Brasilia: At least 10 prisoners were killed in Brazil`s fifth prison riot this year, the media reported on Sunday. Police and military forces were deployed at the Alcacuz prison as a riot broke out between two gangs on Saturday night, the BBC reported. The wave of prison violence started onRead More

Washington: US Vice President Joe Biden has singled out Pakistan along with Russia and North Korea and others for making “counterproductive” moves that only heightened the risk that nuclear weapons could be used in a regional conflict. “Not just North Korea, but Russia, Pakistan, and others have made counterproductive movesRead More

Mosul: Iraqi special forces stormed the Mosul University complex in the city`s northeast on Friday and pushed Islamic State further back to reach another bridge across the Tigris river, the military said. The militants were fighting back at the university, which they had seized when they took over the cityRead More

Vatican City: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas warned Saturday that moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would deal a huge blow to hopes for Middle East peace. Commenting as he opened a Palestinian embassy at the Vatican, Abbas added that anything which legitimised the “illegal Israeli annexation” of JerusalemRead More

Beijing: US hard-disk drive manufacturer Seagate Technology will lay off more than 2,000 Chinese workers as it shutters a factory in eastern China, reports said Saturday, prompting anger among employees. The factory, one of two operated by Seagate in China, is based in Suzhou city in eastern Jiangsu province, andRead More

Beijing: China sought to improve political and military ties with Vietnam, shelving the maritime dispute over the South China Sea, during Vietnamese Communist Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong’s ongoing visit amid Hanoi’s push for closer relations with India, state-run media here has said. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who also headsRead More

Jolo: A South Korean captain and a Filipino crewman abducted by suspected Islamist militants off the southern Philippines were released on Saturday, authorities said, ending a three-month ordeal where they endured beatings and hunger. The Philippine military said armed men identifying themselves as Abu Sayyaf militants kidnapped the pair fromRead More

District of Columbia: US senators have launched a probe into Russian spying, saying intelligence reports of Moscow`s interference in the 2016 election and possible ties to American political parties “raise profound concerns.” The investigation, backed by both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee, could trigger forced testimony byRead More

Bangkok: An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude struck 224 km (140 miles) southwest of Fiji on Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there was no immediate tsunami warning. There were also no immediate reports of any damage or casualties.

Washington: US intelligence chief James Clapper has expressed “profound dismay” to Donald Trump over leaked details of a security briefing that reportedly contained explosive but unsubstantiated allegations about the president-elect. American intelligence officials last week presented to Trump, as well as to President Barack Obama, a two-page synopsis about theRead More