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New York, Nov 1: At least eight people in New York City have been killed and 11 injured after a driver ploughed into cyclists and pedestrians before being shot by police, according to US officials. The incident on Tuesday "was a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians", Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, told a news conference. Police said a 29-year-old male driver of

Tokyo, Oct 31: More than 200 people are feared to have died when a tunnel caved in at North Korea's nuclear test site after its latest detonation, a Japanese news report said today. A tunnel collapsed at Punggye-ri in early September, days after North Korea conducted its sixth and largest underground nuclear test on September 3, TV Asahi said, quoting unnamed North Korean sources. Some 100 workers

Mogadishu (Somalia), Oct 29: A suicide truck bomb exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia's capital, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 30, and gunfire continued as security forces pursued other attackers inside the building, police said. Two more blasts were heard, one when an attacker detonated a suicide vest yesterday. Speaking to the Associated Press by telephone from the

Barcelona/Madrid, Oct 27: Catalonia's parliament declared independence from Spainon Friday in defiance of the Madridgovernment, which at the same time was preparing to impose direct rule over the region. Although the declaration was in effect a symbolic gesture as it will not be accepted by Spain or the international community, the moves by both sides take Spain's worst political crisis in four

Washington, Oct 27: The Trump administration has firmly told Pakistan that if it fails to take "decisive" actions against terror groups, the US will "adjust" its tactics and strategies to achieve the objective in a "different way", a State Department official today said. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has told Pakistan that it must take action against terrorist groups and dismantle their safe

Oct 27: United Nations investigators blamed a sarin gas massacre on Bashar Al Assad’s regime on Thursday, as the United States renewed its warning that he has no role in Syria’s future. The expert panel’s report and tough remarks by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson overshadowed the announcement that UN-sponsored peace talks will resume in November. More than 87 people died on April 4 this year

Jakarta, Oct 26: Nearly two dozen people have been killed and dozens injured in a blaze that tore through a fireworks factory outside the Indonesian capital, police said on Thursday, triggering explosions and sending plumes of black smoke into the air. The fire broke out at an industrial complex in Tangerang, a satellite city of Jakarta. "In total 47 people died. We don't know for sure the number

Washington, Oct 26: The federal US agency that approves applications for the most sought-after H-1B visas needs to improve upon its current site visit verification program so as to prevent fraud in the visa system, according to a report by the Department of Homeland Security. US Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS), which conducts site visits to companies that hire foreign workers on H-1B

Washington, Oct 25: In a new directive, the Trump administration has made it more difficult for the renewal of non-immigrant visas such as H-1B and L1, popular among Indian IT professionals, saying that the burden of proof lies on the applicant even when an extension is sought. Rescinding its more than 13-year-old policy, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that the burden of

Beijing, Oct 25: Xi Jinping today secured a second five-year term as the head of the ruling Communist Party as it unveiled its new leadership with the Chinese president attaining iconic status enjoyed by modern China's founder Chairman Mao Zedong. Xi, 64, was elected in a closed-door vote to head the Politburo Standing Committee while Prime Minister Li Keqiang retained his seat on the ruling