Tehran The blowback over the US killing of a top Iranian general mounted Sunday as Iran announced it will no longer abide by the limits contained in the 2015 nuclear deal and Iraq’s Parliament called for the expulsion of all American troops from Iraqi soil. The twin developments could bring Iran closer to building an […]
Miss South Africa was crowned Miss Universe 2019 on Sunday in Atlanta, US in a glitzy ceremony hosted by popular TV personality Steve Harvey. 26-year-old Zozibini Tunzi, dressed in a silver and blue gown, won beating Puerto Rican and Mexican finalists. Television personalities Vanessa Lachey and Olivia Culpo were backstage commentators, and a panel of […]
Rome Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has declared a 12-month state of emergency after a section of a motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa claiming 39 lives. Conte announced on Wednesday that he had allocated five million euros for the smooth facilitation of search and rescue operations. He added that his administration would withdraw the concession […]
ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has declared a 12-month state of emergency after a section of a motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa claiming 39 lives. Conte announced on Wednesday that he had allocated five million euros for the smooth facilitation of search and rescue operations. He added that his administration would withdraw the concession […]
Cape Canaveral A last-minute technical problem Saturday delayed NASA’s unprecedented flight to the sun. The early morning launch countdown was halted with just one-minute, 55 seconds remaining, keeping the Delta IV rocket on its pad with the Parker Solar Probe. Rocket maker United Launch Alliance said it would try again Sunday, provided the helium-pressure issue […]
Toronto At least four people were killed in a shooting in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton and one person was taken into custody, police said on Friday. Police in Fredericton, a city of about 56,000 that is the capital of the province of New Brunswick, said in a post on Twitter the incident was […]
Washington DC: United States President Donald Trump has said that there is no time limit set for North Korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons program. According to Yonhap, Trump’s remarks come a month after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore. During the summit, Kim Jong-un vowed to work towards […]
Jakarta: Indonesian villagers armed with knives, hammers and clubs slaughtered 292 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a crocodile at a breeding farm, an official said. Photographs released by Antara news agency showed bloodied carcasses of the crocodiles in a large pile in the Sorong district of the eastern Indonesian […]
Many H-1B holders could face deportation if their application for extension or change of status is rejected and their tenure of stay granted by the US government has expired, according to the new US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy. Announced on June 28, the policy memorandum empowers USCIS to issue a “Notice to Appear” […]
Chiang Rai A Thai medical team said on Wednesday that the 12 boys and their coach rescued from a cave in northern Thailand have lost approximately two kg of weight each after spending more than two weeks trapped underground. The team, however, said the weight loss doesn`t pose a risk to their lives, Efe news reported. […]