest inhabited by wolves
Hong Kong: police fire teargas as thousands march in Yuen Long
HONG KONG: Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators hurling rocks in a rural Hong Kong town on Saturday as several thousand activists
