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Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women's health worldwide

New Delhi, June 5 -- Philanthropist Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women's health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as ... Read More


A Yazidi tells an Australian court she was enslaved and raped in an IS home in Syria

New Delhi, June 5 -- A Yazidi woman has alleged she shared a bedroom with a woman accused of enslaving her in Syria and was repeatedly raped and beaten by the woman's father, police told a court on Th... Read More


What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its reappearance in the US

New Delhi, June 5 -- The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infestation from its flesh-eating larvae c... Read More


Trump says Pulte won't be his nominee for director of national intelligence

New Delhi, June 5 -- President Donald Trump said Thursday that federal housing finance regulator Bill Pulte, his pick for acting director of national intelligence, would not be his "permanent" choice ... Read More


Gunmen kidnap 7 students from school in northwestern Nigeria

New Delhi, June 5 -- Gunmen raided an off-campus residence in northwest Nigeria and kidnapped seven students, police said. The attack occurred early Wednesday in the Kaura Namoda area of conflict-bat... Read More


Ukrainian drones hit St. Petersburg oil terminal before city hosts Russian economic forum

New Delhi, June 5 -- Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, sending smoke billowing over the ci... Read More


Tropical Storm Amanda is the first of the Pacific hurricane season, meteorologists say

New Delhi, June 5 -- Tropical Storm Amanda formed Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, marking the first tropical cyclone of the season, the National Hurricane Center said. Amanda was located about 1,505 ... Read More


UK government condemns violence at protest over teen's stabbing death

New Delhi, June 5 -- Britain's interior minister accused activists of hijacking a tragedy to stir up violence after police were attacked at a protest over the death of a teenager who was handcuffed as... Read More


What to know about the growing opposition to Trump family-linked resort in Albania

New Delhi, June 5 -- A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, is facing growing resistance from protesters in Albania. Police fire... Read More


Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US

New Delhi, June 4 -- The New World screwworm fly has reached south Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Wednesday, the first time in decades that the parasite with flesh-eating larvae h... Read More