Trump nominates Christopher Wray as new FBI chief

United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he plans to nominate former assistant attorney general Christopher Wray as the new Federal Bureau of Investigation Director, a day before a......

'Bangladesh nurtures fanatics'

Image: Avijit Roy. Photograph: Courtesy Twitter Thursday's savage murder of writer Avijit Roy in Dhaka raises troubling questions about religion-inspired terror in Bangladesh, says Indrani......

US: Cop who left aged Indian paralysed sacked, arrested

After a hue and cry from the Indian community, Madison (Alabama) police chief Larry Muncey announced that officer Eric Parker, who brutalised 57-year-old Sureshbhai Patel on February 6, has been......

US scrambles jets after Twitter bomb threats to two planes

Over 250 passengers on board two US airliners got a scare on Sunday when "credible" bomb threats sent via Twitter prompted the military to scramble F-16 fighter jets to escort the planes to land in......

Guess Who beat Sandra Bullock

Audiences did not have too much trouble guessing which was more entertaining -- the movie with a black man giving a tough time to his white aspiring son-in-law or the one in which a tough black......

Bland Friday in Hollywood

How can anyone think there is no must-see film this week when there is Hero, the Chinese martial art drama of extraordinary and savage beauty?By any stretch of imagination, Hero is a relentlessly......

NYPD chief applauds London Games security

New York's police chief said on Wednesday he was impressed with security planning for this summer's London Olympics, rejecting suggestions that US officials were concerned about arrangements for......

Former NBA player Crittenton sought for murder

Javaris Crittenton, a former National Basketball Association athlete who once played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Washington Wizards, is wanted on a murder charge over the death of a woman in......