Minor girl gang-raped in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons in a forest in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, police said on Sunday. The police have detained three accused in this connection. The minor girl was allegedly gang-raped at a forest at Tensa under Lahunipada police limits of the district on Saturday night. The arrest was made […]
St Mark’s Closed As Water Again Invades Venice, Rain Lashes Italy
VENICE: Venice closed its iconic St Mark´s Square on Sunday ahead of the third major flooding in less than a week, as rain lashed the rest of Italy and warnings were issued in Florence and Pisa. Venice forecast an “acqua alta”, or high water, of 160 centimetres (over five feet) for Sunday, lower than Tuesday´s […]
Family says Lata Mangeshkar ‘doing much better
Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar is recovering after being hospitalised for viral chest congestion. An official spokesperson said on Saturday: “Lata didi [sister] is doing good today.” The legendary songstress was rushed to Breach Candy Hospital on Monday. Since then, fans and Bollywood celebrities such as Shabana Azmi and Hema Malini have been praying for her […]
US to extend license allowing its companies to continue business with Huawei, report says
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is set to issue a two-week extension of a license allowing US companies to continue doing business with China’s Huawei Technologies, two sources familiar with the deliberations said. The extension of around two weeks is far shorter than the prior 90-day extension and a longer extension is in the works but […]
Gunmen Open Fire on Bus Carrying Muslim Voters in Sri Lanka on Election Day, No Casualties
COLOMBO: Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka on Saturday, hours before polling in presidential elections got under way, police said. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but a police official said the attackers had burnt tyres on the road and set up makeshift road […]
Soccer: La Liga plans to take game to Miami halted by court decision
MADRID: La Liga’s hopes of staging Villarreal’s game with Atletico Madrid on Dec. 6 in Miami have ended after a local court declined a request to grant an injunction against the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF), who oppose playing the match abroad. The league’s organizing body filed a complaint against the RFEF last year over the […]
Donald Trump Attacks ‘Intimidated’ US Diplomat as She Testifies in Impeachment Probe
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday tweeted an attack against the country’s former ambassador to Ukraine while she was in the middle of testifying in his impeachment probe, prompting her to complain she was being intimidated. Trump’s furious tweet came as Marie Yovanovitch testified in the House of Representatives about her abrupt firing from […]
Venice hit by new high tide as St Mark’s Square is closed
VENICE: Another exceptional high tide swamped flood-hit Venice on Friday, prompting the mayor to order St Mark’s square closed after Italy declared a state of emergency for the UNESCO city. Luigi Brugnaro moved to shut the iconic square as the latest sea surge struck with strong storms and winds battering the region. It reached a […]
At least 2 dead in shooting at Saugus High School in Southern California
SANTA CLARITA: A teenage boy gunned down fellow students at a California high school on his 16th birthday Thursday, killing two and wounding another three before turning the pistol on himself. The gunman was taken into custody in “grave” condition, police said, as officers stormed Saugus High School in Santa Clarita — the latest in […]
Seven killed after car bomb blast near Afghan interior ministry
KABUL: At least seven people were killed and ten wounded, including four foreigners, when a minivan packed with explosives detonated during Kabul´s morning rush hour Wednesday, an interior ministry spokesman said. The spokesman, Nasrat Rahimi, said the bomb — targeting an SUV belonging to a private Canadian security company, GardaWorld — had gone off in a […]
