Russia has developed a cyberweapon that can disrupt power grids, according...
June 12, 2017
Hackers allied with the Russian government have devised a cyberweapon that has the potential to be the most disruptive yet against electric systems that Americans depend on for daily life, according to U.S. researchers.
Pakistan, in a First, Sentences Man to Death Over Blasphemy on...
June 12, 2017
Taimoor Raza handed first-ever death sentence for insulting Prophet Muhammad on social media, amid blasphemy crackdown.
A Pakistani court has sentenced to death a man who allegedly committed blasphemy on Facebook, a prosecutor said, in the first such case involving social media.
Lost natural wonder in New Zealand may be found, say researchers
June 12, 2017
The eighth natural wonder of the world may have been rediscovered 131 years after it was buried by a volcanic eruption, New Zealand researchers believe.
Lake Rotomahana in North Island, New Zealand
Indian Prime Minister Modi, President Trump’s First Meeting On July 26:...
June12, 2017
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Washington DC on June 25-26 at the invitation of US President Donald Trump, the government said today. The two leaders will hold their first bilateral talks on June 26.
Pakistan’s Sharif to be questioned over family’s wealth
June 12, 2017
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be questioned on Thursday by investigators probing how his family obtained its vast wealth, the first time a sitting Pakistani premier has appeared before any investigative agency.
D.C. and Maryland to sue President Trump alleging breach of constitutional...
June 12, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Trump on Monday, alleging that he has violated anticorruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions in payments and benefits from foreign governments since moving into the White House.
Republicans urge Trump to come clean on tapes; Sessions to testify...
Junw 11, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fellow Republicans pressed President Donald Trump on Sunday to come clean about whether he has tapes of private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey and provide them to Congress if he does — or possibly face a subpoena, as a Senate investigation into collusion with Russia or obstruction of justice extended to a Trump Cabinet member.
ICC Champions Trophy: India stroll into semis with rout of South...
June 11, 2017
Brief Scorecard: India 193 for 2 (Dhawan 78, Kohli 76*) beat South Africa 191 (De Kock 53, Bhuvneshwar 2-23, Bumah 2-28) by x wickets
Bollywood Actor Paresh Rawal on Narendra Modi: He is the last...
June 11, 2017
Paresh Rawal doesn’t believe in God. “Why should I expend my energies on someone I have not seen nor am I likely to?” he asks. His office occupies the third storey of a semi-residential building in Juhu, Mumbai. He is seated at his desk, which is right beneath an altar, whose presence he explains away as deference to his parents, both believers.
Mandsaur stir was run on WhatsApp: How social media created a...
June 11, 2017
“Attention, attention…We have not struck any compromise with the government,” read a WhatsApp message circulating among Madhya Pradesh’s farmers in the first week of June. “There is nothing to compromise on...our demands are clear.”
