Gunfight started after rebels opened fire on Indian troops in the forested area of Kupwara near the Line of Control. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Five Indian soldiers and five separatist fighters have been killed in a fierce gun battle in northern Kashmir. Police Superintendent Shamsher Hussain told Al Jazeera the gunfight started on Tuesday after rebels opened fire on troops […]

The Sun revealed that MPs were handed an inflation-busting £2,000 salary rise while their staff face a real terms cut. The recommendation by the expenses watchdog Ipsa sparked a furious rows. And MPs wrote to Ipsa demanding their staff are paid more. The letter was organised by Labour MP Gareth Snell and signed by 200 others – although Jeremy Corbyn’s […]

After days of efforts to get Amazon to rethink its decision to give up on a New York City headquarters, Gov. Cuomo on Friday glumly announced that he “has no reason to believe” the company will bite. All of which leaves the gov looking like he’s lost his mojo — at least. Cuomo had been his usual dervish of activity […]

With big farms growing bigger in the US, small farms are increasingly going out of business, often because they cannot compete. Small farms are increasingly disappearing from the US landscape. With big farms growing bigger, small farms are increasingly going out of business, often because they cannot compete. The number of small farms has fallen from six million in 1935 […]

The Yemeni central bank has announced it is closing because it has run out of money. Saudi Arabia had promised a large deposit to shore up Yemen’s currency – but that money never arrived, and now the bank is closing due to lack of funds. This comes after the resignation of two Yemeni ministers in opposition to the kingdom’s meddling. […]

Police in Halifax are looking to identify a driver allegedly involved in a hit-and-run last month. Officers responded to a multi-vehicle collision at the corner of Brunswick and Carmichael streets on Feb. 12 at 8:20 p.m. “The vehicle believed to have caused the collision did not stop at the scene,” police said in a news release. The vehicle was a […]

The pair still live in fear following the shocking attack which sent shockwaves around the world and have not been able to visit the grave of Sergei’s wife Liudmila and his son Alexander. Instead, a worker from the MoD has been seen laying flowers and looking after the graves in Salisbury, Wilts. A security source told the Mirror: “Holding on […]

After 40 years with the Toronto Police Service, homicide Det. Gary Giroux has decided it’s time to retire. Giroux’s said one of his most memorable case was one he took on early in his career as a homicide detective. It was gruesome case about a serial rapist who was preying on women and targeted two sisters from Taiwan in Toronto’s […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – This week’s conflict between India and Pakistan, which involved air strikes in each other’s territories for the first time by the two nuclear-armed nations, has sparked fears of a nuclear confrontation. Below is a look at their nuclear capabilities: COMPARABLE ARSENALS India has much stronger conventional armed forces than Pakistan, but both countries have comparable nuclear […]

WASHINGTON/ASUNCION (Reuters) – The United States on Friday ramped up its attempt to dislodge Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power, imposing new sanctions and revoking visas, while opposition leader Juan Guaido said Maduro’s support among the military was cracking. Venezuelan military officials last weekend blocked an opposition-backed effort to bring food into the country via its borders with Colombia and […]