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Washington, Nov 7: Indian Americans, constituting just one per cent of the US population and considered to be one of the richest ethnic communities after Jews, hope to celebrate Diwali this year with a record number of wins from city councils, state legislatures to the Congress, as millions of Americans went out to vote on Tuesday in the midterm polls. A record number of 11 Indian Americans are on

Yaunde, Nov 6: At least 78 school children and three others have been abducted from their school in Bamenda city of north western Cameroon. Armed separatists group, Amba Boys, which kidnapped the children, later, released the video purportedly of the kidnapped children trapped in a tiny room. , BBC said in a report. Regional governor Adolphe Lele L'Afrique blamed separatist militias. While

Rome, Nov 5: With the deaths of 12 people in Sicily, the death toll in Italy's horrendous flooding has grown to 29, the country's interior minister said. 'Twelve dead in Sicily, people having dinner were swept up by the water,' Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said in a statement to the press in the northern region of Veneto. Nine of the people were members of two families dining together when the

Islamabad, Nov 4: Pakistan police on Sunday arrested nearly 250 people from across the country on charges of arson, vandalism and violence during the three-day mass protests following the acquittal of Christian woman Asia Bibi. A day after striking a deal with the radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the government swung into action as it started a crackdown against the people

United Nations, Nov 4: According to latest report by the United Nations, 69 Iraqi civilians killed and 105 injured in terrorism related incident in the month of October. The figures include ordinary citizens and others considered civilian at the time of death or injury, such as police in non-combat functions, civil defense, personal security teams, facilities protection police and fire department

Florida, Nov 3: A gunman has killed two people and wounded five others at a yoga studio in Florida's capital before killing himself, officials said. Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo told reporters Friday night that the man shot six people and pistol-whipped another after walking into the studio, which is part of a small Tallahassee shopping centre. The suspect then fatally shot himself

Kabul, Nov 3: At least 18 militants from Taliban and three from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were killed as deadly clashes erupted in the Easter Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Saturday. The 201 Silab Corps of the Afghan Military have said in a statement that the latest clashes were erupted in Zawa area of Khogyani district, khama press reported. Nangarhar has been among the

Colombo, Nov 3: A Sri Lankan court on Friday ordered the arrest of the country’s top military officer over the abduction and murder of 11 people during the Tamil civil war. Colombo Fort magistrate Ranga Dissanayake reprimanded police investigators for failing to act on a previous order to detain Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne. “The court ordered that the Admiral be arrested before November 9,” a

Tallahassee, Nov 3: A gunman killed two people and injured several others at a yoga studio in Florida's state capital Tallahassee Friday before apparently taking his own life, the local police chief said. "About 5:47 pm the Tallahassee Police Department responded...in reference to a shooting," police chief Michael DeLeo said at a press conference. "Upon arriving on scene, the officers found

Nov 3: US President Donald Trump has suggested he was open to a new comprehensive deal with Iran, saying that till then the toughest-ever sanctions on the Middle-East country that kicks off on Monday would continue. "The United States remains open to reaching a new, more comprehensive deal with Iran that forever blocks its path to a nuclear weapon, addresses the entire range of its malign actions