Tokyo, Jan 6 (IANS) At least 100 people have died and 211 other remain missing since a series of powerful earthquakes struck Japan's Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day, with authorities fearing more casualties as rescue and search efforts intensified on Saturday.
New York, Jan 6 (IANS) A third batch of court documents from a lawsuit connected to the late disgraced American financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been unsealed, just days after the first and second lot of bombshell files were made public which contained the names of noted celebrities including former US President Bill Clinton, Britain's Prince Andrew and late pop icon Michael Jackson, according to media reports.
Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) US President Joe Biden on Friday set up the Presidential election later in the year as a battle to save democracy in the US and portrayed former President Donald Trump, who appears to have a lock on the Republican nomination, as the chief threat.
Gaza, Jan 6 (IANS) Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to put the focus of his tour in the Middle East on ending Israel's "aggression" on the Gaza Strip.
Baghdad, Jan 5 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani reiterated his pledge on Friday to end the presence of the US-led coalition in Iraq after a series of US strikes killed Iraqi security personnel and militia leaders.
Tehran, Jan 5 (IANS) Iran's Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs, Majid Mir-Ahmadi, said on Friday that both bomb attacks that rocked the area near the tomb of Qassem Soleimani in Kerman, southeastern Iran, were "suicide attacks".
Tokyo, Jan 5 (IANS) The death toll has risen to 94, with the number of people unaccounted for reaching nearly 250 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa earlier this week after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity, raising concerns of escalating damages as rescue and search efforts intensify.
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas to challenge an immigration law that allows the state police to arrest, detain, and deport individuals suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border.
San Francisco, Jan 5 (IANS) Three Hindu temples have been targeted by unknown miscreants in quick succession in the US state of California's Bay Area region, leaving members of the community in shock.
Tokyo, Jan 5 (IANS) Central Japan on Friday started culling about 50,000 birds after the region confirmed the first highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak of this season, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan.
