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Indian nationals are among 23 people who were onboard the UK flagged oil tanker which was seized by Iran on Saturday, said cargo vessel owner Stena Bulk. (Photo: AP)

New audio shows UK could not prevent Iran takeover of tanker

In the recording, an Iranian officer can be heard telling the Stena Impero to change course, saying: 'You obey, you will...

22 July 2019 10:02 AM IST

Three Iranian ships attempted to impede the passage of a British oil tanker in Gulf waters, forcing a UK frigate to intervene, the British government said Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

Looking at options' to respond: UK to Iran after tanker seized

'Our first and most important responsibility is to make sure we get a solution to the issue to do with current ship,'...

21 July 2019 4:10 PM IST

The nurse said, With all of that being said, youre 21 years old, you really need to guard and protect your character. (Photo: Representative Image/AFP)

Woman gets 'slut-shamed' by a nurse during STD check-up

The woman wrote on Reddit that she had a one night stand with someone she had 'developed deep connections with' and had...

20 July 2019 4:27 PM IST

In this May 7, 2019 file photo Rep. Erica Thomas, D-Austell, speaks during a news conference in Atlanta. Thomas says she was verbally attacked in a supermarket by a white man. (Photo: AP)

Go back where you came from': White man abuses pregnant black lawmaker...

She said she was so taken aback by his actions that she didn't think to try to record them.

20 July 2019 1:36 PM IST

On Wednesday, instead of crowds, only a few dozen specialist workers wearing white protective overalls, hard hats and masks could be seen carrying out painstaking work to make the building safe. (Photo: AFP)

Inside Notre-Dame: rubble, emptiness and an immense task ahead

Journalists were on Wednesday given unprecedented access during a tour around the inside of the 850-year-old World...

18 July 2019 5:52 PM IST

Dozens of beachgoers and lifeguards battled to help a pod of pilot whales back into deeper waters after coming too close to the shore of the US state of Georgia earlier this week, although authorities said that three of the animals had died. (Photo: AP)

Watch: Beachgoers help save pod of pilot whales on US east coast

Officials checked beaches and marshes along the island's coast by helicopter and did not spot anymore stranded whales,...

18 July 2019 4:54 PM IST

Amano missed a special meeting of the board called at the USs request after it was confirmed that Iran had broken two limits in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). (Photo: AP)

UN nuclear watchdog chief to step down next year: Diplomats

Amano has been director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency since 2009 and his latest mandate had been due...

18 July 2019 12:48 PM IST

The 63-year-old former Kingfisher Airlines boss had won a reprieve earlier this month when a two-judge panel at the Royal Courts of Justice in London granted him permission to appeal against the extradition order of a lower court to face fraud and money laundering charges amounting to an alleged Rs 9,000 crores in India. (Photo: PTI)

Mallya's UK High Court extradition appeal to be heard in February 2020

Justices George Leggatt and Andrew Popplewell concluded that 'arguments can be reasonably made' on some aspects of the...

18 July 2019 12:14 PM IST

Goyal is on a three-day visit to the UK to attend the India Day conclave. (Photo: ANI)

Piyush Goyal meets Theresa May in London

The railway and commerce minister also met investors and discussed various opportunities that the Indian market offers...

17 July 2019 6:36 PM IST

Mayor Sadiq Khan called for Londoners to attend a candlelit vigil at Trafalgar Square on Thursday evening in solidarity with the victims and their families. (Photo: AFP)

London mayor rejects plans for 1000-feet high 'Tulip' skyscraper

The high-rise, which was approved by London's authorities and would have been Western Europe's second-tallest...

17 July 2019 1:18 PM IST

The treaty further bars the US from prosecuting Assange for any other crime beyond those outlined in the extradition request. (Photo: ANI)

Won't extradite Assange where he could face death penalty: UK Minister

Julian Assange is facing charges by US Justice Department of violating Espionage Act and conspiring to hack into...

16 July 2019 7:12 PM IST

The 48-year-old former Naval officer, Kulbhushan Jadhav, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism on April 11, 2017. (Photo: File)

Pakistan legal team in Hague for Kulbushan Jadhav verdict

The four-day hearing in the Jadhav case started on February 18 at the ICJ headquarters in The Hague.

16 July 2019 3:22 PM IST