World

Visvanathan Vadivelu, 50, had pleaded guilty to committing armed robbery at a Shell petrol station in Singapore's Upper Bukit Timah Road on July 31, 2017, the Straits Times reported on Thursday.

The hackers targeted Airbus suppliers -- British engine-maker Rolls-Royce, French technology consultancy and supplier Expleo, and two other French contractors -- in search of commercial secrets.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, has come under huge international pressure after the US-based writer was killed and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi's body was never found.

Prosecutors said Thursday that the 37 and 40-year-old men were arrested Tuesday at Frankfurt Airport after they flew in from Pakistan to give themselves up.

Boris Johnson, who has vowed to press ahead with his plans for Brexit on October 31, was due to address MPs later on Wednesday.

The ministries have also warned pregnant women and those planning to become pregnant that despite the decline in the world's Zika virus, there is still active transmission of the virus in many countries.

Pakistan traditionally has strong relations with Saudi Arabia but also maintains ties with Iran, with Islamabad representing Tehran's consular interests in the United States in the absence of diplomatic relations.

In a related development, the Civil Democratic Movement, a coalition of liberal and leftist opposition parties, called for a "national dialogue" and for the release of all those arrested over the protests.

Tens of thousands of people, most of them civilians, have been killed since Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in March 2015 in support of the beleaguered government after the rebels captured the capital Sanaa.

The city's mayor, Arnaud Decagny, told that the panther was seized overnight from the zoo in Maubeuge near the Belgian border.

Detectives from the North Area Command Unit of Metropolitan Police began investigating following, what it described as, two suspected linked 'aggravated burglaries' targeting South Asian gold over the weekend in Enfield.

The Portland spy ring, believed to have helped the Soviet Union build a new class of submarines in the 1960s, marked a turning point in Cold War espionage in Britain, say historians.

In a recent development, a person has succumbed to EEE virus in Connecticut. The city health officials say this is the first person in the state that has died from a deadly mosquito-borne virus spreading throughout the Tri-state area.

Nikki Haley, who was the first-ever Indian-American to have served any presidential Cabinet, in a tweet on Sunday praised the partnership between India and the US.

Trudeau, 47, was already under fire for an ethics lapse and other controversies, and the decades-old photos and videos that resurfaced last week of him engaging in activities he has acknowledged as "racist" dealt a fresh blow to his chances.

Donald Trump is expected to address the crowd at the NRG stadium in Houston for 30 minutes.