Police officer shoots protester in Hong Kong

Hong Kong (IANS) A policeman has shot at least one person during protests in Hong Kong.

Footage shown live on Facebook showed the officer drawing his gun before grappling with a man at a roadblock, the BBC reported on Monday.

Another…

Warren mocks billionaires Bezos-Bloomberg US election talk

Washington (IANS) US presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has criticized Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg after reports surfaced that Bezos called the billionaire businessman to launch a 2020 presidential…

Bangladesh evacuates thousands ahead of cyclone Bulbul

Dhaka (IANS) Authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday ordered the evacuation of at least 100,000 people from coastal areas as Cyclone Bulbul was set to make landfall later in the day.

The 'very severe' cyclonic storm surged northwards…

Macron describes NATO as 'brain dead'

Paris (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron has described NATO as "brain dead", stressing what he sees as waning commitment to the trans-atlantic alliance by its main guarantor, the US.

"What we are currently experiencing is the brain death…

Another Pak U-turn, $20 fee for Kartarpur reinstated

New Delhi (IANS) In another U-turn, Pakistan has decided to charge $20 each from Indian pilgrims using the Kartarpur corridor on the inauguration day on Saturday, despite Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan having announced a fee waiver on November…

56% of US voters say Trump will win 2nd term: Poll

New York (IANS) More than five in 10 registered American voters are betting on a second term for US President Donald Trump as he remains "highly competitive" in half a dozen battleground states most likely to decide on the election and will be rewarded…

Angry at Labour's 'anti-India' stance, Indian diaspora campaign for Tories

London (IANS) Upset over the Labour's perceived anti-India stance, especially over Kashmir, many among the Indian diaspora in the UK have begun openly campaigning against the Jeremy Corbyn-led party, and in favour of the ruling Conservatives.

4 Afghan judges killed in ambush

Kabul (IANS) Four judges were killed in an ambush in Afghanistan's Logar province on Thursday, police said.

The incident took place in the Baqi Abad area of Mohammad Agha district as the judges were returning home from a weekly holiday…

Pak fears strategic encirclement by India

Washington (IANS) Pakistan has played an active but negative role in Afghan affairs for decades, and Pakistan's security establishment, fearful of strategic encirclement by India, continues to view the Afghan Taliban as "a relatively friendly…

Trump threatens to pull California wildfire funds

Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut federal funding for the wildfires raging across California, in a Twitter spat with the state's Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom.

Nearly 100,000 acres have been destroyed by…