1 killed, 1 hurt after helicopter crashes onto an icy reservoir in Idaho
Idaho Falls (US): One person died and another was hurt when their helicopter crashed Thursday onto a frozen reservoir in southeast Idaho, authorities said. Multiple agencies responded to the Ririe Reservoir east of Idaho Falls in the late afternoon, the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. First responders travelled to the site using […]
Brazil’s top court justice orders X to pay $1.4 million fine for non-compliance
Sao Paulo: Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X to pay 8.1 million Brazilian reais (USD 1.4 million) in fines for failing to comply with judicial orders, according to a judicial ruling. The ruling, signed on Wednesday and made public by the court on Thursday, said the social media platform refused to provide […]
Six elephants killed after passenger train collides with wild herd in Sri Lanka
Colombo: At least six elephants were killed when a passenger train hit a herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, an official said on Thursday. Four baby elephants and two adults died in the collision near Minneriya, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the capital, Colombo. The area is renowned for its nature park […]
Israel’s UN ambassador accuses Hamas of returning unidentified body as if it were worthless shipment’
United Nations: Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon accused Hamas of returning an unidentified body instead of the mother of two murdered boys, “as if it were a worthless shipment.” “This is a new low, an evil and cruelty with no parallel,” he said in a statement late Thursday. “There are no words that can describe […]
Child hostages identified but body Hamas released was not of their mother, Israel says
Tel Aviv: The remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother, the Israeli military said early Friday. Hamas militants had turned over four bodies Thursday under the tenuous ceasefire that has paused over 15 months of war. Israel confirmed one body was that of […]
Following US lead, Canada designates 7 Latin American criminal groups as terrorist entities
Ottawa: Canada is designating seven Latin American criminal organisations as terrorist entities under the country’s Criminal Code, giving Canadian law enforcement another tool in the fight against fentanyl trafficking, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty has said. The list includes Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, Jalisco New Generation Cartel and La Nueva Familia Michoacana, and was announced a […]
Trump administration flouting order to temporarily lift freeze on foreign aid, judge says
Washington: The Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programmes worldwide, a federal judge has said. Judge Amir H. Ali on Thursday declined a request by nonprofit groups doing business with the US Agency for International Development to find Trump administration officials […]
India, Pak hold flag meeting along LoC in Poonch
Jammu: India and Pakistan on Friday held a flag meeting along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district in an effort to ease tension after several recent incidents of cross-border firing and an IED attack, official sources said. The sources said the brigade-commander level flag meeting took place in the Chakkan-Da-Bagh […]
Needed leaders in every field who understand international mindset with Indian mind: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the country needs leaders in different fields whose approach is global but mindset is Indian. “We need people who move forward understanding international mindset with an Indian mind,” he said at the School of Ultimate Leadership conclave here. Pitching for leaders in different fields who […]
1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court reserves order on quantum of sentence against Sajjan Kumar
New Delhi: A court here on Friday reserved for February 25 the order on the quantum of sentence against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. During the hearing, a complainant, whose husband and son were killed by a mob instigated by Kumar, urged the Delhi court to award death penalty to […]
