Former US President George H.W. Bush has planned to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the upcoming November 8 elections,a media report said. The news was revealed on Monday by Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend, the former Maryland lieutenant governor and daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, a Democrat and brother of slain […]
The man suspected in Saturday’s bombings in New York and New Jersey has been charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. Ahmad Khan Rahami was charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer after a shootout on Monday with police in Linden, New Jersey, Union County […]
The United Nations special envoy to Syria has voiced anger over the airstrike that hit an aid convoy of UN in the Syrian province of Aleppo. UN special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura said: “Our outrage at this attack is enormous … the convoy was the outcome of a long process of permission and […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has urged the US to help resolve issues between Islamabad and New Delhi. Sharif met US Secretary of State John Kerry in New York on Monday on the sidelines of the ongoing 71st UN General Assembly session, Dawn online reported. “Pakistan has always fought terrorism as a moral obligation. I […]
Catching Pokemon while driving is not safe at all as a study reported incidents of crashes and more than 110,000 instances in just 10 days where drivers or pedestrians were distracted by Pokemon GO. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 16 to 24-year-olds, whom the game targets, the investigators, led by […]
Ahead of the US-India-Afghanistan trilateral talks in New York later this month and in the wake of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s recently concluded visit to New Delhi, Washington has praised India’s “generosity and focus” in helping Afghanistan become a stronger nation. “We obviously support India’s generosity and focus on Afghanistan and willingness to help Afghanistan […]
Substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the European Union (EU) were unlikely to start before the end of 2017, a former European Council president has said. Speaking to the BBC on Wednesday, Herman Van Rompuy — first President of the European Council from January 1, 2010 to November 30, 2014 — […]
Afghanistan has urged for global action against “state elements” that orchestrate and support terrorism and also lashed out against militants based in Pakistan and their supporters it blamed for the rising tide of “cowardly” attacks on civilians. “As a strategic imperative, we must move beyond rhetoric and address the enablers of terrorism, including the role […]
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that the disdain his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, showed for voters by calling his supporters “deplorables” made her unfit to occupy the White House. “You cannot run for President if you have such contempt in your heart for the American voter. You can’t lead this nation if you have […]
Brazil’s lower house was considering whether to expel former Speaker Eduardo Cunha amid accusations that he lied about undeclared Swiss bank accounts, a media report said on Tuesday. Cunha denies wrongdoing and has said former president Dilma Rousseff’s supporters are seeking revenge, the BBC reported. He has also threatened to reveal compromising information about other […]