MIAMI: The chief engineer of a Florida bridge project warned authorities of cracking in the structure days before it collapsed, killing at least six people, the southern US state’s department of transportation said Friday, reports AFP. Chief engineer Denney Pate left a voicemail on a Florida Department…

COLOMBO: Maldivian authorities arrested more than 140 activists who defied a ban on rallies and demonstrated against a state of emergency imposed by President Abdulla Yameen, the opposition said yesterday, reports AFP. Thousands of supporters poured into the streets of the capital island Male on Friday…

STOCKHOLM: North Korean officials continued talks yesterday with Swedish counterparts to make a proposed nuclear summit between US President Donald Trump…

WASHINGTON: Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, who has endured a year of withering attacks from President Donald Trump, was fired by the Justice Department Friday just days before he was to retire, reports AFP. "Andrew McCabe FIRED, a great day for the hard working men and women of the FBI…

ATHENS: At least 16 people, including six children, perished yesterday after a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea, the deadliest disaster in the area since a controversial deal between the EU and Turkey to try to stem the flow of migrants two years ago, reports AFP. The boat was ferrying migrants…

HANOI: Former Vietnamese premier Phan Van Khai, who helped strengthen ties with the US and drive market reforms that ignited the communist country’s…