Indonesian plane with 188 on board crashes off Jakarta

Jakarta (IANS): A Lion Air Boeing passenger plane carrying 188 people on board requested air control for return, minutes after taking off from here, before crashing into the sea on Monday. A rescue and search operation is underway, officials said.

11 people killed, 6 injured in US shooting

Washington (IANS): At least 11 people were killed and six others were injured after a gunman opened fire Saturday morning inside a synagogue in Pittsburgh, US state of Pennsylvania, a city official said.

No children were among the fatalities…

Sri Lankan President suspends Parliament amidst political crisis

Colombo (IANS): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday suspended Parliament till November amid a political crisis which erupted after he sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him with former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Pakistan gives death sentence to 14 terrorists

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistani Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed death sentences to 14 terrorists belonging to banned militant groups, the military said.

Eight others have been sent to jail by the military courts, the…

18 killed in Jordan flash flood

Amman (IANS) At least 18 people died and 35 were injured in an area near the Dead Sea, in the west of Jordan, as a result of flooding caused by torrential rains in the country on Thursday, according to the Jordanian Department of Civil Defence.

New York officials call suspicious packages terrorism

New York (IANS) New York authorities are calling the sending of a pipe bomb to CNN headquarters in Manhattan's Time Warner building an act of terrorism, although they ruled out any "specific threats" in the city.

Hurricane Willa hits Mexican coast

Mexico City (IANS) The northwest coast of Mexico has been hit by 195 kmph winds as Category-3 hurricane Willa made landfall in Sinaloa, while the remnants of the storm Vicente dissipated over Michoacan.

Willa made landfall at…

India, Iran, Afghanistan discuss Chabahar port

New Delhi (IANS): In the face of fresh sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran over its nuclear programme, India, Iran and Afghanistan discussed the full operationalisation of the Chabahar port that the three countries are jointly developing at…

$77 bn laundered through fake bank accounts in Pakistan

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court has been informed that transactions of more than 100 billion Pakistani rupees ($77 billion) have been carried out through 107 fake bank accounts, the authorities said on Tuesday.

According…

World's longest sea-crossing bridge opens between Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong (IANS) A $20-billion bridge connecting Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai is set to finally open this week, marking the completion of the longest sea-crossing bridge ever built, nine years after construction…