Toronto, Rob Ford, the controversial former mayor of Toronto, began intensive surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his abdomen Monday, with the operation expected to last more than 10 hours. The city councillor has previously described the procedure as a “very serious operation,” and noted that it could putRead More

London, British Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled his new cabinet on Monday after an unexpected election victory that gave his Conservative party a narrow majority in parliament for the first time in nearly 20 years. Cameron named the mayor of London and potential leadership contender Boris Johnson, known for hisRead More

Stockholm, Sweden’s Supreme Court on Monday said it had rejected an appeal by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange against his arrest warrant for alleged rape and sexual assault. Sweden issued the arrest warrant in 2010 following allegations from two Swedish women, one who claimed rape and another who alleged sexual assault.Read More

Washington , With Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi incapacitated due to suspected spinal damage, the terror group’s shura council is to elect a stand-in leader this week to handle day-to-day affairs, according to a media report. Baghdadi has been moved from Iraq to the Syrian city of Raqqa, theRead More

WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday flatly rejected claims that Pakistan was told in advance about a 2011 special operations raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Veteran US journalist Seymour Hersh claimed in a British publication that Pakistan’s security services not only knew about the raid, butRead More

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Brussels later this month to address the European parliament, as Europe seeks international cooperation to cope with the Mediterranean migrant crisis. Ban will also hold talks with EU leaders during the visit on May 26, UN spokesman Farhan HaqRead More

Chennai: With the acquittal of arch rival AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa coming as a reversal for it, DMK top brass on Monday went into a huddle to work on a political and legal strategy following the development. Politically, the verdict in favour of AIADMK chief is seen as a set backRead More

Lucknow, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday said Centre cannot make any law by bringing in a bill in Parliament for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya as BJP and its NDA allies put together do not have majority in the Rajya Sabha. “BJP does not have a majority inRead More

New Delhi: A Bill to amend the Whistleblowers Protection Act 2011 to keep issues of national security out of its purview was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The introduction of the Whistleblowers Protection (Amendment) Bill 2015 came close on the heels of the Opposition attacking the government forRead More

Delhi, May 11 – Under attack over its statement in Parliament that it was not aware about Dawood Ibrahim’s whereabouts, the government today asserted that the Mumbai blast mastermind is in Pakistan and it will do everything to bring him to justice. “Whether we have to pursue Pakistan or pressuriseRead More