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BJP, Sena still in talks; alliance hangs...

BJP, Sena still in talks; alliance hangs by the thread

The high drama over seat sharing in Maharashtra seems far from over, with both the BJP and the Shiv Sena saying on Thursday that the talks between them were still on. As contradicting reports emerged in Delhi and Mumbai, both parties continued their blame game and brinksmanship, accusing each other... read more »

Saudi prince and Emirate’s first f...

Saudi prince and Emirate’s first female fighter pilot take part in Sy...

Saudi Arabia has offered a royal seal of approval to the US-led fight against the Islamic State group, sending its top pilot prince on bombing runs over Syria. On Wednesday, the Saudi government released photos of Prince Khaled bin Salman smiling shyly from the cockpit of his F15 fighter jet. The... read more »

Kidnapped Mexican congressman’s bu...

Kidnapped Mexican congressman’s burnt body found, organised crime sus...

Mexico City: Mexican authorities have confirmed that as per forensic tests results, the two completely burnt bodies found this week in an SUV are those of a kidnapped congressman and one of his assistants. Officials in the western Mexican states of Jalisco and Zacatecas said DNA tests confirmed the... read more »

20 YEARS JAIL FOR MURDERERS OF FORMER MI...

20 YEARS JAIL FOR MURDERERS OF FORMER MISS VENEZUELA

The three guilty of killing Miss Venezuela 2004 and actress Monica Spear and her husband Thomas Henry are sentenced to more than 20 years in jail. The beauty queen and her husband were shot to death in their car on January 6, 2014 in front of their five-year-old daughter Maya on a road by he three... read more »

Saudi Arabia give UN $100m to fight terrorism

United Nations: Saudi Arabia handed over a check for $100 million (Dh367 million) to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to help finance the UN’s centre to combat global... read more »

Brazil presidential candidate Campos dies in jet crash

Campos, a socialist who has been running third in the polls, was on board a jet that crashed into a gym and houses in the city of Santos, breaking into pieces and sparking a large fire,... read more »

Children Below 12 Not Permitted to Participate in Dahi Handi: Supreme Court

New Delhi:  No child below the age of 12 years will be permitted to participate in forming human pyramids during the popular ‘Dahi Handi’ festival, the Supreme Court directed... read more »

Gold demand drops 16% led by declines in India to China

London: Gold demand fell 16% in the second quarter, led by declines in India and China, the World Gold Council said. Global demand slipped to 963.8 tonnes from 1,148.3 tonnes a year earlier... read more »

Police clash with Michael Brown shooting protesters in Ferguson, ...

Police in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo. used tear gas and smoke bombs Wednesday to disperse protesters, some of whom threw Molotov cocktails and other objects at officers, as a fifth night of... read more »