Ohio Facebook killer hunted by US police

Cleveland police issued an arrest warrant yesterday for a gunman they said murdered a man in a crime he broadcast live on Facebook.
17 April 2017, 18:00 PM

WikiLeaks a hostile intelligence service: CIA chief

CIA Director Mike Pompeo calls WikiLeaks a "hostile intelligence service," using his first public speech as spy agency chief to denounce leakers who have plagued US intelligence.
17 April 2017, 15:45 PM

Mattis to travel next week to ME, Africa

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is heading to the Middle East and Africa next week for a series of meetings with regional allies, the
15 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Court weighs blocking Trump order on sanctuary cities

A US judge on Friday heard arguments from lawyers representing two so-called sanctuary cities that are challenging President Donald
15 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Dino ancestors looked like crocodiles: Study

Fossils discovered in Tanzania in the 1930s have helped identify a "missing link" in dinosaur evolution that reveals their ancestors had long necks, walked on four legs and looked like crocodiles.
15 April 2017, 09:34 AM

Trailer for 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' finally here

Disney has released the very first trailer and poster for episode eight of the Star Wars saga, "The Last Jedi", at Star Wars Celebration, a fan festival in Orlando.
15 April 2017, 07:00 AM

Dhaka 2nd among top cities with active Facebook users

Dhaka has been ranked second among the top cities of the world having largest active Facebook users.Bangkok is the number one city ahead of Dhaka and in the country category, the United States leads all having over 21 crore active users of Facebook, says a recent report conducted jointly by social media research organisations -- We Are Social and Hootsuite.
15 April 2017, 05:01 AM

Trump takes U-turn again

After less than three months in office, President Donald Trump has abruptly shifted his stance on an array of foreign policy issues
13 April 2017, 18:49 PM

Trump gave Syria attack order 'during dessert'

US President Donald Trump gave the order to strike Syria with dozens of cruise missiles "during dessert" with visiting Chinese leader Xi
13 April 2017, 18:46 PM

Boy, 8, on joy ride for a cheeseburger

An eight-year-old American boy drove his father's van to a McDonald's because he just had to have a cheeseburger.
13 April 2017, 18:30 PM

Facebook looking at behaviour to weed out fake accounts

Facebook says it has started weeding out bogus accounts by watching for suspicious behaviour such as repetitive posts or torrents of messages.
13 April 2017, 06:33 AM

Jaguar wins World Car of the Year

On the eve of the 2017 New York International Auto Show, Jaguar's first-ever SUV, the F-Pace, has been named the 2017 World Car of the Year.
13 April 2017, 04:56 AM

‘Thor: Ragnarok' trailer gets record-breaking views

Released online on April 10, the trailer for the Norse god's third movie adventure has been watched 136 million times in just 24 hours -- a new record for Disney and Marvel Studios.
13 April 2017, 04:37 AM

Dead bat found in salad at US Walmart sparks recall

US Health officials want to find out how a dead bat in a “deteriorated condition” ended up inside a packaged salad sold at a grocery store in Florida.
12 April 2017, 07:14 AM

Three dead in murder-suicide at US school

A man walked into a school in southern California Monday and shot dead his estranged wife in front of her students, killing an eight-
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM

N Korea warns of nuke strike

North Korean state media yesterday warned of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of US aggression as a US Navy strike
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzers

The Pulitzer Prizes on Monday honored The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump's presidential campaign and
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzer Prizes for work on Trump, Putin

The Pulitzer Prizes honors The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump's presidential campaign and The New York Times for revealing Vladimir Putin's covert power grab, praising their probing of powerful people despite a hostile climate for the news media.
11 April 2017, 04:30 AM

Trump presses Xi on trade, N Korea

President Donald Trump pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping to do more to curb North Korea's nuclear program and help reduce the gaping US trade deficit with Beijing in talks on Friday, even as he toned down the strident anti-China rhetoric of his election campaign.
8 April 2017, 18:00 PM

Trump ally in Congress steps aside

The chairman of the House intelligence committee announced yesterday he was temporarily stepping aside from the panel's probe into
6 April 2017, 18:26 PM