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US executes inmate for killing man in $8 robbery
October 7, 2015 11:16 IST
Juan Martin Garcia was lethally injected Tuesday for the 1998 shooting death of Hugo Solano.
US: 8-year-old girl gunned down by 11-year-old boy after she refuses to let him play with puppySubscriber Only
October 7, 2015 10:40 IST
The two children went to the same school, where McKayla was in second grade and the boy in fifth grade. Dyer said the boy had bullied her daughter before, when they first moved to the neighborhood.
Yemen PM survives rocket attack on hotel after forces kill 15Subscriber Only
October 6, 2015 22:26 IST
Prime Minister Khaled Bahah escaped unharmed, but the attack on the Al-Qasr hotel as well as military installations elsewhere in the southern port city left dead 15 Arab soldiers and fighters loyal to his govt.
UK hacked routers in Pakistan to identify terrorists, claims Edward Snowden
October 7, 2015 10:34 IST
Snowden said GCHQ could gain access to a handset by sending it an encrypted text message and use it for such things as taking pictures and listening in.
Nobel Prize in Physics: Kajita, McDonald bag award for work on neutrinos
October 6, 2015 20:06 IST
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Takaaki Kajita, Arthur McDonald had made key contributions to experiments showing that neutrinos change identities.
11-year-old boy shoots eight-year-old neighbour after row over puppySubscriber Only
October 7, 2015 08:40 IST
The boy shot the girl in the chest after he asked to see her puppy and she refused. He has been charged with first degree murder and was being held in a juvenile detention center.
Guatemala declares mudslide-hit community uninhabitable
October 6, 2015 11:03 IST
As the death toll rose to 152 late yesterday, questions mounted about why people were allowed to build homes at the base of a dangerous hillside next to a small river.
GoPro camera captures Russian jet dropping bombs on ISIS in Syria
October 6, 2015 10:55 IST
Russia is the latest country to enter the ongoing civil war in Syria
152 killed in massive Guatemala mudslide, rescue work still on
October 6, 2015 08:51 IST
Mudslide in Guatemala: Around 300 people still remain missing.
Woman sits dead for hours at McDonald’s in Hong KongSubscriber Only
October 6, 2015 07:46 IST
A homeless woman lay dead at a Hong Kong McDonald's restaurant for hours surrounded by diners who failed to notice her
Three scientists from Ireland, Japan and China win 2015 Nobel Prize in medicine
October 5, 2015 19:21 IST
The Nobel judges in Stockholm awarded the prestigious prize to William Campbell, who was born in Ireland and became a US citizen in 1962, Satoshi Omura of Japan and Tu Youyou — the first-ever Chinese medicine laureate.
Search area expanded to locate missing Indonesian plane
October 5, 2015 17:26 IST
On Sunday, two aircraft and two helicopters combed areas around the location where the missing plane was believed to have made the last contact.
Hong Kong ex-leader charged in corruption probe
October 5, 2015 15:03 IST
Donald Tsang, 70, is the highest-ranking official to be ensnared by the anti-corruption watchdog.
Syrian refugees return home due to intolerable conditions in host nations
October 5, 2015 14:06 IST
Aid officials say return of refugees signal that conditions in regional host countries have become increasingly intolerable.
Conflict Zone: Who is fighting whom in Syria
October 5, 2015 08:48 IST
Here is the state of play in the Syrian civil war that has ravaged the country in the last five years.
Portugual ruling govt wins re-election despite austerity policies opposed across EuropeSubscriber Only
October 5, 2015 11:42 IST
A convincing win for the centre-right would be a huge turn up for the books for a government which pushed through four years of swingeing austerity.
Islamic State group destroyed ancient Palmyra arch: Syrian activists
October 5, 2015 09:49 IST
The monumental arch sat atop the famed colonnaded streets of the ancient city, which linked the Roman Empire to Persia.
Guatemala mudslide death toll rises to 131, hundreds remain missingSubscriber Only
October 5, 2015 10:48 IST
On Thursday night, following heavy rain, waterlogged earth and debris tore through the village of El Cambray II destroying or damaging 125 homes.
Russia’s airstrikes in Syria playing well at home; reclaiming global power statusSubscriber Only
October 5, 2015 07:22 IST
The Russian airstrikes that began Wednesday have mainly targeted central and northwestern Syria, strategic regions that are the gateway to Assad's strongholds in the capital, Damascus, and along the coast.
Afghan situation confused and complicated but we will get facts: Pentagon chief CarterSubscriber Only
October 5, 2015 07:10 IST
Carter said he told Campbell to make sure that the US provides any medical care needed for those in the northern city of Kunduz.
Typhoon Mujigae hits China; tens of thousands evacuated
October 4, 2015 19:26 IST
Close to 200,000 people in southern China were evacuated before Typhoon Mujigae roared into Guangdong province, officials said.
Pope Francis asserts marriage is forever at start of family meeting
October 4, 2015 16:43 IST
One of the major debates at the synod is whether divorced and civilly remarried Catholics can receive Communion.
Dismissing IS claims, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina accuses BNP-Jamaat of killing foreigners
October 4, 2015 14:05 IST
The BNP-Jamaat have "definitely abetted these murders in an attempt to overshadow Bangladesh's achievements", said the Bangladeshi Prime Minister.
Titanic’s last lunch menu goes under the hammer for $88,000
October 4, 2015 09:31 IST
The online New York auctioneer Lion Heart Autographs offered the menu and two other previously unknown artifacts from Lifeboat 1.
Oregon shooting: Donald Trump defends gun rights, criticises gun-free zonesSubscriber Only
October 4, 2015 08:38 IST
While Trump warned that "no matter what you do, you will always have problems," he argued that it doesn't make sense to limit access to firearms.
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