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Washington, Nov 8: US President Donald Trump's post-election news conference at the White House saw him getting involved in angry exchanges with reporters a number of times as he termed one "rude and terrible" person and accused another of asking "racist" questions. During his around one-and-a-half-hour press conference on Wednesday, he walked away from the microphone a few times refusing to take

Singapore, Nov 8: Two Indian-origin were charged with lighting illegal fireworks in Singapore's 'Little India' precinct on the eve of Diwali and they face up to two years in jail and a fine ranging between SGD2,000 and SGD10,000. It is illegal to set off fireworks in Singapore without obtaining permission from the authorities. Thiagu Selvarajoo (29) is accused of letting off dangerous fireworks

Tehran, Nov 7: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that United States President Donald Trump's administration will "regret" the newly-imposed sanctions on his country. "The US administration will come to regret taking these ridiculous measures," Anadolu News Agencyquoted Zarif, as saying. The foreign minister further stated that while previous US Presidents have also displayed

Islamabad, Nov 7: Pakistani authorities have said that bank accounts of thousands of individuals have been compromised and money stolen as a result of a massive hack last month. Officials of cybercrime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said they launched a probe after complaints by several individuals. The cyber-attacks were launched on October 27 and 28 and reportedly data of 8,000

Washington, Nov 7: The House is getting its first two Muslim women and Massachusetts is getting its first black congresswoman while Arizona and Tennessee stand to elect their first woman senators in Tuesday's midterm elections. The high-profile midterm cycle that produced a record number of women contenders and candidates of colour meant several winners will take office as trailblazers, marking

Washington, Nov 7: The opposition Democratic Party is projected to regain control of the House of Representatives while the ruling Republican Party is all set to retain its majority in the Senate in the critical midterm elections held on Tuesday, according to projections made by major US media outlets. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, 78, is expected to be re-elected as Speaker of 435-member House of

Washington, Nov 7: Indian Americans, constituting just one per cent of the US population and considered to be one of the richest ethnic communities after Jews, hope to celebrate Diwali this year with a record number of wins from city councils, state legislatures to the Congress, as millions of Americans went out to vote on Tuesday in the midterm polls. A record number of 11 Indian Americans are on

Yaunde, Nov 6: At least 78 school children and three others have been abducted from their school in Bamenda city of north western Cameroon. Armed separatists group, Amba Boys, which kidnapped the children, later, released the video purportedly of the kidnapped children trapped in a tiny room. , BBC said in a report. Regional governor Adolphe Lele L'Afrique blamed separatist militias. While

Rome, Nov 5: With the deaths of 12 people in Sicily, the death toll in Italy's horrendous flooding has grown to 29, the country's interior minister said. 'Twelve dead in Sicily, people having dinner were swept up by the water,' Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said in a statement to the press in the northern region of Veneto. Nine of the people were members of two families dining together when the

Islamabad, Nov 4: Pakistan police on Sunday arrested nearly 250 people from across the country on charges of arson, vandalism and violence during the three-day mass protests following the acquittal of Christian woman Asia Bibi. A day after striking a deal with the radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the government swung into action as it started a crackdown against the people