‘Gunmen kill 4 at Catholic parade in Burkina Faso’
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso): Gunmen killed four Catholics in a religious procession in north Burkina Faso a day after a priest and five parishioners were murdered at mass, church officials said on Tuesday.
Montana Guv Joins 2020 Race for President
Helena(US): Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Tuesday that he is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, distinguishing himself among nearly two dozen candidates as the field's only statewide elected official to win a state that President Donald Trump carried in 2016.
UK unemployment rate hits 45-year low
London: British unemployment has fallen to a 45-year low, official data showed on Tuesday, with the economy holding up despite prolonged Brexit uncertainty. The unemployment rate eased to 3.8 per cent in the three months to March -- the lowest level since the final quarter of 1974, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.
Bangladesh govt sets up new court to try Zia
Dhaka: The Bangladesh Government, citing security reasons has set up a new makeshift court adjacent to a prison outside Dhaka to try ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, serving 10-year jail term in two graft cases.
US to deport over 70 Pakistanis
Islamabad/Washington: The US will deport over 70 "illegal" Pakistani nationals and a special chartered plane will bring them back on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Tuesday.
Nepal probes journalists for Dalai Lama news
Kathmandu: Three Nepali journalists are being probed for circulating a news item on the Dalai Lama, officials said on Tuesday, in a sign of growing Chinese influence on its small Himalayan neighbour.
‘Voices critical of CPEC being suppressed in Pak’
Washington: People and the media in Pakistan are "scared" of speaking against the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as those critical of it are being suppressed, treated as anti-national or branded as terrorists, a former official in the Obama administration has told US lawmakers.
Shrinking Moon generating lunar quakes: Study
Washington: The Moon is shrinking as its interior cools — getting over 50 metres skinnier through the last several hundred million years — and causing quakes on the lunar surface, a study has found. Just as a grape wrinkles as it shrinks down to a raisin, the Moon gets wrinkles as it shrinks, researchers said.
Brain scans may detect suicidal thoughts: Study
Washington: Brain scans may be able to identify people at risk of attempting suicide, say scientists who have discovered a chemical linked to suicidal thoughts in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).