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TODAY in HISTORY: JANUARY 17

Bobby Fischer, the eccentric genius who became America's only world chess champion by humbling the Soviet Union's best but who spent his last years as a fugitive from U.S. authorities, has died at 64. (Reuters

/ 16th January 2019
PRISM calls Mizoram all-party meeting

Newmai News NetworkAizawl | January 16 Peoples Representation for Identity and Status of Mizoram (PRISM) on Wednesday asked Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga to call an all-party meeting over Citizenship (Ame

/ 16th January 2019
US shutdown turns Washington into ghost town during quiet travel season

A skier makes his way toward the U.S. Capitol, on Day 24 of the government shutdown in Washington D.C., U.S., January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Gabriella Borter Reuters Washington hotels have c

/ 16th January 2019
Rampaging Sharapova sets up mouth-watering Wozniacki clash

Russia's Maria Sharapova in action during the match against Sweden's Rebecca Peterson. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon) MELBOURNE, January 16 (Reuters): Former Australian Open winner Maria Sharapova

/ 16th January 2019
Australian Open: Key Highlights from Day III

Australian Open: A fan reacts during Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut and Australia's John Millman Second Round match at Melbourne Park, Melbourne on January 16. (REUTERS/Aly Song) Reuters Holder Roger Fed

/ 16th January 2019
'El Chapo' paid former Mexican president $100 mln bribe -trial witness

Brendan Pierson Reuters Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a former associate testified on Tuesday that he

/ 16th January 2019
Indian opposition seeks scrapping of 1870 sedition law after JNU students charged

Kanhaiya Kumar, a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student union leader, gestures as he addresses a meet inside JNU campus in New Delhi. (REUTERS File Photo) New Delhi, January 16 (Reuters): India opposi

/ 16th January 2019
U.S. House, including Steve King, votes to condemn his racist statements

U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) waits for U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen to testify to the House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security on Capitol Hi

/ 16th January 2019
Justice Khanna and Justice Maheshwari appointed to Supreme Court

New Delhi, January 16 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday appointed Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari as judges of the top court amid a raging controversy over the supersession

/ 16th January 2019
ICC judges reject request to keep ex-Ivorian leader Gbagbo in jail

Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo appears before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands on January 15. (REUTERS Photo) THE HAGUE, January 16 (Reuters): International Crim

/ 16th January 2019
Four U.S. troops reported among 16 dead in north Syria attack

BEIRUT, January 16 (Reuters):A bomb attack claimed by Islamic State killed U.S. troops in northern Syria on Wednesday, weeks after President Donald Trump said the group was defeated there and he would pull out

/ 16th January 2019
Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule annual speech amid U.S. govt shutdown

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US on January 10, 2019. (REUTERS Photo) WASHINGTON, January 16 (Reuters): U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelo

/ 16th January 2019
'El Chapo' paid former Mexican president $100 mln bribe -trial witness

Alex Cifuentes (2nd L), a close associate of the accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, (R-front) is seen testifying in this courtroom sketch in Brooklyn federal court in New York, U S on January

/ 16th January 2019
TVS rider Aravind breaks into top-40 in 2019 Dakar Rally

San Juan de Marcona (Peru), January 16 (IANS): Seasoned Indian rider Aravind KP battled low visibility before successfully completing Stage 8 of the ongoing Dakar Rally at overall 39th position even as his re

/ 16th January 2019
Nadal books a spot in Australian Open Round 3 against De Minaur

Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning the match against Australia's Matthew Ebden. REUTERS/Edgar Su Melbourne, January 16 (IANS): World No.2 Rafael Nadal breezed past Australian Matthew Ebden, the

/ 16th January 2019
YUD celebrates Tsüngkamneo festival

Deputy Commissioner Dimapur, Kevekha Kevin Zehol, NCS speaking during the Tsüngkamneo Festival at Dimapur District Sports Complex on January 16. (DIPR Photo) Dimapur, January 16 (MExN): The Yimchunger

/ 16th January 2019
Nearly 900 killed in ethnic violence in Congo in mid-December: U.N.

GENEVA, January 16 (Reuters): At least 890 people are believed to have been killed in ethnic violence in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo last month, the United Nations human rights office said on Wed

/ 16th January 2019
DEF Wokha conduct workshop on Technology Aids to Investigation

SP Wokha deliberating during the day long workshop on TAI held at SP Office Wokha, Conference Hall on January 16. (Photo Courtesy/DEF Wokha) Wokha, January 16 (MExN): A day long workshop on Technology A

/ 16th January 2019
Kenya hotel siege over, militants and at least 14 victims dead

An unidentified woman reacts outside the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound, in Nairobi on January 16, 2019. (REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya) NAIROBI, January 16 (Reuters):

/ 16th January 2019
Rengma Sports Association meet begins

R. Khing along with RSA officials, dignitaries and players of inaugural volleyball match - Tseminyu village and Gvükhanyu village at RSA ground Tseminyu on January 16. Our Correspondent Tseminyu | Janu

/ 16th January 2019