The US military on Tuesday flew two nuclear-capable supersonic bombers over South Korea in a show of force following North Korea’s recent nuclear test. Two B-1B Lancers, which can carry nuclear weapons, flew over the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, some 70 km south of capital Seoul, at about 10 a.m. local time, Xinhua reported. […]
US President Barack Obama is set to veto a bill that would allow survivors and families of victims of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the White House said on Monday. “That’s still the plan,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said when asked if the President planned to veto the […]
The 15th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attacks saw President Obama’s call for unity against terrorism, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s fainting and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s only statement on social media. US President Barack Obama on Sunday led millions of Americans in paying moving tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attacks urging […]
After being criticised for removing an iconic photograph of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack taken during the Vietnam war in 1972, social media giant Facebook on Friday took a U-turn saying it would allow the photo to be posted on the platform. It had previously removed the image, posted by a Norwegian author, on […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reached on Saturday a landmark agreement which would see both countries greatly enhance cooperation in a bid to end the five-year-old Syrian conflict. According to Kerry, who spoke first after day-long discussions with his Russian counterpart, the plan aims to rekindle a nation-wide […]
Spacex on Friday said it needs help from the public in its investigation of last week’s launch pad rocket explosion that it labelled “the most difficult and complex failure” in the company’s 14-year history. “If you have audio, photos or videos of our anomaly last week, please send to report@spacex.com. Material may be useful for […]
A co-founder of social media giant Facebook, Dustin Moskovitz said he was donating $20 million to help ensure the defeat of Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential elections. “If Donald Trump wins, the country will fall backward, and become more isolated from the global community,” the American internet entrepreneur said in a blog […]
Four terrorists and a civilian were killed here on Tuesday after an 11-hour gun battle that began overnight following three huge blasts that left 35 to 43 people dead, officials said. The two back-to-back explosions and then a third blast on Monday near the Defence Ministry also wounded over 90 people in the upscale Shahr-i-Naw […]
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday expressed regret over his obscene remarks for US President Barack Obama in which he called the latter “son of a whore”. Duterte in a statement said his comments “came across as a personal attack on the US President”, Xinhua news agency reported. He made the remarks on Monday before […]
By Arul Louis New York Mother Teresa, who has been declared a saint by Pope Francis, has been hailed as the “Saint of the Gutters of Kolkata”. But her sisters find they are needed as much in New York, the richest city of the US. Suffering and want know no national boundaries. And neither do […]