United States

To recline or not: American Airlines flyer's videotaped ordeal puts flight etiquette in focus

The question about reclining the seat trended when Wendi Williams, an American Airlines passenger, was forced to not recline her seat by the passenger sitting behind her

Feb 17, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Rouhani says Iran will never yield to US pressure for talks

While US sanctions have crippled Iran's economy, slashing its oil exports, Tehran has repeatedly dismissed talks over any new deal

Feb 17, 2020

By Reuters

Hamas militants used honeytrap to install malware in Israeli soldiers' smartphones: Report

Hamas militants posed as attractive women to compromise the victims' devices and then install malware

Feb 17, 2020

By Anirban Roy

EU must develop 'appetite for power', Borrell says

One of the top EU diplomats said on Sunday that the bloc's governments should be willing to intervene in international crises or risk prolonging paralysis in their foreign policy

Feb 16, 2020

By Reuters

14-year-old charged for fatally stabbing Barnard College student Tessa Majors in New York

Pieces of evidence, including video footage, witness identification and DNA found from Major's fingernail clippings, led authorities to link 14-year-old Rashaun Weaver to the crime

Feb 16, 2020

By Pritha Mallick

Nine homeless drug users shot dead in Afghan capital: Police

Officials reported that gunmen have shot down nine homeless drug users in the Afghan capital on Sunday

Feb 16, 2020

By Reuters

Should China be concerned with Australia acquiring American LRASM anti-ship missiles?

According to a statement released by the US State Department's DSCA, Australia might be buying anti-ship missiles from the US

Feb 16, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Kazakhstan to appoint special representative for Afghanistan

Around 1,000 young people from Afghanistan are studying in Kazakh universities and Kazakhstan is giving scholarships to Afghan women

Feb 16, 2020

By IANS

Sanders says presidential rival Bloomberg will not excite voters

Bernie Sanders was critical of Bloomberg's stances on minimum wage laws, policing, taxing the rich and regulating the Wall Street

Feb 16, 2020

By Reuters

Us election 2020

New Chinese coronavirus cases show slight fall; Chinese tourist dies in France

After more than three weeks of struggle, the number of cases of the new coronavirus disease fell slightly on Sunday

Feb 16, 2020

By Reuters

Coronavirus

17-year-old accused of killing mother, younger brother arrested in North Carolina

Levi Norwood's father told deputies he came home to find his wife and youngest son killed on Friday in Midland, Virginia

Feb 16, 2020

By Pritha Mallick

UN designated terrorist and 'JeM' founder Masood Azhar is missing in Pakistan

Masood Azhar, the founder of JeM and a UN listed terrorist is missing and questions have turned towards Pakistan's capability in holding down terrorism

Feb 16, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Singaporean who 'illegally exported' radio equipment to Iran extradited to US

Prison death rates rise: California man on death row dies as another gets killed in a fight

Two inmates attacked Joseph Martinez using a made-up weapon at the Facility C general population maximum-security yard in Calipatria State Prison, southern California

Feb 16, 2020

By Pritha Mallick

'Disown them:' Biden criticizes Sanders for supporters' online attacks

Joe Biden on Saturday, February 15 criticized the conduct of online supporters of the Democratic candidate Senator Bernie Sanders

Feb 16, 2020

By Reuters

Benjamin Griveaux quits Paris mayoral race over sex scandal

Mayoral candidate Benjamin Griveaux bows out of the race after facing backlash over alleged unsolicited images which were sent to a woman who was not his wife

Feb 15, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

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