A swell of police and rescue officials near the river published at 23:49 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January Vikas Pandey Reporting from Prayagraj Officials are now making desperate announcements on loudspeakers, asking people to vacate the banks after taking a holy dip in the rivers. There is a swell of police and National Disaster Response

The Doomsday Clock symbolising how near humanity is to destruction has been moved one second forward to 89 seconds to midnight – the closest it has ever been. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) – which sets the clock annually – said nuclear threats, potential misuses of advances in biology and artificial intelligence, as

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese security forces on Tuesday tried to slow the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who say they have captured Goma after entering eastern Congo’s largest city , as U.N. officials reported violence, looting, and bodies in the streets. The officials said hospitals are overwhelmed in Goma, a regional trade and humanitarian

Plea deal revived for alleged 9/11 mastermind Military judge revives plea deals for alleged 9/11 mastermind, 2 others 03:26 Washington — Justice Department lawyers and defense attorneys for the three men accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks squared off before a federal appeals court Tuesday in a court fight over whether plea

By Steve Coll A woman named only as Mumina sits before a darkened window, her face silhouetted to hide her identity. Off camera, she is questioned by Tulsi Gabbard, then a 35-year-old Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii with grand ambitions. Gabbard prompts her to tell her harrowing story. “They wore masks. They kept shooting…until they ran