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Lisbon, Sept 29: Lawyers for Cristiano Ronaldo said on Friday they would sue German magazine Der Spiegel after it published "blatantly illegal" accusations by an American woman who alleges she was raped by the Portuguese soccer star in 2009. Ronaldo's lawyer Christian Schertz said in a statement the report was "an inadmissible reporting of suspicions in the area of privacy", and that he would seek

Islamabad, Sept 29: On what was one of the bloodiest days since protests began on March 30, six Palestinians, including two teenagers, were killed by Israel forces along the Gaza border, Pakistan Daily Dawn reported. One of the boys, Nasser Mosabih, aged 12, was shot dead along the frontier east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, Dawn quoted ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra as telling AFP. Fourteen

Chandigarh, Sept 29: The Punjab and Haryana High Court Friday issued notice to Punjab DGP, SSP Amritsar (Rural) and other officers on a petition, seeking an SIT probe into an incident in which a woman was allegedly paraded by police atop a jeep. The single-judge bench of Justice Daya Chaudhary has fixed November 2 as the next date of hearing in the case. "The court issued notice of motion to

New Delhi, Sept 29: Congress fielded a battery of ex-servicemen to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “using the blood and sacrifice” of armed forces for political gains as the three-day celebration of Parakram Parv (second anniversary of surgical strikes) began on Friday. The ex-servicemen demanded the implementation of the 'one rank, one pension' scheme “without dilution”, questioned the

San Francisco, Sept 29: Facebook on Thursday confirmed that advertisers were privy to phone numbers given by members of the social network for enhanced security. A study by two US universities, first reported by news website Gizmodo, found that phone numbers given to Facebook for two-factor authentication were also used to target advertising. Two-factor authentication is intended to enhance

Jakarta, Sept 29: Nearly 400 people were killed when a powerful quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said on Saturday, as hospitals struggled to cope with hundreds of injured and rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. The national disaster agency put the official death toll so far at 384, all of them in the tsunami-struck city of Palu, but

New Delhi, Sept 29: The BJP on Saturday lauded the bravery of Indian armed forces in carrying out the surgical strikes against Pakistan across the Line of Control in 2016. "We salute the unmatched valour of our brave soldiers who conducted Surgical Strikes," the saffron party's official Twitter handle posted a message with a video. The video footage shows Indian army carrying out the surgical

Dubai, Sept 28: India creeped home in final-over thriller against Bangladesh to clinch the 7th Asia Cup title, for the second time in succession, here on Friday. Earlier, Bangladesh openers Liton Das and Mehidy Hasan shared a 120-run stand for the opening wicket, which helped the Tigers to set a target of 223-runs, but three wickets from Kuldeep Yadav, two from Kedar Jadhav, and three run outs had

Makassar, Sept 28: A powerful earthquake hit central Indonesia on Friday, causing a tsunami that slammed into a city on Sulawesi island with officials saying the tremor had levelled "many" buildings. The shallow 7.5 magnitude quake sparked terror among locals who fled into the streets and raced to higher ground fearing tsunami waves. The disaster agency briefly issued a tsunami warning before

Mumbai, Sept 28: The debate over what is being seen as Bollywood’s #MeToo moment snowballed on Thursday as Tanushree Dutta reiterated her claim that Nana Patekar had harassed her on the sets of a film in 2008 and the veteran actor laughed off her allegation, asking what he could do about it. A day after Dutta reopened the window on the 10-year-old incident and specifically named Patekar, there was