Luggage Carrier Runs Bag Over at Midway Airport
No injuries were reported after a bag “exploded” Monday afternoon while being loaded onto an airplane at Midway International Airport, Chicago police and fire officials confirmed. A piece of luggage fell off of a transport and made a popping sound, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford. The bomb squad was called to Midway Airport to clear the scene and left around 1 p.m., according […]
Donald Trump Calls Astronauts During First All-Female Spacewalk
PRESIDENT Donald Trump called NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir on Friday during their historic all-female spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Trump congratulated the astronauts, calling them brave. “This is the first time for a woman outside of the space station,” Trump said. “They’re conducting the first ever female spacewalk to replace an exterior part of the […]
Quetta blast
QUETTA: A blast targeted a police van here on Monday, wounding nine people including three policemen, said police. According to police, the blast took place due to explosive material planted in a motorcycle on Quetta’s Spinny road. Balochistan’s provincial capital is witnessing a series of blasts targeting police vehicles, as this is the third incident […]
police shut down Kolkata call centres in major online fraud probe
London: British Police service on Monday said it had shut down two sophisticated criminal call centres in Kolkata, instrumental in defrauding thousands of victims in the UK alone, with the cooperation of Indian police. The call centres were raided by 50 officers from the Cyber Division of Kolkata Police last week as part of a […]
Bachchan Sahab discharged from hospital after 4 days
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan was discharged from Mumbai’s Nanavati hospital on Friday night. The veteran actor has reportedly been admitted to the hospital since Tuesday. Sources said Bachchan had been hospitalised for a check-up and is doing fine now. He is expected to resume shooting for the quiz show, ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, on Tuesday. On […]
Mexicans outraged after gunmen force release of El Chapo’s son
The decision by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s security cabinet to release the captured son of the world’s most notorious drug lord left him struggling to contain the damage amid public outrage. AMLO, as the president is known, said the government took the decision after Mexican forces were overpowered Thursday as they attempted to […]
South Korean Students Break Into U.S. Ambassador’s Residence
A group of South Korean students broke into the residence of American ambassador Harry Harris on Friday, in a protest against Donald Trump’s campaign to get the Asian nation to pay more for US military support. Nineteen students, who described themselves as members of a liberal university students’ group, were detained by police after staging a […]
Pakistan Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Jail For Blasphemous Facebook
A Pakistani court Friday sentenced a man to five years “rigorous imprisonment” jail and hard labour for a blasphemous Facebook post, in what is believed to be one of the first such cases under controversial cybercrime laws. Sajid Ali was charged with posting blasphemous and derogatory content against revered Islamic figures on the social network […]
PMC Bank Customer Dies After Heart Attack
Mumbai: An 83-year-old depositor of the troubled Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC Bank) died on Friday, with his family claiming that it could not raise money for his heart surgery after restrictions were imposed on fund withdrawals. This is a fourth incident of the death of a depositor with funds locked in the Punjab […]
They took turns to rape my wife
Hyderabad: Hyderabad city police have arrested two sorcerers for allegedly raping a housewife at the behest of her husband and in-laws. They were among the eight sorcerers who had raped the woman at her home, police said. The shocking incident, which had occurred last year, came to light after the victim’s father returned to the […]
