Typhoon Vongfong Lashes Southern Japan
TOKYO—Typhoon Vongfong reached Japan’s main islands Monday morning, bringing heavy winds and rain to southern and western parts of Japan, prompting evacuation advisories for more than 400,000 people and disrupting transportation networks. Vongfong reached the southern island of Kyushu after 8... read more »
Oscar Pistorius awaits sentence for killing of Reeva Steenkamp
Oscar Pistorius — the onetime South African sporting hero found guilty of killing his girlfriend but cleared of murder in her death — will return to court Monday for the hearing that will determine if he’s going to prison. The sentencing decision will rest with Judge Thokozile... read more »
Swachh Baharat Abhiyan: Punjab National Bank adopts two Varanasi ghats
VARANASI: With an intent to take forward Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve of a Swachh Baharat Abhiyan, the Punjab National BankBSE -0.09 % here has adopted two ghats to keep it clean throughout the year. “The Punjab National Bank has adopted ‘Rewa ghat’ and another... read more »
Cop shot dead, another seriously hurt by gunmen in Delhi
In the second such attack in three days, a Delhi Police constable was killed while another was seriously injured when some persons opened fire on the police men who had confronted them on finding their activities suspicious in the early hours in Outer Delhi’s Vijay Vihar. Constable Jagbir... read more »
Inquiries begin into nude celebrity photo leaks
The FBI said Monday it was addressing allegations that online accounts of several celebrities, including Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence, had been hacked, leading to the posting of their... read more »
Ebola Sickens a Third American Missionary
A third American missionary has been infected with Ebola while working in Liberia and is being treated in an isolation unit in the Monrovia hospital where he works, putting into sharp focus... read more »
Imam held for supplying T-shirts with ISIS slogan
In a significant breakthrough, the Ramanathapuram police have arrested a Tirupur-based Imam, who had procured T-shirts and printed slogans in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and al... read more »
IS, Frankenstein’s monster unleashed
U.S. President Barack Obama has labelled the jihadist juggernaut that calls itself the Islamic State a “cancer,” while his Defence Secretary, Chuck Hagel, has called it more dangerous... read more »
Abe praises Indian judge, tells Modi every Japanese knows Pal
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Narendra Modi that Japan still honours a dissenting Indian judge from a World War II military tribunal, a report said on Tuesday. Judge Radhabinod Pal was the... read more »
