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Two men have been injured after an explosion in Austin, Texas, just weeks after two others were killed by parcel bombs in the city. Sunday's explosion, which has not yet been linked to the earlier ones, occurred around 8.30pm in Travis Country, in the city's southwest. The men, reportedly in...

A flight steward of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was caught on Saturday by Paris authorities while trying to smuggle heroin. The flight PK-749 arrived in Paris from Islamabad where the drug worth millions of rupees was recovered from the steward during checking. The authorities allowed the passengers and PIA staff...

US President Donald Trump has been invited to meet in person with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a senior South Korean official has announced after a meeting at the White House. Kim said he is committed to denuclearization and said North Korea will refrain from any further nuclear or missile...

Heavy air strikes and clashes shook the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday, a day ahead of an urgent UN Security Council meeting on the escalating violence. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 805 civilians — including at least 178 children — have been killed since Russia-backed...

A man fatally shot himself on the crowded pedestrian avenue directly in front of the White House on Saturday, officials said, reported AFP. “Adult male has been declared deceased,” the Washington, DC Police Department said on Twitter. The Secret Service said a white male approached the fence north of the White...

NEW YORK: A major winter storm pounded the US East Coast on Friday, whipping up strong winds and dumping heavy rain and snow, forcing the cancellation or delay of thousands of flights and the closure of federal government offices in Washington. Coastal flooding alerts were issued from New Jersey to...

At least two people have been killed in a shooting in a Central Michigan University dorm, troopers with the Michigan State Police post in Mount Pleasant told the Free Press. The state police did not release any further details on who the victims were or the relationship to the alleged...

An Iranian passenger plane with 66 people on board has crashed in central Iran during a flight from Tehran to the city of Yasuj, according to Iranian news media reports. A spokesperson for Iran Aseman Airlines told state TV that Sunday's air crash killed all 66 people on board. The plane went...

Witnessing the Northern Lights (also known as the Aurora Borealis) is on many people's bucket lists, but it's also a severely expensive one. And after shelling out all that money to get the northernmost parts of Norway, Finland, Sweden, Iceland or Canada, there's no actual guarantee the visibility will be...

JERUSALEM: Israeli police on Tuesday recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for bribery, opening the way for what could be the biggest challenge yet to the right-wing leader’s political survival. Against the backdrop of Israeli flags in a televised speech at his residence, a sombre Netanyahu called the allegations baseless...

MOSCOW, Feb 11 (Reuters) - A Russian passenger plane crashed near Moscow soon after take-off on Sunday, killing all 71 people on board, and investigators said they were looking at all possible causes. Temperatures were around minus 5 degrees Celsius with periodic snowfall when the short-haul AN-148 operated by Saratov...

Pat Torpey, one of the founders of rock band Mr. Big, died on Wednesday. That's what the band said on Twitter on Thursday night. "With a broken heart we tell you that our brother, friend, drummer and band member of the first hour, Pat, died of the consequences of Parkinson's disease", writes the band....