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Indian Engineer pleads guilty to supporting Terrorism in US

An Indian engineer who was accused of sending funds to a leader of the al-Qaida terrorist organization pleaded guilty on April 11 to concealment of funding terrorism in a federal court in Toledo in the United States. Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad, 38, has lived in Toledo since 2006. He is to receive a

Syria 'chemical attack': France's President Macron 'has proof'

France's President Emmanuel Macron says he has "proof" that the Syrian government attacked the town of Douma with chemical weapons last weekend. He said he would decide "in due course" whether to respond with air strikes. Western states are thought to be preparing for missile strikes in response

More than 250 killed in Algeria military plane crash

More than 250 people were killed when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algeria’s capital on April 11, state media said, in the country’s worst air disaster. Television footage showed crowds and emergency vehicles massing around the smoking and flaming wreckage near Boufarik airport sou

Seven Myanmar soldiers sentenced to 10 years in jail over Rohingya massacre

Seven Myanmar soldiers have been sentenced to “10 years in prison with hard labour in a remote area” for participating in a massacre of 10 Rohingya Muslim men in a village in northwestern Rakhine state last September, the army said on Tuesday. The military said in a statement published on Command

Russian military says Israeli warplanes struck Syrian air base: Ifax

The Russian military said on Monday that two Israeli F-15 warplanes had carried out strikes on a Syrian air base on Sunday, the Interfax news agency reported. Interfax cited the Russian Defense Ministry as saying the Israeli warplanes had carried out the strikes from Lebanese airspace, and that S

Queen Elizabeth a descendant fo Prophet Muhammed, claims report

London: Britain's Queen Elizabeth is a descendant of Prophet Muhammed, a Moroccan newspaper has claimed, attributing the bizarre finding to a study. According to the Daily Mail, the findings were first published in 1986 by Burke's Peerage, a British authority on royal pedigrees. The Morrocan news

India, Nepal to boost agricultural cooperation

New Delhi: India and Nepal have agreed to give momentum to bilateral cooperation in agricultural sector for the benefit of farmers of both the nations, an official statement said. The Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli is in India on a three-day visit, his first overseas tour after taking cha

There are no innocent people in Gaza, says Israel Defence Minister

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday said there were “no innocent people” in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after 10 days of protests and clashes left 30 Palestinians dead. “There are no innocent people in the Gaza Strip,” Lieberman told Israel’s public radio. “Everyone’s connected to H

Germany: Several dead after vehicle ploughs into crowd in Muenster city

Several people are feared dead after a car drove into a group of people in the western German city of Muenster on Saturday, Reuters reported quoting Spiegel Online. There have been reports of multiple injuries. However, it was not clear whether the incident was an attack. “There are several dead,

South Korean court jails ex-president Park for 24 yrs in corruption scandal

A South Korean court jailed former President Park Geun-hye for 24 years on Friday over a scandal that exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country's conglomerates. Park became South Korea's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office last year when the Con

Pakistani prime minister in Afghanistan to ease tensions

Pakistan’s prime minister arrived in Afghanistan on Friday for a day-long visit many see as an effort to ease strained relations between the two neighbors and revive a push for peace talks with the Taliban. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was welcomed by Afghan President Asharf Ghani and the two inspected an h

Pakistani court bars government from 'harassing' Hafiz Saeed

ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court on Thursday ordered government authorities to not "harass" banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and allow him to continue his "social welfare activities". The founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) alleged in a petition

Children feared dead as Afghan airstrikes targeting Taliban hit graduation

KABUL, Afghanistan — Dozens of Afghan civilians, including children, were feared dead Wednesday after government airstrikes hit a religious school graduation in the north of the country, witnesses told NBC News. In the hours after Monday’s bombing, the Afghan Ministry of Defense insisted that the

China slaps retaliatory duties, strikes at signature U.S. exports

China hit back quickly on April 4 against the Donald Trump administration’s plans to slap tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, retaliating with a list of similar duties on key U.S. imports, including soybeans, planes, cars, beef and chemicals. The speed with which the trade tussle between Was

India welcomes US designation of Pakistan’s MML as terror outfit

India on Tuesday welcomed the US designating Pakistan-based Milli Muslim League (MML), an alias of Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a foreign terror organisation, saying the decision reflects rejection of the attempts being made in Pakistan to mainstream terrorist individuals and entities. Reacting to the US mov

Toughest ever H-1B visa process begins today

The process of filing petitions for H-1B, one of the most sought after American work visas among highly skilled Indian professionals, begins Monday amid unprecedented scrutiny by the Trump administration. From April 2 (Monday), the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) will o

US visa applicants to be asked for social media history: State Department

In a broad expansion of the information gathered from applicants for US visas, the federal government is proposing to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the United States, according to a State Department filing on Friday. The proposal, if approved by the Off

Minibus carrying migrants crashes in eastern Turkey, killing 17

A minibus packed with migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran crashed and burst into flames in eastern Turkey, killing 17 people, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Friday. The bus, designed to carry 14 people, was carrying more than 50 foreign nationals when it hit a lamp post and caught