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A gang cheating people by promising huge returns on insurance policies was busted by the crime branch after a raid at their call centre

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Aircraft carriers are the ultimate symbol of a country's military power and prestige. These floating islands of military power take years to build, and they do not come cheap. The first of the US's new Ford-class of super carrier has a $13 billion price tag.

Still, despite the cost, a number of countries have succeeded in building or acquiring a carrier. Although the US has the largest number of carriers with the most advanced technology and the largest flight decks... Читать дальше...

Joseph Kony’s militia The Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, has abducted men, women and children in unprecedented numbers in the Central African Republic this year -- suggesting that the group is trying to refill its ranks with child soldiers in the wake of military setbacks, according to a new report.

A trial court on Thursday extended till March 16 the judicial custody of former DU professor SAR Geelani, who has been arrested on sedition charges

Retired DEA agent and "Deal" author Mike Vigil spent roughly 20 years undercover in Mexico and Colombia. Vigil argues that GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's proposal to build a wall on the Mexican border will not stop drug cartels from sending drugs into the United States.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

One in every 25 people who comes through the hospital door ends up acquiring an infection that makes them sicker than before.

Seems counterintuitive, right?

And, according to a new report from the CDC, about one in seven of these infections is caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or the phenomenon that occurs as bacteria treated with powerful drugs grow increasingly resistant. That one-in-seven statistic increases... Читать дальше...

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Boeing is donderdag met een ingenieus zelfreinigend toilet op de proppen gekomen. De vliegtuigmaker, die patent op het concept heeft aangevraagd, claimt dat 99,99 procent van alle bacteriën bij iedere poetsbeurt wordt gedood. Het schoonmaaksysteem maakt gebruik van uv-licht. Ook gaat het nare geurtjes tegen en dat in ,,slechts" drie seconden.

Concerned Oklahoma callers phoned 911 saying the fiery car crash that killed oil tycoon Aubrey McClendon.

Kevin Grier, president, Kevin Grier Market Analysis tells BNN why he expects to see food prices stabilize over the year. He also tells us about the competition ramping up between the major grocery chains.

Here’s what your boyfriend is really thinking when some random guy comes over and hugs you…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Nearly 30 transgender women strutted down the catwalk in skinny jeans, crop tops and stiletto heels at a Tel Aviv club on Thursday, vying for a chance to enter the first "Miss Trans Israel" beauty…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Nearly 30 transgender women strutted down the catwalk in skinny jeans, crop tops and stiletto heels at a Tel Aviv club on Thursday, vying for a chance to enter the first "Miss Trans Israel" beauty…

A London judge chided Madonna and Guy Ritchie Thursday as a bitter custody battle played out on both sides of the Atlantic.

The United States is deploying a team of experts to Ethiopia as part of an emergency response to the worst drought in 50 years.

"For patriotism to have any real meaning, you have to open up universities," said Satish Deshpande of Delhi University's sociology department.

A riot at an overcrowded maximum security prison in Guyana has left 16 inmates dead, prison authorities said.

Season 2 of I Am Cait promises plenty more political hot seat moments for Caitlyn Jenner, according to a teaser from Sunday's premiere...

Some child advocacy groups are demanding reform of Baltimore public school police policies after an officer was caught on video hitting and kicking a young man inside a school. The officer and the school police chief have been placed on leave pending a criminal investigation by Baltimore city police. City police spokesman T.J. Smith said in a statement released Wednesday that city police will handle the criminal investigation at school police acting chief Akil Hamm's request.

Did you know that sand dunes could sometimes be musical instruments too? At Setrau village in Barmer district, there is a sand dune that produces musical sounds - anything that strikes the dune produces musical sounds.

Former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney took center stage Thursday morning and delivered a scalding denunciation of current GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, Breitbart reported. Speaking at the University of Utah, Romney alluded to Ronald Reagan’s 1964 speech, “A Time for Choosing,” and said it was again a time of choosing – but stressed at...

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has retained two attorneys, including a civil defense lawyer and a criminal lawyer, to serve as "investigatory counsel” as the bombshells keep exploding regarding his role in the Flint water crisis.

Over half of teenage girls feel under pressure to send boys sexual photographs of themselves, a new study in Australia has shown.

Over half of teenage girls feel under pressure to send boys sexual photographs of themselves, a new study in Australia has shown.