Suicide car bomber hits Afghan capital, at least four wounded
Kabul March 2 (TNS): A police official said a suicide bomber had struck in the Afghan capital, Kabul, after a loud explosion was heard...
US bill seeking closer ties with Taiwan anger China
Washington March 1 (TNS): The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a bill promoting closer U.S. ties with Taiwan, which China has warned could threaten...
Walmart raises age limit to buy guns
Washington March 1 (TNS): Walmart Inc, the largest U.S. retailer, joined Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc in raising the minimum age to purchase firearms to...
52 people die in bus fire in Kazakhstan
MOSCOW Jan 18 (TNS): Emergency officials in Kazakhstan say 52 people have died when a bus carrying them caught fire.
The Emergencies Ministry of the...
Woman hangs herself after husband ‘delays shopping trip by a day due to office...
LUCKNOW Jan 18 (TNS): An Indian woman died after she hanged herself as husband delayed a planned shopping trip by a day.
Deepak Dwivedi says...
Kidnappers abduct 2 Americans, 2 Canadians in Nigeria; 2 police officers killed
KADUNA Jan 18 (TNS): Kidnappers have abducted two Americans and two Canadians in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, killing two police officers, a...
Donald Trump unveils ‘Fake News Awards’
WASHINGTON Jan 18 (TNS): At loggerheads with much of the US news media since his election, Trump finally doled out his "Fake News Awards"...
Gilani concerned over plight of Kashmiri detainees
SRINAGAR Jan 18 (TNS): In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, has expressed deep anguish and concern over...
Indian boy shot dead in police crossfire
LUCKNOW Jan 18 (TNS): An eight-year-old boy was shot and killed in police crossfire in northern India, an officer said Thursday.
Madhav Bharadwaj was playing...
India test-fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile
NEW DELHI Jan 18 (TNS): India test-fired its nuclear-capable long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ‘Agni-V’, the Indian Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
The Agni-V, believed...
