Turkey suspended 15,200 Education Ministry personnel from duty on Tuesday amid a nationwide purge of state officials suspected of having links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation (FETÖ), which Turkey blames for the July 15 failed coup attempt....
The newspaper added that 20 of those killed were of Tunisian nationality, the same as the truck driver Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who carried out the attack during the Bastille Day celebrations, Efe news reported....
A crane collapsed on the Tappan Zee Bridge on Tuesday, halting traffic in both directions, authorities said. A police official said there did not appear to be any life-threatening injuries....
Indian-origin MP Alok Sharma has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for Asia and the Pacific in Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet. ...
Rahul Gandhi will present all historical evidence in support of his case in a court of law. He will not apologise," Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi told the media at Parliament House complex....
A day after the BJP's Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the Rajya Sabha, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said he is a "good person" and that all "good people should resign from the BJP"....
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government over the incidents of widespread violence in the aftermath of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani....
The Congress on Tuesday asserted that it will prove in court the connection Mahatma Gandhi's assassin had with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), saying "history can neither be changed nor rewritten"....
Within 24 hours of seven youngsters attempting suicide, three persons consumed some poisonous substance in Bantva of Junagadh district. Authorities said Dilip Jesingbhai Parmar, Rasik Virabhai Vinjhuda and Dinesh Rajabhai Vegda were immediately rushed to the Civil Hospital in Junagadh....
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Monday, has quit the BJP as well and would not return to its fold, his wife said here on Tuesday. ...
