The Russian military on Friday claimed it has killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an air strike. The ministry said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed on May 28 along with other senior group commanders. The air raid targeted an IS meeting held on the southern outskirts of Raqqa in Syria. The raid may have also killed about […]
» Read moreA special TADA court on Friday convicted 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Abu Salem under the charge of criminal conspiracy. Co-accused Firoz Khan, Mustafa Dossa, Abdul Rashid Khan, Tahir Merchant and Karimullah Shaikh were also convicted. Abdul Qayyum Ansari has been acquitted. The trial involved seven accused, including gangster Abu Salem. The attack left 257 people dead, 713 seriously injured […]
» Read moreA strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Guatemala and southern Mexico, killing five people, causing power outages, and knocking down homes, officials said. The epicenter was about 156 km west of Guatemala City in the department of San Marcos, the Institute of Seismology said. The tremor was felt across most of the country yesterday, including the capital, as well as in […]
» Read moreSeveral people have died and over 50 people have been hospitalized after a huge fire ripped through a 24-storey London apartment block early on Wednesday, according to emergency services. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze at Grenfell Tower, an apartment block located in the neighbourhood of Kensington, shortly after Tuesday midnight, reports Efe news. London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said […]
» Read moreEnforcement Directorate has filed a chargesheet against liquor baron Vijay Mallya today in the Rs 900-crore IDBI Bank loan default case. The Enforcement Directorate had earlier hinted that it would able to file the chargesheet against Vijay Mallya under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by early June. The investigating agency believes that the chargesheet will make the Mallya […]
» Read moreAn undersea earthquake measuring 7 magnitude struck off Mexico’s southwest Pacific coast on Wednesday, said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The Hawaii-based center said that based on available data there was no tsunami threat from the quake off the Chiapas state coast.
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