Washington, Sep 14: The US Thursday slapped fresh sanctions on three leaders of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah for their alleged role in aiding the Syrian government in its crackdown on opposition forces, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The US Treasury formally charged Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and two other members of the organisation -- Mustafa Badr Al-Din and Talal Hamiyah -- of supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces by providing training and logistical support.

Washington, Sep 14: With anti-US protests over an anti-Islam video spreading to 11 nations, Washington braced for a growing furore threatening US interests abroad and at home ahead of Friday, the traditional Muslim day of prayers.
Amid continuing protests over the US made film, "Innocence of Muslims", ridiculing Prophet Mohammed, the US Department of Homeland Security and FBI warned Thursday that the outrage, and dangers to Americans could worsen in the coming days.

London, Sep 13: Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen probably suffered from an inheritable form of temporal lobe epilepsy that gave him abnormally large breasts, according to the Daily Mail.

Tutankhamen was revered as a living god, and is the most famous of a dynasty that ruled over one of the world's greatest civilisations.

British surgeon Hutan Ashrafian, however, thinks he could explain the reason for Tutankhamen's death in his teens, a question that has puzzled historians for decades.

Dubai: The fit-again Yuvraj Singh on Thursday broke into the top-20 while Suresh Raina got a major confidence booster ahead of the World T20 in Sri Lanka, emerging as the highest-placed Indian batsmen at number three, in the latest ICC player rankings for the shortest format.

Apart from Raina, no other Indian featured in the top-10 chart for batsmen, which is being headed by New Zealand's Brendon McCullum, followed by big-hitting West Indian Chris Gayle.

New Delhi, Sept 13: Slamming the government over diesel price hike, UP allies Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party have demanded an immediate rollback while the opposition said the increase will further hit the common man and create "mayhem" in the economy.
"We are unhappy. We will not accept it and demand its rollback,"  Mamata Banerjee, chief of Trinamool Congress, the second-largest constituent of the UPA said in Kolkata.

Dehradun, Sept 14: Twelve people died and four others were injured as dozens of houses caved in following a cloudburst in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district today.
A large number of people are feared trapped in the debris and rescue operations have been launched, Disaster Management and Mitigation department officials here said citing initial reports.

Nagpur, Sep 13: A joint team of wildlife and territorial wing officials on Wednesday arrested 10 persons here for selling snake venom illegally worth lakhs of rupees.

The joint team seized 8ml of cobra venom, estimated to be worth Rs 8 lakh. The officials also seized seven live cobras, one chameleon and one grass snake, besides six motorcycles and 14 mobiles from the accused.

Colombo: Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene and opener Tillakaratne Dilshan struck quick half-centuries as the hosts beat West Indies by nine wickets in Thursday's warm-up game ahead of the World Twenty20.

New Delhi, Sep 14 (ANI): Hindi Divas is being observed across the country today to commemorate the historic occasion, as Hindi was adopted as the official language of constituent assembly on September 14, 1949.

Birmingham, England: England leveled the Twenty20 series against South Africa at 1-1 on Wednesday by winning the final rain-shortened match by 28 runs after Craig Kieswetter and Jos Buttler starred with the bat.
In the third match shortened to 11 overs per side, England reached 118-5 at Edgbaston with Kieswetter hitting 50 from 32 balls and Buttler smashing 32 from 10 deliveries—all the runs coming in one over from Wayne Parnell.