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  Casualties in blasts in rebel-held parts of northern Syria

  November 08, 2018 19:45 IST

  Syrian opposition activists say two blasts in rebel-held parts of northern Syria have inflicted casualties

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  Newly empowered Dems take aim at Trump business conflicts

  November 08, 2018 19:45 IST

  House Democrats prepared to use their majority and subpoena power to go after Trump financial records

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  Man United to take momentum into Manchester derby

  November 08, 2018 19:30 IST

  Jose Mourinho has Manchester United playing with spirit and determination once again ahead of Manchester derby

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  Polish army organizing security for Independence Day march

  November 08, 2018 19:15 IST

  A Polish government official says the Defense Ministry will organize security during an Independence Day march this weekend in Warsaw because police are staging mass walkouts in a pay dispute

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  Monaco lurching into crisis ahead of PSG game

  November 08, 2018 19:15 IST

  The forlorn image of Monaco defender Djibril Sidibe perfectly summed up Monaco's current predicament after another loss

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  Wales make Biggar and Williams reserves vs Wallabies

  November 08, 2018 19:00 IST

  Wales has picked British Lions backs Dan Biggar and Liam Williams only in the reserves for the test against Australia in Cardiff on Saturday

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  Michigan State getting 2 new trustees amid Nassar fallout

  November 08, 2018 18:45 IST

  Voters backed two new Democrats for the Michigan State University Board of Trustees as the school continues to deal with the fallout involving sexual assaults by now-imprisoned former sports doctor Larry Nassar

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  The other 2018 midterm wave: A historic 10-point jump in turnout among young people

  November 08, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Tufts University(THE CONVERSATION) Voter turnout among 18 to 29-year-olds in the 2018 midterm elections was 31 percent, according to a preliminary estimate by The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University.That’s the highest youth turnout my colleagues and I have observed since we started collecting data in 1994.

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  What is public service loan forgiveness? And how do I qualify to get it?

  November 08, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert Kelchen, Seton Hall University(THE CONVERSATION) The first group of borrowers who tried to get Public Service Loan Forgiveness – a George W. Bush-era program meant to provide relief to those who went into socially valuable but poorly paid public service jobs, such as teachers and social workers – mostly ran into a brick wall.Of the 28,000 public servants who applied for

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  Blasphemy law is repealed in Ireland, enforced in Pakistan – and a problem in many Christian and Muslim countries

  November 08, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Steve Pinkerton, Case Western Reserve University(THE CONVERSATION) The citizens of Ireland voted recently, in a nationwide referendum, to remove a clause from their constitution that had made blasphemy a criminal offense. Ireland’s now-defunct Defamation Act of 2009 prohibited the “publication or utterance of blasphemous matter.” Just last year, in fact, Irish police opened a brief

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  Germany: 30 people go on trial for alleged migrant abuse

  November 08, 2018 18:00 IST

  Thirty people have gone on trial in western Germany for allegedly abusing migrants physically and mentally at an asylum center in 2014

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  Could a self-powered glucose-monitoring device be the answer diabetics need?

  November 08, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gymama Slaughter, Old Dominion University(THE CONVERSATION) Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in the U.S., with about 30.3 million adults having the disease. One in 4 adults does not even know he or she has diabetes. In addition, 84.1 million adults have prediabetes – a condition with elevated blood sugar levels – and 90 percent of them do not know they have it. The

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  #MeToo could become a national reckoning – if the new House treats it like a financial crisis

  November 08, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon(THE CONVERSATION) The 2018 midterm elections represented the first electoral referendum of the #MeToo era. More than 500 women ran in primaries for federal office, a pipeline that ultimately led to a record number of women set to take office.Even so, it also reveals how far women are from achieving parity in politics – they are projected to

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  Driving autonomous cars off the beaten path

  November 08, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Doude, Mississippi State University; Christopher Goodin, Mississippi State University, and Daniel Carruth, Mississippi State University(THE CONVERSATION) Autonomous vehicles can follow the general rules of American roads, recognizing traffic signals and lane markings, noticing crosswalks and other regular features of the streets. But they work only on well-marked roads that

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  10 Things to Know for Today

  November 08, 2018 17:45 IST

  Among 10 Things to Know: 13 dead after Southern California bar shooting; With new Justice official, fate of Russia probe in question; Newly empowered Democrats take aim at Trump business conflicts

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  2 ex-presidents lead as votes counted in Madagascar election

  November 08, 2018 17:45 IST

  Two former presidents of Madagascar are neck and neck as votes are being counted in the presidential election that seeks to end years of political instability in this Indian Ocean island nation

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  UN researcher calls for Cambodia to speed up trials

  November 08, 2018 17:45 IST

  The U.N.'s specially appointed researcher on human rights in Cambodia has expressed concern over the country's use of pre-trial detention and its failure to conduct trials speedily

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  Louis Farrakhan, in Iran, warns Trump a Mideast war possible

  November 08, 2018 17:15 IST

  On Iran visit, Nation of Islam leader Farrakhan warns President Trump not to pull 'the trigger of war' in Middle East

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  Aleksander Ceferin set for re-election as UEFA president

  November 08, 2018 17:15 IST

  Aleksander Ceferin is set to be re-elected unopposed as UEFA president

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  Barcelona left back Jordi Alba back in Spain squad

  November 08, 2018 17:15 IST

  Barcelona left back Jordi Alba has been recalled by Spain for its UEFA Nations League match against Croatia

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  Trump, Democrats can take 2020 clues from midterm elections

  November 08, 2018 17:00 IST

  This week's midterm elections offer revealing lessons for both major political parties as battle lines begin to emerge for the 2020 presidential election

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  Israeli artist mock culture minister with life-size statue

  November 08, 2018 17:00 IST

  Israeli artist's statue mocking Israel's controversial culture minister in one of Tel Aviv's major squares

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  Barcelona midfielder Coutinho out 2-3 weeks with leg injury

  November 08, 2018 16:45 IST

  Barcelona and Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho will be sidelined for two to three weeks with a leg injury

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  Ventura County sheriff Geoff Dean says 11 victims killed in shooting at crowded Southern California bar.

  November 08, 2018 16:45 IST

  Ventura County sheriff Geoff Dean says 11 victims killed in shooting at crowded Southern California bar.

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  In-form Sterling no longer the fall-guy at Man City

  November 08, 2018 16:45 IST

  Raheem Sterling is no longer the fall-guy at Manchester City

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  Eurozone economy seen slowing through to 2020

  November 08, 2018 16:15 IST

  The European Union expects economic growth across the 19-country eurozone to slow down over the coming years amid rising trade tensions around the world and higher oil prices

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  Holocaust survivor recalls 'Night of Broken Glass' horrors

  November 08, 2018 16:15 IST

  As Germany marks the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or Night of Broken Glass, one 94-year-old survivor remembers how the Nazis threatened his Berlin home in Berlin, burnt synagogues, vandalized Jewish businesses and arrested up to 30,000 Jewish men

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  In the final hours of World War I, a terrible toll

  November 08, 2018 16:00 IST

  Hundreds of troops died on the final morning of World War I _ even after an armistice was reached and before it came into force