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Spiraling tension at Al-Aqsa Mosque focus of dailies — Newspapers review

Israel installed metal detectors at entrances to the site, which includes Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, following an attack on July 14 that killed tw...

US Attorney Sessions brushes off Trump criticism

In his first tweet-o-rama since naming new Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, Trump also railed against "illegal" leaks from the "Amazon Washington Po...

Pentagon: Chinese fighters intercepted US Navy spy plane

China is reclaiming land from the sea and developing large numbers of islands in the Paracel and Spratly island chains to assert its claims to the region's wate...

Damage reported after severe weather hits near Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Scott Haas, Director of Emergency Services for Queen Anne's County, told reporters. An emergency shelter has opened at Centreville Middle School, 231 Ruthsbur...

Donald Trump lawyer denies looking into presidential self-pardons

On Sunday Mr Sekulow denied that the White House had any interest in the subject, saying the president's power to pardon himself is "not an issue we're concer...

Trump insiders face congressional investigators as president mulls pardons

John Brennan on Friday criticized President Donald Trump . "While all agree the United States president has the complete power to pardon , why think of that...

Turkey withdraws list of German firms suspected of backing terrorism-Germany

Relations between Ankara and Berlin have worsened dramatically this year , most recently following Turkey's arrest of a German human rights activist. As relati...

Cong accuses Venkaiah Naidu of grabbing land meant for the poor

Ramesh went on to pose four questions to Naidu. The Swarna Bharat Trust run by Naidu's daughter was also on the firing line as Congress accused him of getti...

Harteau: please support Arradondo as new Minneapolis Police Chief

The Midwestern city's mayor Betsy Hodges said she asked for the chief's resignation on Friday and Harteau tendered it. "We don't want you as our mayor of ...

Mithali Raj proud of India's effort despite missing out on World Cup

Anya Shrubsole produced a match winning performance to ensure that her side emerges victorious against India , taking wickets at regular intervals to retain...

United Kingdom dramatically shakes up rules on gay men and blood donation

Homosexual men can now donate blood three months after their last sexual activity instead of 12 months as was the rule before. Gay men will be allowed to do...

Government to power up battery sector with major investment and policy push

The government-established Faraday Challenge Advisory Board will govern the program. At a speech held in Birmingham, Greg Clark is expected to say: "The first...

Taliban kidnap 70, kill 7 in southern Afghan

A US airstrike has killed 16 policemen in Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday, the latest setback to Washington's efforts to bring peace to the war-torn cou...

Hajj: Airlift of Kaduna pilgrims to commence August 1

The Biman flight took off at 7:55am. A total of 1954 pilgrims would leave from various cities to Saudi Arabia through 8 flights on Monday. Meanwhile, see of...

'Dunkirk' wins weekend box office, 'Girls Trip' surprises

Dunkirk , the debuting World War II drama from director Christopher Nolan , finished first at the box office by earning an estimated $51 million. Universal's...

Switching gender to become easier as "intrusive" medical tests to be scrapped

Greening has also proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act to allow gender reassignment surgery without a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria, a menta...

CBSE Released UGC NET 2017 Exam Notification @ cbsenet

Candidates who are interested in applying for the exam can find the details of the eligibility test on the official site - cbsenetnic.in The online application ...

Nithari Killing: Capital Punishment For Convicted Pandher And Koli

Koli has already been sentenced to death in seven out of 16 cases lodged in the Nithri incident. The Central Bureau of Investigation had registered the case aga...

Bernard Tomic amazed at career, despite lack of effort at times — BBCI

We had no money. "Millions that ... people could only imagine", he said without elaborating on which countries or when the offers were made. Tomic's fall from...

Sekulow, Scaramucci Say Trump Isn't Thinking About Pardoning Anybody

Trump ", Scaramucci said . "I don't know who this anonymous person is who said that if the Russians had actually done it, we wouldn't have been able to detec...

Two killed, 19 injured in explosion near Arfa Karim Tower Lahore

The office of Punjab chief minister is reportedly located within the vicinity of the blast radius. "We have 15 confirmed dead and 20 injured", Jam Sajjad Huss...

Job offers fly in for girl of 5 barred from selling lemonade

It was all going pretty well, until four council enforcement officers approached the stall. Andre Spicer said his daughter has since received many offers to s...

Elephants washed out to sea rescued

The elephants were clearly in distress, barely able to keep their trunks above the surface. The jumbos are residents of the Foul Point jungle, close to wher...

Iran and Iraq boost military cooperation

Speaking to reporters afterwards, the two ministers expressed the hope that the deal would lead to deeper, more serious military cooperation between the two sid...

White House communication chief already at the mic for Trump

This illustrates best what is wrong with this communications shop, and by extension, this administration: No one is concerned with the truth; they are only conc...

18-year-old woman arrested after live streaming deadly crash

Obdulia Sanchez was allegedly filming herself singing to music behind the wheel when she lost control - causing the auto to swerve across lanes, smash through a...

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan suspends six Congress MPs for throwing papers

In the Rajya Sabha , opposition MPs from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal demanded answers on the NEET and took their protest into the Well of the House. The membe...

Antonio Conte confident Pedro will travel to Singapore with Chelsea

But Conte is hopeful Pedro may travel with the club for Tuesday's clash with Bayern Munich at Singapore's National Stadium. "He stays here and if the situat...

Sushma Swaraj Hints Fresh Information May Surface On Kidnapped Indians In Mosul

As per Indian Express , focus of the meeting between two leaders was reportedly on 39 missing Indians in Iraq, who were reportedly kidnapped by terrorist group...

Warm and very humid again, chance of storms

A few storms could become strong with gusty wind the primary threat. The most likely timing for storms over western counties will be 2 to 4 PM, with a line of s...