SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, and was followed three hours later by an aftershock measuring 6.0. They are the largest in a series of quakes that have struck the U.S. territory in recent days and caused heavy damage […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials braced for Iran to respond to the killing of its most powerful general, noting heightened military readiness in the country and preparing for a possible “tit-for-tat” attempt on the life of an American military commander. They warned ships across Mideast waterways crucial to global energy […]
TEHRAN, Iran — A stampede on Tuesday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike last week killed 40 people and injured 213 others, two Iranian semi-official news agencies reported. The stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. […]
NEW YORK – Lawyers in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial will begin selecting jurors on Tuesday, a challenging process in the wake of the #MeToo movement and fresh sex crime charges brought against the former film producer. Hours after Weinstein’s New York trial started on Monday, Los Angeles District […]
DUBAI/BAGHDAD – Dozens of people were killed in a stampede as huge crowds of mourners gathered for the funeral of a slain military commander in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman on Tuesday, forcing his burial to be postponed, state-affiliated media reported. Tens of thousands of people had […]
No arrest made in connection with Sunday night’s violence but police file case against Aishe Ghosh for vandalism. Police in India have filed a case against a left-wing student leader and 19 others for vandalising a server room on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on Saturday, but have yet […]
Iranian legislators pass bill designating US military, Pentagon as terror groups for ordering Soleimani’s killing. Iran’s parliament has unanimously passed a bill designating the United States‘ forces as “terrorists” over the assassination of top military commander Qassem Soleimani in an air attack in Iraq last week. Soleimani, the popular head of the Islamic […]
Kerman, Jan 7: Iranians gathered in Kerman for the burial Tuesday of top general Qasem Soleimani in the final stage of funeral processions after he was killed in a US strike in Iraq. The massive number of mourners in the hometown of the slain commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ […]
Mumbai, Jan 7: Protest against the JNU violence was called off here on Tuesday after the demonstrators were shifted from the Gateway of India to Azad Maidan, police said. In the morning, several protesters, including students and women, were taken in police vans from the iconic Gateway of India […]
Jammu, Jan 7: Kranti Dal on Tuesday batted for constituting a shrine board to manage affairs of hundreds of temples and their properties in Jammu and Kashmir. The outfit said existing religious and historical places in the union territory should be publicised to attract tourists and pilgrims from across […]
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