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Koregaon Bhima case: Maharashtra govt moves SC challenging Bombay HC order

New Delhi, Oct 25: The Maharashtra government Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order by which the extension of time granted to state police to conclude probe in the Koregaon Bhima violence case was set aside. The Bombay High Court Wednesday had quashed the lower […]

Central Bureau of Investigation hit by infighting, government orders probe

NEW DELHI – India’s government on Wednesday ordered a probe at the country’s top crime fighting bureau after its two senior officers accused each other of bribery and interference in police investigations. The weeks-long public spat between Alok Verma, director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and […]

Worried about iPhone eavesdroppers? China says Trump may need a Huawei

BEIJING – China’s foreign ministry has some suggestions for the Trump administration if they are worried about foreign eavesdropping on the U.S. president’s iPhone: use a Huawei handset instead. Or just sever ties with the outside world completely. The riposte came after a New York Times report that […]

Ethiopia appoints Africa’s only female president

Ethiopia on Thursday appointed a woman to the largely ceremonial position of president for the first time, further increasing female representation in the government of Africa’s second most populous nation. In a unanimous vote, Ethiopian lawmakers picked career diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde, 68, to replace Mulatu Teshome who resigned […]

NATO shows Russia its military might in giant exercises

Norway hosts NATO’s biggest exercises since the end of the Cold War from Thursday, to remind Russia the Alliance stands united despite seeds of doubt planted by US President Donald Trump. Some 50,000 soldiers, 10,000 vehicles, 65 ships and 250 aircraft from 31 countries are taking part in […]

Questions mount over delay after Cathay Pacific admits huge data leak

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific came under pressure Friday to explain why it had taken five months to admit it had been hacked and compromised the data of 9.4 million customers, including passport numbers and credit card details. The airline said Wednesday it had discovered suspicious activity on […]

French court says Sarkozy should be tried over campaign funding

A French appeals court ruled Thursday that former president Nicolas Sarkozy should stand trial on charges of illicit financing of his failed 2012 presidential campaign. Sarkozy, 63, will appeal the decision before the Cour de Cassation, France’s court of final appeal, his lawyers said Thursday. It is one […]

Venezuelan exiles turn to prostitution to feed families

Back in Venezuela, they were teachers, police officers and newspaper carriers, but were forced to flee their homeland in search of work and money to survive. But the women, without identity papers, ended up working as prostitutes in sordid bars in Colombia, saving all they can to provide […]

Parrikar being pressured to continue as CM, alleges Velingkar

Panaji, Oct 25: Former Goa unit RSS chief Subhash Velingkar has alleged that the BJP high command is pressuring Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to continue in the post despite his ill health, to retain power in the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, rubbished his charge, saying Parrikar […]

Saudi financial clout over media helps in Khashoggi affair

CAIRO— Saudi Arabia’s financial clout among the Arab media has given it an influential tool as it grapples with the international outcry over the death of Saudi writer and dissident Jamal Khashoggi. From the time Khashoggi vanished into the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, newspapers and […]

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