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Paris, Apr 12: In laying his integrity on the line over Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons, French President Emmanuel Macron might be playing for even higher stakes -- maintaining the landmark Iran nuclear accord, analysts say. The 40-year-old leader, weighing the first foreign military operation on his own initiative, has made clear he considers Damascus behind a suspected chemical attack

Algiers, Apr 11: More than 250 people, including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement, were killed when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algerian capital Algiers on April 11, officials said. Television footage showed crowds gathering around the smoking and flaming wreckage near the Boufarik airport, southwest of Algiers. A line of white body bags could be seen on

Tokyo, Apr 11: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied on Wednesday that he had intervened to secure preferential treatment for a friend’s plan to set up a veterinary school despite new reports he had discussed the matter with the friend. Abe’s ratings have taken a hit because of several scandals over suspected cronyism and cover-ups, with a steady stream of new allegations raising doubts about

Washington, Apr 11: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg during his congressional hearing today said he wants to ensure the protection of the integrity of elections, mentioning that he knows the importance of the upcoming polls in countries, including India, Hungary and Brazil. Zuckerberg faced a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees. He noted that there are several important

Washington, Apr 10: A 13-year-old Muslim girl's hijab was ripped off by a man who called her a "terrorist" and threatened her with a knife in an apparent hate crime attack in the US, police said. The police are investigating the attack as a hate crime that happened last week in the US state of Virginia. They said they think she was targeted "because of her religious attire," the Washington Post

Washington, Apr 10: The FBI today raided the offices of President Donald Trump's private lawyer Michael Cohen and seized several documents, including information related to the USD 1,30,000 payment to a porn film actress who alleges that she had an affair with Trump in 2006. Reacting sharply to the raid, Trump blasted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, describing the search as a "disgrace" and

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress in written testimony on Monday that he is "responsible for" not preventing the social media platform from being used for harm, including fake news, foreign interference in elections and hate speech. "We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake," Xinhua quoted Zuckerburg as saying in a prepared testimony released by

Islamabad, Apr 8: The Pakistan government is working on a draft bill to permanently ban Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa as well as other groups and individuals on the watch list of the interior ministry. The bill will replace the presidential ordinance that banned outfits and people already on the watch list of the interior ministry. Citing its sources in the law ministry

New York, Apr 8: A fire broke out on the 50th floor of Trump Tower here, leaving one person dead and six firefighters injured, the New York City Fire Department said today. It said a 67-year-old man, identified as Todd Brassner, was found "unconscious and unresponsive" when firefighters arrived at the scene of the fire. Brassner, a resident of the 50th floor of Trump Tower, was rushed to a

Seoul, Apr 6: A South Korean court jailed former President Park Geun-hye for 24 years on Friday over a scandal that exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country’s conglomerates. Park became South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office last year when the Constitutional Court ordered her out over a scandal that landed the heads of two