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Auto bomb kills at least 17 in Afghanistan ahead of ceasefire

The explosion came on the eve of a ceasefire declared by the Taliban during the festival of Eid. At least 17 people were killed in a auto bomb explosion in an...

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence overturned by appeals court

Friday's decision means that the Tsarnaev's death sentence is vacated and that three of his convictions are reversed. Tsarnaev and his elder brother Tamerlan,...

Pakistan artillery kills 15 civilians in Afghanistan after clashes at closed border

Pakistan's security forces opened fire on protesters demanding the reopening of a border crossing with Afghanistan, killing at least three people and wounding...

Climate change: Coastal flooding could threaten up to 20% of global GDP

Armed with this data, the researchers then estimated the number of people and the amount of assets that are at risk from flooding on a global scale. Co-author...

Five Rafale fighter jets land at Ambala airbase, given ceremonial water salute

News agency ANI shared an audio clip in which the warship can be heard welcoming the fighter jets as they enter the Indian Ocean. "The baseless allegations ag...

'Deal with it,' Epstein told Maxwell in unsealed emails

Both the prince and Richardson have denied the allegations against them. She is seen here with Prince Andrew and the prince's friend, Ghislaine Maxwell . She's...

Prosecutors: 'Alarming' that Maxwell may publicize victims

Maxwell is awaiting trial on sex trafficking and perjury charges for allegedly procuring girls for Epstein to abuse in the 1990s. Details of Ghislaine Maxwel...

US House Speaker Pelosi announces mask-wearing requirement for lawmakers and staff

Lawmakers soon became increasingly alarmed at the potentiality of exposure to the disease, as many are of old age and would be at high risk of falling severely ...

PM Trudeau: Morneau 'should not have accepted' gifts from WE Charity

Several other major sponsors have also begun to disassociate from WE. He said they came back two weeks later and told him that WE Charity was the only organi...

British premier puts brakes on eased England lockdown

He said this would mean "a greater police presence to ensure face coverings are being worn where this is required". "We can not be complacent". He said: "Mo...

Tennessee lawmakers voice opposition to delaying the election

He cited his continued claims that the election will be inaccurate with the use of mail-in voting. "Even if the pandemic worsens in the U.S., delaying the ele...

Prosecutor Declines to Charge Ferguson Police Officer Who Killed Michael Brown

Bell said . "After an independent and in-depth review of the evidence, we can not prove that he did". Russell later told The Associated Press that he had ju...

Imam Khamenei's "Eliminate Israel" Posts Don't Violate Rules — Twitter to Knesset

Tehran has yet to release any official statistics about the scale of the unrest, though in June the government acknowledged that security forces shot and killed...

Marine dead, 8 troops missing in training accident off coast

The vehicle took on water at around 5.45pm while 15 Marines and one sailor were inside near San Clemente Island in Los Angeles County. 'All are assigned to th...

Kerala celebrates ‘Eid al-Adha’ amid Covid-19 pandemic

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had on Thursday announced that the Eid-al-Adha prayers can be offered in mosques of the state on Friday with a limited nu...

Governor raises alarm as Tokyo logs 463 cases

Koike told a news conference that the metropolitan government will ask karaoke parlors and restaurants and where alcohol is served to limit their business hours...

Mike Pompeo announces expansion of USA sanctions on Irans metals trade

In a statement issued on Thursday, IRGC announced the "Payambar-e Azam 14 (The Great Prophet 14)" military drill has been finished by implementing all the scen...

Chinese mainland reports 127 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

On Wednesday, China reported 105 new cases of COVID-19. On Thursday, 17 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery. Altogether 78,974...

Iran moves fake U.S. aircraft carrier out to sea

The elite unit's Aerospace Division was responsible for the launch, Iran's Press TV reported. The military exercise has become an important an important d...

'Apparently I have the Wuhan virus': Texas rep.

The 66-year-old, who once said gay men should be thrown onto a deserted island so they could "die-off" , may himself have to get used to isolation. "My docto...

Charlie Elphicke trial: Ex-MP guilty of sexual assaults

Following the judgment, Natalie Elphicke - who succeeded her husband as Dover MP last year - took to Twitter to say that the verdict brought "profound sorro...

Louie Gohmert: Anti-gay republican who refused mask has COVID-19

Rep. Louie Gohmert , R-Texas, studies notes during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, J...

Trump suggests delaying 2020 US election, Republicans say no

Top Republicans in Congress quickly rebuffed Trump's suggestion. "This is not an idea anyone, especially POTUS, should float". "Stop trying to cancel the el...

Italian senate paves way for Salvini migrant trial

Salvini refused access to the aid ship Open Arms, seen here on August 15, and it remained at sea for three weeks until it was finally allowed to enter a port on...

Trump floated delaying the November election. Here's what Alaska's congressional delegation says

He floated a delay until people could "properly, securely and safely" vote. It comes as Trump's strongest attack yet on the remote voting system, which is b...

Russian Federation jails USA ex-marine Trevor Reed over police assault

That, they said, caused the vehicle to swerve dangerously. " This is completely a political case ", Reed told journalists after the verdict. Reed, a student...

Coronavirus Isolation Period Extended From Seven To 10 Days In England

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said COVID-19 was now under some measure of control in the United Kingdom, but a resurgence of the coronavirus in some Eu...

Brazil first lady, another Cabinet minister infected

The 57-year-old is now in isolation. "She is in a state of good health and will follow all established protocols", the government said. After he came down w...

US Economy Contracts 32.9% In June Quarter, Wall Street Crashes

Shortly after the data were released, Trump took to Twitter to rail against potential voter fraud and suggest postponing the Nov 3 election, while complaining...

Coronavirus: Australia's Victoria records huge case jump

Visit Business Insider Australia's homepage for more stories . "We have low (COVID-19) numbers in regional Victoria and we want to jealously guard that", Andr...