Friday, November 30, 2018

US displays weapons it says Iran provided to militants

As some of the most senior members of the Trump Administration sought to fend off a Congressional effort to stop US support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen, the administration is showcasing evidence of what it says is Iranian support to the Houthis and other militant groups in the region.

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Cyclist avoids train with no room to spare

Video shows a cyclist in the Netherlands narrowly avoiding an oncoming train as he passed through an unguarded crossing.

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Trump is touting a new US BMW factory. But that's not happening

BMW is considering building a second plant in the United States. President Donald Trump is heralding that as proof his trade policies are creating American manufacturing jobs, but BMW says its plans date back years and remain uncertain.

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अगर कंप्यूटर पर आ रहा है ऐसा मैसेज तो कतई न करें ये काम

हम सभी ने अपने कंप्यूटर पर कभी न कभी वायरस अटैक का नोटिफिकेशन जरूर देखा है. जानिए अगली बार ऐसा हो तो आपको क्या नहीं करना है.

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सावधान! भूलकर भी न ओपन करें ये मैसेज, हैक हो सकता है आपका फोन

चेक कर लें कहीं आपको तो नहीं आया ऐसा कोई मैसेज

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25 करोड़ मोबाइल यूजर्स के SIM नहीं होंगे बंद, इसलिए कंपनियों ने बदला फैसला

ट्राई ने कंपनियों को ऐसे ग्राहक, जिनके खाते में ‘पर्याप्त’ बैलेंस उपलब्ध है मासिक अवधि बीतने के बावजूद भी उनके कनेक्शन को तुरंत न बंद करने के लिए कहा है.

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WhatsApp का करते हैं इस्तेमाल तो जरूर अपनाएं ये 9 सीक्रेट टिप्स

यह फीचर लोगों का फेवरेट बना हुआ है. इससे आप एक साथ अपने चार दोस्तों या रिश्तेदारों को वीडियो कॉल कर सकते हैं.

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Sister of attacked teenage Syrian refugee also targeted by bullies in UK school

The sister of schoolboy, a refugee from Syria who was attacked in an incident shared widely on social media, was also bullied at the same British school, according to the family's lawyer.


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Australia school children defy prime minister with climate strike

Thousands of Australian children skipped school on Friday in defiance of the prime minister to protest for greater action on climate change.


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US inmate serving life confesses to 90 murders; 78-yr-old serial killer's victim profile included women drug addicts, prostitutes

Little, who might be one of US' most prolific serial killers, remembered his victims with great detail and he was even able to draw the faces of some of them

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Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare reaffirms UN's stand against weapons of mass destruction, promotion of global peace

Every year, on 30 November, United Nations observes the Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare commemorating an opportunity to pay tribute to millions of lives lost round the globe in the wake of chemical warfare.

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US suspended $3 billion, not $1.3 billion as quoted by White House, in security aid to Pakistan in 2018: Sources

The $3 billion security aid to Pakistan that the US suspended, is much higher than the $1.3 billion quoted by President Donald Trump this month and $1.66 billion reported by the Pentagon last week.

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G20 Summit in Argentina: Donald Trump cites Russia-Ukraine crisis, cancels meeting with Vladimir Putin

US President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly cancelled a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Argentina, registering his disapproval of Russia's treatment of Ukraine and casting new uncertainty over US-Russian ties.

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Maldives denies media reports claiming India offered $1 billion in exchange for establishing Indian military base in Male

The Maldives Government has strongly denied media reports which stated that India had offered $1 billion to Maldives in exchange for the deployment of Indian troops in the island nation.

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Angela Merkel likely to miss opening of G20 Summit after plane makes emergency landing due to technical snag

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will miss the opening of the G20 summit in Argentina after her plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Cologne on Thursday due to a technical problem.

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On Winston Churchill's 144th birth anniversary, a look at why the British prime minister was commended and condemned

Winston Churchill is known as Great Britain's most iconic Prime Minister; he held the office twice during 1940-45 and later in 1951-55.

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Michael Cohen's new plea deal with Robert Mueller poses the greatest danger to Donald Trump: All you need to know

The timing of the Cohen guilty plea is a strategic masterstroke in the wider arc of the sprawling investigation. It shows that Mueller waited until the very last moment, ensured Trump's answers were in before Cohen turned up for this guilty plea. For someone who said he'd "take a bullet for Donald Trump", Cohen has turned the gun on the US president.

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Rattled by Michael Cohen guilty plea, Donald Trump White House braces for Paul Manafort case Friday as Robert Mueller endgame closes in

Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort's case comes up in a Washington DC court Friday barely 48 hours after news broke that he has gone rogue on his co-operation agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller who is investigating a range of alleged Russian involvement in the Trump 2016 campaign.

