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BJP, Cong. fail to finalise Himachal list
Former chief minister and BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal's constituency for Himachal Pradesh elections has been changed from Hamirpur to Sujanpur. Despite any reservations arising from the pending corruption CBI and ED cases against Singh, the move, a leader says, "is evident acknowledgement of the fact that Virbhadra Singh is still the tallest and most popular leader in the Congress ".
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Thousands of New Rohingya Refugees Have Arrived in Bangladesh Since Oct. 15
He said the USA has urged restraint by the military which launched its crackdown in response to attacks on security forces by Rohingya insurgents. A foot of the new born Rohingya baby is pictured at a medical center in Kutupalong refugees camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
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Seven policemen killed in Pakistan blast
In a bomb attack on vehicle carrying security forces in city of Quetta , Pakistan , 4 security guards, 2 of which were passed during explosion, 6 people lost ir lives. A banned Pakistani militant group, Lashker-e-Jhangvi, said it was behind the slaying of the police officer. Balochistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan, has oil and gas resources but is afflicted by militancy, sectarian violence and a separatist insurgency.
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Ellen speaks with first 2 people to encounter Las Vegas mass shooter
He was shot in the thigh by Paddock, who killed 58 people and injured 546 others gathered at a country music concert, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern USA history. That door was outside the gunman's room. "I imagine you relive that a lot", DeGeneres said. In the photo, Campos holds a cane while sitting next to Schuck.
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The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie dead at 53
Gord Downie , the frontman of legendary Canadian band The Tragically Hip , has died at the age of 53. City councillors voted Wednesday to honour the musician, who died Tuesday night of an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer. The concept album was accompanied by the launch of the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, set up to "jumpstart reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples".
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U.S. judge questions government on Trump's latest travel ban
The decision by Judge Derrick Watson, of the US District Court for the District of Hawaii, who also blocked the administration's second attempt at a travel ban in March, blocks the implementation of the new ban against travelers from most of the countries in the administration's third ban (Syria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Chad and Somalia), but leaves in place the ban against North Koreans and certain Venezuelans, which will take effect October 18.