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Washington, Jul 1: A small twin-engine passenger plane crashed in the US state of Texas on Sunday, killing 10 people, officials said. “The Dallas County Medical Examiner has confirmed 10 fatalities and no survivors,” a spokeswoman for the town of Addison, Texas told AFP. The National Transportation Safety Board tweeted that it had dispatched a team to Addison to investigate the crash of a King Air

United Nations, Jun 30: Over 7,500 children have been killed or wounded in Yemen in the last 5 1/2 years as a result of airstrikes, shelling, fighting, suicide attacks, mines and other unexploded ordnance, according to a U.N. report released Friday. The report by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the killings and injuries were among 11,779 grave violations against children during the period

Panmunjom, Jun 30: Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil Sunday as he met Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula, in a symbolic diplomatic spectacle and a first for any American president. After shaking hands with Kim over the line that marks where their two countries and their allies fought each other to a standstill in the 1950-53 Korean War, Trump

Washington, Jun 29: In a much-needed respite to Huawei, US President Donald Trump on Saturday said US firms could start selling technology to the Chinese telecommunications equipment giant and its sub-brand HONOR as long as the sales did not involve equipment that threaten the national security. According to the South China Morning Post, Trump, said the decision on whether to take Huawei off the

Islamabad, Jun 29: Pakistan has rejected the recent US report on religious freedom violations in the country, terming it "unsubstantiated" and "biased". According to the report issued by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), religious freedom conditions in Pakistan "generally trended negative" in 2018. "During the year, extremist groups and societal actors continued to

Osaka, Jun 29: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday tweeted a selfie with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and praised him in Hindi, saying "Kithana acha he Modi!". The two leaders are in Osaka, Japan for the G20 Summit. The newly-elected Australian Prime Minister met his Indian counterpart in the morning and shared some light moments with him. Morrison clicked a selfie with

Jun 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held talks with US President Donald Trump and discussed various bilateral and global issues including Iran, 5G communications networks, trade and defence ahead of the G-20 Summit. Modi thanked Trump for expressing his "love towards India" in a letter recently delivered by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The Prime Minister said that he wants to

Houston, Jun 27: When the body of 3-year-old Indian toddler Sherin Mathews reached the morgue, maggots had eaten her internal organs, the doctor who performed the autopsy on the toddler in 2017 has told jurors in Dallas, Texas. The Indian-American foster father of Sherin, Wesley Mathews, in an unexpected move, pleaded guilty on Monday to injury to a child by omission, a lesser charge, at the start

Singapore, Jun 27: U.S. President Donald Trump looks forward to speaking with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about a recent increase in its already high tariffs against the United States, he said on the social network Twitter on Thursday. "This is unacceptable and the tariffs must be withdrawn," Trump added.

United Nations, June 26: In a highly significant diplomatic win, India’s candidature for a non-permanent seat at the powerful UN Security Council for a two-year term has been unanimously endorsed by the Asia-Pacific group at the world body. Elections for five non-permanent members of the 15-nation Council for the 2021-22 term will be held around June next year. “A unanimous step. Asia-Pacific