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Syrian army says downs 'hostile targets' in suspected Israel attack: sources

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Dan Williams AMMAN/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Syria's air defence forces shot down an Israeli war plane and four missiles on Thursday, Russia's RIA news agency said, citing a Syrian security source, but Israel's military said the report was bogus. The source said the missiles aimed at the town of Kiswah, south of the capital Damascus, were struck before they reached their targets that Syrian opposition sources said were Iranian-backed strongholds

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Ex-FBI director Comey files action to quash Republican congressional subpoena

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former FBI Director James Comey asked a federal judge on Thursday to quash a congressional subpoena from Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee who are trying to compel him to testify behind closed doors about his decision-making ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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Two children shot in front of Mississippi hospital, condition unknown

(Reuters) - Two children in a car were hit by gunfire in front of a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, on Thursday, the Jackson Police Department said. The two children, aged 1 and 3, were wounded when a suspect fired at the car in front of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the police department said on Twitter

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Two children shot in front of Mississippi hospital: local media

(Reuters) - Two children in a car were hit by gunfire in front of a Jackson, Mississippi, hospital on Thursday, the city's police chief told the Clarion Ledger. A suspect fired at a car with a woman and two children inside in front of University of Mississippi Medical Center and the children, aged 1 and 3, were struck by gunfire, Jackson Police Chief James Davis told the newspaper.

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Soviet-era 'moon rocks' sell for $855,000 at New York auction

(Reuters) - Three fragments of rocks retrieved from the moon by a Soviet space mission in 1970 were sold for $855,000 at a New York auction on Thursday. Sotheby's auction house said the "moon rocks" are the only known documented lunar matter in private hands.

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Ebola outbreak in east Congo now world's second biggest

KINSHASA (Reuters) - The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is now the second biggest in history, with 426 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry said late on Thursday. The epidemic in a volatile part of Democratic Republic of Congo is now only surpassed by the 2013-2016 outbreak in West Africa, where more than 28,000 cases where confirmed, and is bigger than an outbreak in 2000 in Uganda involving 425 cases. Ebola is believed to have killed 245 people in North Kivu and Ituri provinces where attacks by armed groups and community resistance to health officials have hampered the response

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G20 members struggle for agreements ahead of Argentina summit

By Ross Colvin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - G20 member nations were still struggling to reach agreement on major issues including trade, migration and climate change as world leaders began arriving in the Argentine capital ahead of a summit starting on Friday. "This is not a good year for multilateralism," said a German government source about talks on a final statement that the leaders are due to issue at the end of their meeting on Saturday.

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Report says Syria shot down Israeli war plane but Israel denies it

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's air defence forces shot down an Israeli war plane and four missiles on Thursday, Russia's RIA news agency said citing a Syrian security source, but Israel's military said the report was bogus. The source said the missiles aimed at the town of Kiswah, south of the capital Damascus, were struck before they reached their targets. The area where the incident is said to have occurred is where Hezbollah, a group backed by Iran, has its communications and logistics hub for southern Syria near the Israeli border, according to two senior regional intelligence sources

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U.N.'s Guterres hopes Yemen peace talks will resume by year-end

By Scott Squires BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The United Nations is "working hard to ensure the start of meaningful peace talks in Yemen" before the end of the year, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday

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Former Trump lawyer Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress

By Brendan Pierson and Jeff Mason NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former longtime personal lawyer, pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to Congress about a proposed Trump Organisation skyscraper in Moscow, prompting the president to lash out at Cohen as a liar and "weak person." The unexpected plea stemmed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's intensifying investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election and whether Trump's campaign conspired with Moscow to boost his chances, and put new pressure on the president.

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U.N. audit finds graft and misconduct in its Uganda refugee program

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - A U.N.

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Murder trial begins for driver in Virginia white nationalist rally

By Gary Robertson CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - The man who ploughed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at last year's white nationalist rally in Virginia had every intention to kill, a prosecutor told jurors on Thursday at the start of his murder trial. "It was wilful, premeditated murder," prosecutor Nina-Alice Antony said in Charlottesville Circuit Court, where James Fields, 21, is facing a possible life sentence.

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Trump withdraws from Putin meeting, cites Ukraine crisis

By Roberta Rampton ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly cancelled a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Argentina, registering his disapproval of Russia's treatment of Ukraine and casting new uncertainty over U.S.-Russian ties. Trump said he pulled out due to tensions over Russian forces opening fire on Ukrainian navy boats and then seizing them and their crew on Sunday near Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014

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Trump withdraws from Putin meeting due to Ukraine crisis

By Roberta Rampton ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S.

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Measles cases rise in Europe, Latin America: WHO report

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Measles is on the rise around the world and especially in Europe and Latin America, in part because parents shun vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Some 173,000 measles cases were officially reported worldwide in 2017, a jump of more than 30 percent from the previous year, the WHO said in a report.

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None of the migrants arrested in tear gas clash will face charges

None of the 42 migrants arrested in Sunday's clash at the US-Mexico border will be criminally charged.


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Mueller starts to piece together Russia puzzle in most significant move yet

Silent for so long, Robert Mueller is beginning to show the public the building blocks of a case that could imperil Donald Trump's presidency.


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Man charged with killing brother and his family in New Jersey mansion fire to appear in court

A New Jersey man suspected of setting two fires, including one at his own home, to cover up the killings of his brother and his brother's family will make his first court appearance on Friday.


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The G20 summit is a glimpse at the future world order

If the G20 were a music festival, you'd be stressing about not being there. The once snooze-worthy global power fest now looks like diplomacy on steroids.


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Sen. Jeff Flake: 'Worth using a little leverage' to get Mueller bill passed

Retiring Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake said on Sunday that he has threatened to vote against federal judicial nominees because "it's worth using a little leverage" to spur a vote on a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.


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China half marathon: More than 200 runners banned for cheating

More than 200 runners have been disqualified from the Shenzhen half marathon after widespread cheating was uncovered following the race on November 25, Chinese state-run media Xinhua said.


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