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Singapore, Aug 21: 10 sailors are missing while 5 injured after a US destroyer was damaged in a collision with a tanker east of Singapore on Monday, the US Navy said. A rescue operation is under way. This is the second accident involving an American warship in two months. Guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with the merchant vessel Alnic MC east of Singapore and near the Straits

Islamabad, Aug 20: Pakistan has granted nationality to at least 298 Indian emigrants in the last five years, according to the interior ministry. “From 2012 till April 14, 2017, a total number of 298 Indian emigrants have been granted Pakistani citizenship,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement yesterday. The statement was issued in response to a question by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League

San Diego, Aug 19: A 25-year-old US citizen has been charged with using a drone to smuggle more than 13 pounds (6.1 kilograms) of methamphetamine from Mexico by drone, an unusually large seizure for what is still a novel technique to bring illegal drugs into the United States, authorities said Friday. Jorge Edwin Rivera told authorities that he used drones to smuggle drugs five or six times since

London, Aug 18: An Indian-origin television actress in the UK had a lucky escape when she hid in a restaurant freezer during the terrorist attack in Spain where a van ploughed through pedestrians, killing 14 people and injuring around 100. Laila Rouass, 46, who was on a holiday in the city with her 10-year-old daughter Inez Khan, live tweeted from her hideout as the attack unfolded in the busy Las

Barcelona, Aug 18: Spanish police hunted Friday for the driver who ploughed a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy avenue in Barcelona, just hours before a second such assault hit a nearby resort, in twin attacks that left 14 dead and over 100 injured. Police said they killed five "suspected terrorists" during the night and three others were arrested as Spain reeled from the double tragedy in

Barcelona, Aug 18: At least 13 people were killed today when a driver deliberately slammed a van into crowds on Barcelona's most popular street in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Police said they had arrested two suspects after the assault, the latest in a wave of vehicle rampages across Europe in recent years. The IS propaganda agency Amaq claimed that "soldiers" from the jihadist

New York, Aug 16: Melbourne is the most liveable city in the world, followed by Austrian capital, Vienna and Canada's Vancouver in the second and third place respectively, reveals a survey. According to the Global Liveability Report compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), no Indian city was ranked in the top ten or bottom ten in the most liveable city ranking. Others in the 10 most

Freetown, Aug 16: Sierra Leone entered a week-long mourning period for the victims of flooding that killed more than 300 people, with fears rising for at least 600 missing people. Three days of torrential rain triggered mudslides on Monday in the Regent area of the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, and massive flooding elsewhere in the city, one of the world's wettest urban areas. The exact death

Washington, Aug 16: Senator Bernie Sanders, while commenting on the Donald Trump’s latest remarks on Charlottesville clashes, has said that the United States President is embarrassing the country and the millions of Americans who fought and gave up their lives to defeat Nazism. Sanders in a tweet said, “@realDonaldTrump, you are embarrassing our country and the millions of Americans who fought and

Dubai, Aug 15: Iran could abandon its nuclear agreement with world powers “within hours” if the United States imposes any more new sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday. “If America wants to go back to the experience (of imposing sanctions), Iran would certainly return in a short time – not a week or a month but within hours – to conditions more advanced than before the start