The suspected sole surviving gunman from 2015 attacks in Paris has come close to admitting his role in the carnage in a rare statement to investigators in which he justified the killings, reports said today. Salah Abdeslam, in custody in France over the November 2015
US President Donald Trump is pursuing a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to determine whether Moscow is willing to make progress in bilateral relationship, the White House has said. Trump and Putin will meet on July 16 in Finnish capital Helsinki to mend
Member states of the United Nations migration agency today rejected President Donald Trump’s nominee for director general, repudiating historic American control of the organisation. The International Organisation for Migration had been led by an American throughout the agency’s 67-year history with one exception from 1961
Judge T.S. Ellis, III for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled Tuesday that charges for bank fraud and tax evasion against former campaign manager for US President Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, can proceed. Manafort challenged his indictment in June, arguing that Special Counsel exceeded
The US Supreme Court US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a 5-4 decision that it will not follow the recommendation of a Special Master it had appointed to dismiss a suit brought to the court by Florida. In Florida v. Georgia [docket] Florida petitioned the court asking for an equal division
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya refuted allegations of attempting a plea bargain, levied by an Enforcement Directorate official. “Media reports quote an ED official stating that I am attempting a plea bargain. Would respectfully suggest that the official read the ED charge sheet first. I would
The National Investigation Agency has filed a chargesheet against two accused persons in the Visakhapatnam Fake Indian Currency Notes case in the Special Court here. The accused, Mohammed Mahaboob Baig alias Azhar Baig, a resident of Maddur Village, Mandya district, Karnataka and Syed Imran of Ganjam village, Srirangapatnam Taluk, Mandya District
The Delhi High Court on Friday restrained the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation employees from going on strike tomorrow. The court mentioned that disputes had arisen with regards to the implementation of settlement terms, which were agreed upon on by the DMRC and the employees in 2017, with the employees claiming
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge today said it was unlikely that the BJP would go for early Lok Sabha election looking at the current political situation. The Congress leader in the Lok Sabha said the BJP’s stand on holding early election will be clear once
The Bombay High Court today said that an experts’ committee can be set up to inspect the site of the recent wall collapse in suburban Wadala and suggest remedial measures. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla was hearing a petition