Twelve people were killed and 14 wounded in separate shooting and bombing attacks across Iraq Sunday, police said. In northern Iraq, at least four people were killed and 14 wounded in the afternoon when three car bombs detonated almost simultaneously in separate neighbourhoods in Kirkuk city, some 250 km north of here, a police source […]
apAn Australian student was raped by a tour guide in Sri lanka’s Ambalagonda town, a media report here said. The student, who was on a study tour to the island nation, complained to police that she was raped by a tour guide under a solitary rock in the beach, according to a report in colombopage.com […]
lastAt least five people were killed and nine others injured Sunday in a suicide bombing that hit an Afghan National Army bus here, sources said. “At around 7.00 a.m. Sunday, an air force bus of Afghan National Army carrying employees came under attack of a suicide attacker. The initial reports said three Afghan army personnel […]
An Indian-American physiotherapist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay over $10 million in restitution for allegedly participating in a Medicare fraud scheme that totalled almost $11 million. Chiradeep Gupta, 39, was sentenced by US District Judge Denise Page Hood in the Eastern District of Michigan Friday, according to the […]
French President Francois Hollande and First Lady Valerie Trierweiler would confirm their separation Saturday, a local weekly here reported after an affair between Hollande and actress Julie Gayet came out. “Hollande, who took the initiative to break up (with his companion), hoped to officialize it before Valerie Trierweiler’s travel to India scheduled for Sunday,” reported […]
Eleven militants were killed by Kyrgyz troops near the border with China Thursday, according to the Kyrgyz border service. The masked militants, carrying hunting rifles and knives, were spotted in Pikertyk, some 40 km from the Kyrgyz-Chinese border, by camp ranger Alexander Barykin, who was brutally killed by them, Xinhua quoted State Border Service chief […]
One student was shot on campus in South Carolina State University of the US Friday, police said. “Police have not yet apprehended a suspect but they are currently in pursuit of the person they believe to be the perpetrator,” the university said via its twitter account, Xinhua reported. As the police continue to search for […]
Taking a cue from the growing popularity of all-male naked classes at their yoga studio in the New York City, owners are now offering co-ed, naked yoga. Called Bold & Naked Yoga, it would offer a full schedule of no-clothes classes – including men’s, women’s and co-ed. It’s about being comfortable in your own skin […]
Sub-continental relations and Afghanistan will figure during Monday’s US-Pakistan ministerial-level strategic dialogue in Washington, being held after nearly four years. “I don’t think Afghanistan’s going to go away. It’s kind of permanently there on Pakistan’s northwest frontier. So, I think it will maintain an element. But as I said, we’re very interested in Pakistan’s relationship […]
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based Al Qaeda-inspired group has claimed responsibility for the series of bomb attacks targeting Egyptian police in Cairo since Friday, the group said in a statement Saturday. Late Friday, the group also warned Egyptians against holding any pro-military rallies Saturday, the third anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled former president […]