TAMPA: The US space agency said Friday it plans to launch the first-ever helicopter to Mars in 2020, a miniature, unmanned drone-like chopper that could boost our understanding of the Red Planet, reports AFP. Known simply as “The Mars Helicopter,” the device weighs less than four pounds…

NAIROBI: An armed group has killed 26 people in northwest Burundi, the security minister said yesterday, days ahead of a constitutional referendum that could see President Pierre Nkurunziza rule until 2034, reports AFP. Alain Guillaume Bunyoni said that the attackers were “terrorists” from…

WASHINGTON: A cash-poor young man has proven that perseverance and thousands of retweets are all it takes to conquer love, reports BBC. Michigan native…

BANGALORE: Claims of dirty tricks made by India’s two main parties cast a cloud over voting in a key Indian state yesterday after nearly 10,000 voting cards were seized by election authorities, reports AFP. The opposition Congress party, which has dominated Indian politics in the seven decades…

NEW DELHI: Late actress Sridevi will be honored at the 71st Cannes film festival for her contribution to the Indian film industry, reports NDTV quoting…

MANILA: The ousted top judge of the Philippines will appeal against the decision to sack her, after she battled with President Rodrigo Duterte over his deadly drug war, her spokesman said yesterday, reports AFP. Maria Lourdes Sereno’s colleagues voted on Friday to remove her as Supreme Court chief…

SYDNEY: Three generations of a single family were identified yesterday as the victims of Australia’s worst mass shooting in 22 years, a murder-suicide which left seven people dead, reports AFP. They included Katrina Miles, 35, and her four children—three boys and a girl aged eight to 13…

GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemala is on the threshold of an international row after demanding Sweden and Venezuela remove their ambassadors, whom it accuses of meddling in domestic affairs, experts and analysts said Friday, reports AFP. The Central American country on Thursday said Swedish envoy Anders Kompass…