Pritha Mallick
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Pentagon fires top official for sexually harassing 3 female staff members
The former assistant secretary of defence for nuclear chemical and biological defence programs, Guy Roberts resigned after he was accused of making unwelcomed physical contact by hugging, kissing, or touching. → Read More
Father, 2 women arrested for torturing 8-year-old girl to death in West Virginia
The three adults often gave Raylee cruel punishments such as ordering her not eat food at school, beating her with metal objects and barring her from drinking water up to three days. → Read More
Georgia councilman Jim Cleveland resigns after racial purity remark controversy
The Georgia councilman drew nation-wide flack after he said interracial marriages makes his "blood boil" as it goes against his Christian beliefs and the church teaches to "keep your races pure". → Read More
As US military completes pullback from Syria, Pentagon denies sending troops to Mideast
US President Donald Trump had earlier contradicted the US military's statement by stating that the troops deployed in the regions are "only kept for oil." → Read More
Chinese media calls US Uighur bill 'stab in the back', warns of harsh retaliation
An editorial published in People's Daily called the legislation passed by the US House of Representative with 407 to 1 vote on Tuesday "harbours evil intent and is extremely sinister." → Read More
Chinese aircraft carrier sails through Taiwan Strait, triggers tensions ahead of elections
China's Navy spokesman Cheng Dewei said the carrier, which is Beijing's second such carrier, crossed the sensitive territory for "scientific research tests and routine training." → Read More
Indonesian police headquarters struck by suspected suicide bombing
Footages broadcasted on Indonesian television channel showed people rushing out of the buildings near the blast site. → Read More
Israeli airstrike kills top Islamic Jihad commander Bahaa Abu el-Ata in Gaza
Retaliatory attacks from the Gaza Strip against Israel were launched, which triggered sirens in Tel Aviv to as far as about 20 km to the port city Ashdod. → Read More
Facebook deletes posts with Ukraine whistleblower's name; Twitter says no rules violated
Despite Twitter's stating that 'personally identifiable information about any individual, including the alleged whistleblower' is prohibited from sharing, several posts containing the whistleblower's name were reported to be circulating. → Read More
Iran Earthquake: 5.9 magnitude tremor kills 4, injures 70
The earthquake measuring 5.9 struck early morning about 120 kilometres southeast of Tabriz city on East Azerbaijan Province. → Read More
Former Twitter employees charged for spying on users critical of Saudi royal family
Investigation revealed that the accused were guided by a Saudi official who worked under someone prosecutors called "Royal family Member-1" reported to be Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. → Read More
ABC scrapped interview with Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre after threat from UK Palace
The incident is being linked with Ronan Farrow who accused NBC News of not carrying forth the investigative reporting on powerful Hollywood Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct. → Read More
Halloween shooting: Death toll raises to 5 in Northern California Airbnb party
Gunshots were heard at 10.45 pm on Thursday at the Airbnb property at the San Francisco suburb of Orinda where about 100 guests were gathered for a party. → Read More
Chicago shooting: 7-year-old girl trick-or-treating on Halloween critically shot in chest
The shooting took place at 5.30 pm after two people walked up to a group of people standing in 3700 block of West 26 Street and opened fire. → Read More
New York Times, Washington Post are 'fake' says Trump, cancels subscriptions to White House
Donald Trump called the New York Times newspapers as "corrupt" during an interview with Fox News. → Read More
Trump-Russia probe: US justice department to open criminal inquiry into Russian investigation
The probe will investigate the initial violations that led to special counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry into Russia's role in the 2016 presidential elections. → Read More
Families of civil rights figures call Trump's 'lynching' remark 'insensitive and offensive'
Families of civil rights figures, US lawmakers condemn Trump's remark on impeachment probe ahead of lynching memorial visit. → Read More
4-year-old girl accidentally shoots father and self in Milwaukee
Since the father lied about the circumstances in the shooting, he was taken into custody as per the charges by the district attorney. → Read More
US teacher sentenced to 112 years in prison for sexually abusing children
Bedoya was convicted by a jury on August 9, years after he was charged for repeatedly assaulting a child, who was 13-years-old at the time, for a year. → Read More
To curb cheating, this Karnataka college made students don cartons; license to be revoked
The incident which took place on Wednesday came to light after pictures showing students wearing cartons on their head as a preventive method against cheating was shared widely on social media. → Read More