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March 8, 2017 9:09 AM

WikiLeaks releases hacking tool details of CIA

WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents purportedly taken from the CIA claiming that America's premier spy agency partnered with foreign intelligence agencies to turn TVs and smartphones into weapons for surveillance. Code-named "Vault 7", WikiLeaks termed the disclosure as the...

March 8, 2017 7:33 AM

US: Indian gets 15 years in prison for plotting terrorist attacks in India

In the United States, an Indian citizen has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to support terrorist attacks in India, including assassination of an Indian government official, as part of the Khalistan movement. Forty-two-year-old Balwinder Singh was sentenced yesterday by US Distric...

March 8, 2017 7:33 AM

Brexit Bill: Theresa May suffers second defeat in House of Lords

British Prime Minister Theresa May has suffered a second Brexit Bill defeat in the House of Lords as peers backed, by 366 votes to 268, calls for a meaningful parliamentary vote on the final terms of withdrawal.<br/> <br/> <br/>After a three-hour debate yesterday, for the second ti...

March 8, 2017 7:25 AM

UNSC strongly condemns North Korea's recent ballistic missile launche

The UN Security Council today strongly condemned North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches and expressed serious concern over Pyongyang's behaviour. The strong condemnation came in a US-drafted statement that was unanimously approved by the council despite US tensions with China over...

March 8, 2017 7:11 AM

US: 4 died, dozens injured in train & charter bus crash

In the United States, at least four people died and dozens were injured when a train crashed into a charter bus in the southern state of Mississippi, authorities said. Police chief John Miller said at a news conference that the crash occurred yesterday at a railroad crossing in the Gulf Coast city o...

March 8, 2017 6:41 AM

Nepal: Markets, schools & factories closed

In Nepal, markets, schools and factories were closed across southern plains yesterday in response to the killing of three protesters by security forces on Monday in the south-eastern town of Rajbiraj. <br/><br/>A local police officer said much of the public transport remained off the roa...

March 8, 2017 6:40 AM

EU launched 5th satellite of Copernicus observation program

European Union launched the fifth satellite of the Copernicus observation program yesterday, which will cut the time of imaging the earth by half. The European Commission said in a statement that latest Copernicus satellite launch will improve services for farmers, fishermen and other users of land ...

March 8, 2017 5:44 AM

Wildfires in US kills 5, force thousands from homes

In United States, emergency crews struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four States and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>The fires were burning in parts ...

March 8, 2017 5:43 AM

Brexit Bill: Theresa May suffers second defeat in House of Lords

British Prime Minister Theresa May has suffered a second Brexit Bill defeat in the House of Lords as peers backed, by 366 votes to 268, calls for a meaningful parliamentary vote on the final terms of withdrawal.<br/> <br/> <br/>After a three-hour debate yesterday, for the second ti...

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