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Kinshasa, Nov 8: An explosion killed a child and injured 32 Indian peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma on Tuesday, the U.N. mission there said. The blast hit the peacekeepers while they were out on a morning run in the western Goma neighbourhood of Keyshero, the mission added. The cause was not immediately clear. Ismael Salumu, an imam at a nearby mosque, said

Philadelphia, Nov 8: Closing out a wildly unpredictable White House race, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump blitzed through battleground states Monday in a final bid to energize supporters. Clinton, backed by an emotional appeal from Barack Obama, urged voters to embrace a "hopeful, inclusive, bighearted America," while Trump vowed to "beat the corrupt system." The candidates rallied voters late

Reno (US), Nov 6: Republican White House candidate Donald Trump was rushed off stage by Secret Service agents at a rally in Nevada after someone in the crowd shouted "gun" which led to commotion near his podium. US Secret Service and local police apprehended a suspect at the rally in Reno, Nevada. The federal agency said an investigation was continuing, but local media reported that the Reno

New York, Nov 5: Booker prize winning Indian-born author Salman Rushdie described Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as a "sexual predator" and asked Americans to "focus" as they choose their next president. "Trump will go on trial in November accused of racketeering, and again in December accused of child rape. He is a sexual predator, hasn't released his tax returns, and has used his

Singapore, Nov 5: A 45-year-old Indian man was sentenced to eight years in prison and nine strokes of cane for slashing throat of his estranged Singaporean wife, a media report said today. Krishnan Karunakaran had slashed throat of his 38-year-old wife Boomichelvi Ramasamy in October 2013 after she rebuffed his demands to help him stay in Singapore by getting his visa extended and not let him see

Fayetteville (US), Nov 5: US President Barack Obama defended a supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as the crowd at a Democratic rally here began yelling at him when he stood up with a pro-Trump sign. Obama repeatedly told the crowd to "hold up" as Hillary Clinton's supporters started booing a man who stood up with the sign supporting the Republican presidential nominee. The

Dhaka, Nov 5: Four days after Hindu temples and houses were attacked in Bangladesh's Brahmanbaria district, extremists targeted the minority community again on Friday. Police said several houses were set on fire at Madhyaparha and Dakhshinparha in the Upazila town at dawn on Friday. “The attackers fled after torching seven houses. Locals put out the flames,” said Additional Superintendent of

London, Nov 4: Islamic State's reclusive chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has escaped from the terrorist group's stronghold of Mosul as the Iraqi Army advanced for a final assault, British foreign secretary Boris Johnson said today. He said western intelligence sources believe Baghdadi is no longer in Mosul, The Guardian reported. Baghdadi yesterday broke his year-long silence and issued an audio

London, Nov 4: In a crackdown to curb its soaring immigration figures, the UK government has announced changes to its visa policy for non-EU nationals, which will affect a large number of Indians especially IT professionals. Under the new visa rules announced last evening by the UK Home Office, anyone applying after November 24 under the Tier 2 intra-company transfer (ICT) category would be

Washington, Nov 3: Sewage treatment plants may soon turn human waste into fuel, thanks to a new technology that mimics the conditions the Earth uses to create crude oil - achieving in minutes something that takes Mother Nature millions of years. The technology, hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), creates a material similar to petroleum pumped out of the ground, with a small amount of water and oxygen