UK: All samples from high-rise towers fail fire safety tests
The apartments were evacua. The Leader of Camden Council has said some 200 residents are refusing to leave four tower blocks evacuated over fire safety concerns in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster. The council said it hoped most would be... More..
Israel starts work on new settlement amid USA peace push
US officials are calling the trip part of an effort to keep the conversation going rather than the launching of a new phase in the peace process, saying that Kushner and Jason Greenblatt , the president's spec...More..
Russian Federation recalls Sergey Kislyak to Moscow
Controversy has swirled around him since past year, particularly with respect to his communications with the highest levels of the Trump administration. It led Sessions to recuse himself from the Russian inve...More..
Philippines says pro-Daesh group controls 20 percent of Marawi City
The Palace confirmed on Tuesday that it knew of the Maute group's plan to take over Marawi City prior to the attack on May 23. The AFP on Saturday said U.S. The Philippines and the USA government signed a...More..
Arnie throws weight behind effort for global environment pact
As for Mr Schwarzeneggar, he is a noted supporter of climate-friendly policies and in a video posted earlier this month he said that "one man can not destroy our progress". Macron's English is a little off, b...More..
MI health chief charged in Flint water probe
Lyon was also charged with one felony count of misconduct in office. January 13, 2016: Snyder announces there had been 87 cases of Legionnaires' disease in Genesee County since spring 2014, including nine dea...More..
Trump, Modi seek rapport despite friction on trade, immigration
Since taking office on 20 January, the Trump administration has given priority to economic revival and growth, with an increased accent on hiring Americans for jobs at home and stress on investments being m...More..
Tripura: Political parties strongly criticizes BJP's dark horse for the Presidential election
And, that's where the election of the President of India has taken a turn that could well have been avoided - the caste equation playing a major role in the choice of candidates. Chief minister Yogi Adityana...More..
Six suspended staffers of Byculla Women's Jail booked for murder of convict
Manju Govind Shette (45), a convict , died at the government-run J J Hospital on Friday night after allegedly being beaten up by a woman prison official. The prison has about 250 women inmates. "Due to the d...More..
Modi remembers Emergency on its anniversary, pitches for preserving democracy
Most of the Indian community members expressed confidence in Prime Minister Modi's vision of making India a developed country. "Now terrorists have explained terrorism to them so we don't have to". None of this...More..
Ed Sheeran to rock Glastonbury on final night
Ed Sheeran doesn't need anything more than his guitar to captivate an audience - even at Glastonbury Festival . " Ed Sheeran is an incredible musician, don't understand how anyone can think he doesn't dese...More..
Ram Nath Kovind starts nation-wide tour, meets MLAs, MPs in Lucknow
Among state assemblies, UP MLAs have the highest vote value of 83,824 votes, with 208 votes per legislator, while Sikkim House has the lowest value of 224 votes with each MLA commanding just 7 votes. Though he ...More..
Cristiano Ronaldo confident of Portugal's Confederations Cup chances
Portugal have made it through to the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup and will take on Chile on Wednesday, with Silva hoping to be involved in that fixture. With this victory, the CONCACAF champion st...More..
London fire-hit tower block cladding fail safety tests
Meanwhile in London , Police investigating the fire at Grenfell Tower have revealed that insulation - as well as cladding tiles - have failed safety tests . Tests will be carried out to establish whether ...More..
Kovind to meet MPs, MLAs in Kashmir on Wednesday
Ramnath Kovind, the former Bihar governor and the presidential candidate of the NDA , the ruling alliance at the Centre arrived here on Sunday to kick-start the campaign, Accompanied by the Union surface trans...More..
Pakistan raises death toll to 157 from fuel truck fire
The tanker was traveling from the port city of Karachi to Lahore when it crashed on a national highway outside Bahawalpur. "At least 123 people were killed before getting any medical help while the rescue off...More..
Paswan Invites Nitish Kumar to Re-join NDA
Speaking to reporters in Patna , JD (U) state president Bashistha Narain Singh said that "the party can not tolerate this and RJD must stop their leaders from making statements against the chief minister". The...More..
Tillerson urges Qatar and boycotting Arab countries to resolve crisis
He added: "If you look at the words of Secretary Tillerson, you have to slightly read between the lines, because he has been very careful - all of the countries involved are all close U.S. Saudi Arabia, the Uni...More..
British offer on European Union citizens' rights 'below expectations'
The mood around the table was that May's offer was the "bare minimum", a European source told AFP , while Brussels is also clear that the cut-off date must be the day Britain leaves the EU. Mrs May acknowledge...More..
More than 100 missing after landslide buries village in China
Authorities at the scene said on Sunday 10 bodies had been confirmed recovered, refuting a report by the Xinhua state news agency on Saturday that 15 people had been confirmed killed. Eighteen million cubic...More..
Turkey to use its authority to resolve Qatar crisis
Cavusoglu said he told the Saudi king that "it would be useful now to soften the conditions" against Qatar. Kiziltas noted that despite all the efforts of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE , the people of thes...More..
Six police officers injured during clashes with protesters in London
They allege the 25-year-old Mr Costa, known by friends as Edson, was "brutally beaten" and chanted " we want justice " during the demonstration. Some protestors carried Black Lives Matter posters and others...More..
United States to announce travel ban for North Korea?
The news shed light on the Warmbier family's statement that their son suffered severe brain damage at some point in his 17 months of detention. "He announced that Warmbier "[showed] no sign of understanding l...More..
China's jailed Nobel Peace laureate granted medical parole
He is being treated in a hospital in the northeastern city of Shenyang. "He is just receiving medical treatment for his illness", Mo said. Liu was arrested in late 2008 after co-authoring Charter 08, a widely...More..
Trump optimistic on health care; some doubtful
Durbin called the way that Republican Senators crafted the legislation disgraceful, complaining about the lack of public hearings and debate. Hours after McConnell unveiled the bill Thursday, four other Republi...More..
A stunning victory for Emmanuel Macron in the French Parliament election
She pointed to the fact that only around 49 percent of the electorate cast a ballot on Sunday - the lowest level in a parliamentary election in France for six decades. "France is back", Prime Minister Edouard P...More..
Turkish FM, economy minister to visit Qatar amid diplomatic row
The Qatari foreign ministry said Saudi Arabia's offer to provide food and medical assistance confirmed that the closure of transport links "is a siege, not a boycott, and reflects the clear contradiction in s...More..
USA opts out of G7 pledge stating Paris climate accord is 'irreversible'
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt talks with Italy's Minister of the Environment Gian Luca Galletti during a summit of Environment ministers from the G7 group of industriali...More..
Family sits down to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr
According to Anny Ting, host of the Eid celebration, the money envelope is called "Amplop putih" in Indonesia, which is available in green, white, and red. Wishing you a Happy Eid! Afghan children enjoyin...More..
As PM Narendra Modi, President Trump meet, all eyes on Washington
There has been not a single blot on our government in the past three years. Apple recently began assembling iPhones in India , while defense manufacturing giant Lockheed Martin will make and export F-16 fi...More..