Utrecht (Netherlands), A gunman killed three people and injured nine when he opened fire aboard a tram in a square to the west of the Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday in what authorities described as a possible terror attack, officials said. Jan van Zanen, the Mayor of Utrecht, said in a television broadcast that […]
By Arul Louis United Nations Chandramouli Ramanathan has been appointed as the world body’s controller by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. Dujarric told reporters: “Chandramouli brings to the position nearly 40 years of executive international experience in diverse organizational settings in finance and budget, management and information technology. We are delighted […]
Thousands of people evacuated the Islamic State (IS) terror group’s last bastion in Syria in vehicles escorted by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Adnan Afrin, military comander of the SDF, told Efe news on Friday that “more than 2,500 people left today” from Baghouz, the last settlement controlled by the IS in Syria, located […]
Washington, US President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency to fund his planned border wall with Mexico, the White House has said. He will sign a border security bill to avert a government shutdown, but also act to bypass Congress and use military funds for the wall, a statement said. Senior Democrats have responded by […]
Rapper 21 Savage, whose real name is Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, has been released from US custody on bond. Savage’s lawyers on Tuesday issued a statement stating he has been granted a release by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), reports theguardian.com. “In the last 24 hours, in the wake of the Grammy awards at […]
Sri Lanka has started advertising for executioners this week after President Maithripala Sirisena declared he would reinstate capital punishment for those convicted of drug offences, inspired by the Philippines-style crackdown. No one has been executed in Sri Lanka since it placed a moratorium on capital punishment in 1976. While murder, rape and drug trafficking and […]
Bucharest, France, Germany and seven other EU nations on Thursday gave their support to a proposed initiative that would create a temporary mechanism to accommodate migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, which has become a sore point in the bloc’s migrant policy as countries like Italy feel overburdened and have begun refusing docking permission to […]
Washington Democrat Kamala Harris, the first Indian-American to serve in the US Senate, launched her campaign for the White House while appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America. In a brief video from her campaign that was released on the social media at the same time she appeared on the show, Harris called on her supporters […]
Libyan security forces have arrested a senior Islamic State (IS) leader in the city of Sirte, said an official on conditions of anonymity. Khalifa Barq was taken from his home by a special security force, the official of Sirte security department told Xinhua news agency on Friday. “The operation was based on intelligence information about […]
New Delhi, The government is according top priority to the case of Indian students in the US facing detention under an alleged immigration fraud and is in touch with the Indian Embassy in Washington and other consulates, the External Affairs Ministry said on Friday. “The government of India, together with our mission in Washington and […]