French candidate leaks Obama call ahead of Sunday poll

French candidate leaks Obama call ahead of Sunday poll

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has made public a private telephone call from former US President Barack Obama, by uploading the call on Twitter, a media report said. Obama privately called Macron on Thursday — a conversation that the French leader promptly made public days ahead of the first round of voting on Sunday — […]

Topless feminists interrupt Le Pen’s Paris rally

Topless feminists interrupt Le Pen’s Paris rally

The rally of the French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, which brought together more than 5,000 people here, was interrupted twice by two topless feminists, a media report said. On Monday, with a bouquet of flowers, the first woman jumped onto the stage where Le Pen was delivering her speech, before the security services of […]

Turkey referendum: Erdogan declares victory

Turkey referendum: Erdogan declares victory

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed victory in the referendum on granting him sweeping new powers, saying it was won by a clear majority, BBC reported. He was speaking in Istanbul as the count neared completion. Turkey was on course to switch from a parliamentary to presidential system, with “Yes” campaign leading on 51.3 […]

2 Secret Service officers fired over White House breach

2 Secret Service officers fired over White House breach

Two US Secret Service officers were fired over a March 10 security breach in which a man climbed over the White House fence and remained on the grounds undetected for over 15 minutes, security officials told CNN. The Uniformed Division officers, both with less than a year on the job, were assigned to guard posts […]

UN peacekeeping operations to end in haiti, Indian units to remain

UN peacekeeping operations to end in haiti, Indian units to remain

The UN Security Council has voted to end its military peacekeeping operations in Haiti, but Indian police units will continue in a new mission focused on promoting law and order and developing local forces. The Council unanimously approved on Thursday a US-sponsored resolution to end operations of the 13-year-old peacekeeping mission in October. The police […]

Spicer apologises for Hitler remarks

Spicer apologises for Hitler remarks

Amid gaffe, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologised on Tuesday after saying Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons during World War II, a media report said. In an effort to shame Russia’s alliance with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his use of chemical weapons, Spicer, while talking to the press had said that […]

Indians become biggest migrant group in Victoria: Census

Indians become biggest migrant group in Victoria: Census

Indian people are Victoria’s biggest migrant group for the first time in history, Australia’s national census has found. The first results of the census revealed that after 12 years of strong growth India was the biggest source of migration to the state, beating England for the first time, Xinhua news agency reported. Harish Budhiraja, who […]

White House accuses Russia of cover-up in Syria gas attack

White House accuses Russia of cover-up in Syria gas attack

The White House on Tuesday accused Russia of engaging in a cover-up of the chemical weapons attack by Syrian forces that killed civilians and prompted American airstrikes. The White House said that the US intelligence and numerous contemporaneous reports confirmed that the Syrians used sarin gas on their own people, New York Times reported. The […]

United Airlines shares plunge

United Airlines shares plunge

As outrage over an Asian doctor’s forcible removal from a flight continued to spread on social media, shares of the United Airlines (UAL) plunged nearly four per cent in the morning session on Tuesday. The company lost about $800 million in total value in the morning session, Xinhua news agency reported. A video released on […]

‘Ivanka convinced Trump to bomb Syrian airbase’

‘Ivanka convinced Trump to bomb Syrian airbase’

US President Donald Trump’s son Eric has said that his father’s decision to launch a missile attack on a Syrian airbase was influenced by the reaction of his sister Ivanka. He said that the decision to punish President Bashar al-Assad for an alleged chemical weapons attack which killed civilians, was taken after his sister was […]