US Senate committee questions Trump’s nuclear authority
WASHINGTON Nov 15 (TNS): A US Senate committee held the first congressional hearing in more than four decades on the president’s authority to launch...
Canada seeks NAFTA arbitration in lumber dispute with US
Montreal, Nov 15 (TNS): Canada has requested that its trade dispute with Washington over US duties imposed on softwood lumber go to arbitration under...
China to send envoy to North Korea
Beijing, Nov 15 (TNS): China will send a special envoy to North Korea this week, state media said Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump...
Hate speech against Muslims rampant in UK press, says British-Pakistani politician Sayeeda Warsi
LONDON Nov 15 (TNS): A former British-Pakistani minister has said that hate speech and Islamophobia have become a “plague” in British newspapers and asked...
Military takes to streets in Zimbabwe but denies coup; says Mugabe ‘safe’
HARARE Nov 15 (TNS): Zimbabwean military officers read an address live on state TV in the early hours of Wednesday, saying they were not...
US teacher suspended for ripping off student’s hijab
WASHINGTON Nov 15 (TNS): A teacher in the US state of Tennessee has been suspended after a video surfaced showing her ripping hijab off...
At least four killed, a dozen wounded in California school shooting
CALIFORNIA Nov 15 (TNS): At least four people were killed and nearly a dozen people were wounded, including three young children, when a shooting...
One freedom fighter martyred, Indian soldier killed in IOK encounter
Anantnag, Nov. 14 (TNS): In an early morning encounter between Indian security forces and group of freedom fighters in Nowbug Kund area of occupied Kashmir's...
Watchdog warns of ‘high risk’ digital currency offers
PARIS Nov 14 (TNS): A European financial markets watchdog has warned of the risks to investors of putting money in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs),...
Oil steady near two-year highs, US supply increase caps rise
NEW YORK Nov 14 (TNS): Oil prices held steady in a tight range after briefly testing lower, with support from Middle East tensions and...
