Prince Harry, Meghan Markle expecting a baby
LONDON — Newlyweds Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expecting a baby in the spring, the royal household announced on Monday. The news came as the couple arrived in Sydney at the start of a 16-day tour of the South Pacific and Australia, a constitutional monarchy whose head of state is Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth […]
India minister denies misconduct after #MeToo accusations
Junior external affairs minister denies claims of more than a dozen women relating to his time as a newspaper editor, calling the allegations ‘false, baseless and wild’ Mobashar Jawed Akbar threatened to take legal action against the women, calling the allegations “false, baseless and wild”, hours after he returned from an official trip to Africa, […]
MeToo claims hit head of India’s powerful cricket board
The chief executive of India’s powerful cricket board has been given a week to explain allegations of sexual harassment against him, as the country’s fledgling #MeToo movement gathers pace. Rahul Johri, CEO of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), was named in an account shared by Indian author Harnidh Kaur on Twitter. […]
Hurricane Michael death toll hits 17, officials say it could rise
PANAMA CITY: Three days after Hurricane Michael’s devastating strike, search teams in Florida pressed their hunt for victims into hard-to-reach areas Saturday (Oct 13), as the death toll rose to 17 and officials scrambled to deliver aid to those who lost everything. The mammoth storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Wednesday, […]
FIFTEEN KILLED AS MIGRANT VEHICLE CRASHES IN TURKEY
Istanbul -Fifteen people, including children, died on Sunday when a vehicle carrying migrants plunged off the highway into a river-bed in western Turkey, state media said. The vehicle, believed to be a lorry, was travelling from Aydin towards the Aegean city of Izmir when it flipped over and fell into the river several metres below, […]
‘We are fine’: Melania Trump dismisses gossip about marriage
Melania Trump dismissed Friday the widespread talk about her husband President Donald Trump’s alleged affairs with a porn star and others, saying she has “more important things to think about.” In an interview with ABC News, excerpts of which were broadcast early Friday, the US first lady did not deny her husband’s alleged history of […]
Romanian citizen, one other arrested for ATM fraud
Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) on Friday has arrested two members of a gang, including a Romanian citizen, accused of committing ATM fraud in Islamabad. At least 130 ATM and credit cards, over a thousand fake ATM cards, a laptop and a camera were seized from the hold of the suspects. The gang has defrauded citizens […]
Indian court order to seize property of Zakir Naik
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in India has ordered attachment of five properties belonging to controversial preacher and head of the Islamic Research Foundation, Zakir Naik, Mumbai mirror reported. The properties include a shop and four flats in Mazgaon, close to the IRF headquartersin Dongri. Charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) two years ago, Naik was declared […]
Trump vows ‘severe punishment’ if Saudis killed Jamal Khashoggi
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said in a CBS interview on Saturday that there would be “severe punishment” for Saudi Arabia if it turns out that missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Donald Trump does not want to “hurt jobs” by sanctioning Saudi Arabia over the escape of […]
Producer Karim Morani accused of sexual assault
A 21-year-old aspiring actress has accused producer Karim Morani of raping and blackmailing her. Morani best known for Chennai Express, Ra One and Happy New Year becomes the latest name in Bollywood to be charged with of sexual harassment after statement against writer Varun Grover, actor Alok Nath and singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya surfced earlier this week. In an interview […]
