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New Zealand’s first terrorism charge filed over mosque shootings
WELLINGTON: New Zealand police have charged the man accused of murder in shootings at two Christchurch mosques in March with engaging in a terrorist act, the first time such a charge had been brought in the country’s history. In an
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Formula One legend Niki Lauda dies aged 70
Born on Feb. 22, 1949, into a wealthy Vienna family, Nikolaus Andreas Lauda was expected to follow his father into the paper-manufacturing industry, but instead concentrated his business talents and determination on his dreams of becoming a racing driver. Three-time
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US firm Wayfair in trouble for selling bath mats with Shiva imprints
After Amazon, it is American e-tailer Wayfair that has come under fire for selling bath mats with Hindu Gods. The Boston-based Wayfair that sells home goods, has been stocking and selling bath mats with Lord Ganesha and Lord Shiva’s imprints
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US will respond with ‘great force’ if Iran attacks interests
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump warned Iran that it would be met with ‘great force’ if it attacked US interests in the Middle East. Washington strongly suspects Shiite militias with ties to Tehran were behind a rocket attack in Baghdad’s
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Online trove of Instagram influencer info unguarded
Instagram on Monday was trying to figure out how private contact information for millions of influential users of the service was amassed in an unguarded online database. The online cache of data discovered by a security researcher was first written
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Slavery, gang rape of North Korean women in Chinese cybersex dens
Tens of thousands of North Korean women and girls – some as young as nine – are being trafficked into sexual slavery in China are raped as they try to flee poverty and oppression in their homeland, experts on the
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US-China trade war hits markets
WASHINGTON/BEIJING: Worries that the US and China were digging in for a longer, costlier trade war weighed on financial markets on Monday as Beijing accused Washington of harbouring ‘extravagant expectations’ for a deal to end their dispute. Investors added up
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Some graft charges against Razak Baginda dropped
PARIS: France has dropped some of the charges against an associate of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, Abdul Razak Baginda, over alleged kickbacks paid on a major submarine deal, judicial sources said Monday. Najib himself is currently embroiled in
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Probe torture in Indian Kashmir, United Nations told
Tens of thousands of people in Indian Kashmir have been subjected to torture in the past three decades, according to a report released Monday by two prominent human rights groups which called for a UN investigation. The report said at
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Animal haven in Jordan amidst Middle East conflicts
For more than a year after being moved to a Jordanian wildlife reserve from war-hit Syria, two bears, Loz and Sukkar, would cower whenever planes flew by, traumatised by past bombardments. They are among dozens of animals that have been
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