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WASHINGTON– A seven-year-old Guatemalan girl died in American custody after being detained by US border police in the state of New Mexico, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. The girl -- who illegally crossed the border from Mexi...
WASHINGTON– Despite President Donald Trump's appeals for increased use of the death penalty, its application has declined in the United States, with executions and sentences at historically low levels. Twenty-five people were execu...
Jammu and Kashmir– Seven people were killed and three were injured in a road accident in Sujandhar village of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. The accident took place in mountainous Reasi district, about 210 km south of Srinagar city after...
NEW DELHI–At least 13 miners were feared dead after being trapped by flooding in an illegal "rat hole" coal mine site in remote northeastern India, police said Friday. Dozens of emergency workers were pumping water out of a l...
bhopal ,Madhya Pradesh–Chief Minister-elect of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath, is slated to meet Governor Anandiben Patel on Friday at 10.30 am to discuss his oath-taking ceremony, among other things. “I will meet Governor at 10.30 am ...
HANOI–A flood caused by heavy rain in Vietnam's central region since the weekend has claimed 13 lives and left one person missing, the country's Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Thursday. ...
NEW YORK– Donald Trump's former lawyer apologized Wednesday for covering up the "dirty deeds" of his ex-boss as he was sentenced to three years for multiple crimes including hush money payments implicating the US president. ...
WASHINGTON– Veteran Democrat Nancy Pelosi took a step Wednesday toward regaining her old job as powerful speaker of the US House of Representatives. She did so by winning over a group of renegades in the chamber with a pledge to serve ...
JERUSALEM–Israeli forces on Thursday killed a Palestinian suspected of murdering two Israelis in the occupied West Bank, following a two-month manhunt, officials said. Ashraf Naalwa was suspected of killing a 28-year-old woman and a 35...
BRUSSELS–Bloodied but not yet beaten, Prime Minister Theresa May comes to Brussels for the second time in three days on Thursday, battling to save her Brexit deal and her career. The British leader, who survived a confidence vote stage...
VANCOUVER– A Canadian court granted bail on Tuesday to a top Chinese telecom company executive wanted in the United States in a case that has rattled relations between China and the North American allies. The conditional release g...
JAKARTA– Separatist Papuan rebels who killed at least 16 construction workers at a remote jungle camp refused Indonesia's demand to surrender Wednesday, as claims surfaced that the military murdered civilians after the massacre. Th...
YANGON– The state visit of Indian President Ram Nath Kovind to Myanmar has elevated Myanmar-India friendly relations to a higher level, said Myanmar President U Win Myint. Speaking at a banquet hosted for his visiting Indian counterpar...
SRINAGAR, India–Suspected rebels attacked a police post in Indian-administered Kashmir Tuesday killing four officers, police said, two days after soldiers killed two teenage rebels in the restive territory. In the latest incident of th...
Bhopal ,India – The early trends coming from Madhya Pradesh indicated close fight between Congress and the incumbent BJP. Though the Election Commission website showed BJP in lead in two seats, the general trend coming from the countin...
KINSHASA– The election posters are up, the candidates are doing the rounds and the party rallies are taking place almost without a hitch. But observers say plenty of nasty surprises remain in store as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan–At least eight police officers and 11 Taliban militants were killed after clashes erupted in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar overnight, a local official said Tuesday. "Scores of armed militant...
KABUL– At least four people were killed and another six injured after a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of security forces in Kabul early Tuesday, officials said, in the latest bloody Taliban-claimed attack in the Afghan capital. The ...
BRUSSELS–Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May will meet EU leaders in Brussels on Tuesday as she tours European capitals seeking help to save her Brexit plan. The president of the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, Je...
YANGON– Indian President Ram Nath Kovind arrived at Nay Pyi Taw on Monday for a state visit to Myanmar, according to official sources. During the trip, the Indian president is expected to meet with Myanmar government leadership includi...
