Ali Khan Former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj, acquitted by a UN court of war crimes during the 1990s Kosovo conflict, said he was detained today at Ljubljana airport on an Interpol warrant issued by Serbia.
“I was in transit, the checking of my documents was lasting for a long time and when I asked what was going on … I was told that there was an arrest warrant that was still valid,” Haradinaj told AFP over the phone.
“Scandal” star Kerry Washington channels Anita Hill in the first official picture of HBO’s “Confirmation”.
The cable channel took to its Twitter page to share a look at the Emmy-nominated actress as the real-life attorney on the set of the upcoming TV movie, reported Ace Showbiz.
Washington also shared the same picture on her Instagram. She wrote along with it, “Dear @HBO, Thank you for the profound opportunity of getting to inhabit Anita Hill and help tell this story! Yours Truly, K-Dub (aka super excited Exec Producer) #Confirmation.”
USA Network is travelling back in time to the Golden Age of Hollywood with a new drama pilot starring “Allegiance” actor Morgan Spector.
“Suits” creator Aaron Korsh is partnering with the cable network for “Paradise Pictures”, which takes place at a booming 1940s Hollywood film studio, reported Deadline.
Spector has been cast in the lead role as Tom Kirby, the brash and ego-driven head of production at Paradise Pictures.
While Tom Kirby isn’t the owner of “Paradise Pictures”, he is a power-broker who is quickly developing influence among Hollywood’s top executives.
Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr has confirmed Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) about his presence in the “Captain America: Civil War”.
Hulk and Thor were initially not enlisted to appear in the upcoming movie. However, the “Ironman” actor has informed Ruffalo about his presence as Hulk, reported Aceshowbiz.
“If Robert Downey Jr says I am in ‘Captain America’ , I am in ‘Captain America’… And I will wait for the day that my call sheet shows up on my doorstep or my script,” Ruffalo said in an interview with HitFix.
Singer Chris Brown shared two videos of him and the his little girl Royalty, enjoying quality time together.
The 26-year-old singer showed off his parenting skills in the first video while, in the second clip, the father and daughter are seen dancing to his and Trey Songz’s remix of “Studio”, reported Aceshowbiz.
A week ago, on the first birthday of his bundle of joy the “I Can Transform Ya” hitmaker gifted her a miniature Lamborghini, Ferrari and Range Rover Sport to match his own car collection as her special birthday gift.
A Marine sergeant has been convicted of murdering an Iraqi civilian in 2006, the second time a military jury has returned a guilty verdict in what has become one of the most complicated and long-running criminal cases from the Iraq War.
The jury of three enlisted men and three military officers found Sgt Lawrence Hutchins III guilty yesterday of unpremeditated murder.
His wife, Reyna Hutchins, sobbed as the verdict was read. He embraced and kissed her before he left the courtroom.
Florence + the Machine have replaced Foo Fighters as Glastonbury headliner after the latter pulled out of the scheduled performance.
Foo Fighters were forced to pull out of their scheduled performance after frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg falling from a stage in Sweden last week, but the “Ship to Wreck” hitmakers have now stepped in to take the prestigious slot, reported Ace Showbiz.
Festival organiser Emily Eavis said: “Once we heard the sad news that Foo Fighters had been forced to pull out, there was only one person we wanted to call and that was Florence.
Rapper Iggy Azalea has revealed that she had already planned her wedding to her fiance Nick Young.
Hinting at what her upcoming nuptials would look like, the “Pretty Girls” raptress said that she wanted something traditional on her special day, reported Ace showbiz.
Azalea responded to a fan who tweeted, “How’s engaged life treating you?!” along with a smiling emoji.
The 25-year-old star replied, “Great! Already planning the big day.”
She later shared details of her upcoming wedding after another Twitter user asked about possible dress for the big day.
Italian police announced today they had seized 185 kilograms of cocaine (400 pounds) at the port of Genes.
Four people were arrested trying to bring the drugs out of the port in Italy’s northwest, police said in a statement, adding that the stash had a street value of 75 million euros (USD 85 million).
Three of those arrested were employees of a local company that provides port services, while the fourth was an Italian who had been wanted by the police for armed robbery, kidnapping and receiving stolen goods.
Nearly two weeks after their elaborate escape from a New York prison, more than 1,400 leads have failed to locate two dangerous murderers on the run, US agents admitted today.
Richard Matt, 49, and David Sweat, 35, escaped 12 days ago from a maximum security jail in New York state, in a carefully rehearsed, elaborate prison break that has been likened to a Hollywood movie.
New York police released doctored photographs of the two escapees showing how they could look 12 days on with facial hair growth.
EU border agency Frontex today launched its first so-called “hotspot” in Sicily designed to bring together European and international actors to help Italy tackle the Mediterranean migrant crisis.
“We have deployed our staff members only today to start working on the ground in Catania, Sicily,” Frontex deputy executive director Gil Arias-Fernandez told AFP in Warsaw.
In one of the biggest drugs seizure at Mumbai airport, the Customs department’s Air Intelligence Unit today seized 74 kgs of a contraband, suspected to be methaqualone, from a Tanzanian national.
“We have arrested Chambo Fatma Basil under NDPS Act who was carrying 74 kgs of the contraband worth about Rs 7.4 crores,” Additional Commissioner of Customs Milind Lanjewar said.
Basil was departing to Dar es Salaam via Qatar Airways when she was apprehended.
Crude palm oil prices fell by 0.61 per cent to Rs 451.10 per 10 kg in futures trading today as participants offloaded positions due to subdued demand at spot market.
Besides, higher supplies from major producing areas and a weak trend at overseas market put pressure on crude palm oil prices.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude palm oil for delivery in July declined by Rs 2.80, or 0.61 per cent, to Rs 451.10 per 10 kg in a business turnover of 135 lots.
Similarly, the oil for delivery in June traded lower by Rs 2.40, or 0.52 per cent, to Rs 451.60 per 10 kg in 95 lots.
A goods train derailed today close to signal point at Borra railway station near here, disrupting traffic between Visakhapatnam and Kirandul section of the East Coast Railway.
The wheels of front wagon of the Kirandul-bound goods train derailed at Borra railway station, about 60-70 kms from here, at around 6 AM as the train was proceeding from Visakhapatnam, East Coast Railway, Visakhapatnam division’s official B Jairam said.
This caused disruption of further movement, particularly of the goods trains, on the track, he said.
The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) today announced that the owners of Indian Premier League side Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) intend to acquire the Trinidad & Tobago franchise, subject to all the “regulatory and board approvals”.
KKR were the IPL champions in 2012 and 2014 and ranked by Forbes earlier this year to have the highest brand value in the IPL.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed “enormous concern” to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the recent increase in tensions with India, asserting that there should not be any “misinterpretation or miscalculation” between the two neighbours.
“I talked today with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan regarding a recent increase in the tensions publicly between India and Pakistan. It’s of enormous concern to all of us for all the obvious reasons,” Kerry told reporters.
One person was killed and 11 others were today injured in road accidents in Lakhisarai and Jehanabad districts of Bihar, police officials said.
A 43 year-old man was killed and six others were injured when a jeep carrying them lost control and overturned on NH-80 near Mankata village in Lakhisarai district, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Sanjay Kumar said.
The deceased was identified as Shambhu Sah, he said,
The injured persons were admitted to Sadar hospital in neighbouring Munger district.
Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), with an eye on India, has asked its Indian partner to quicken the pace of the design work for their joint production of the Multi-role Transport Airplanes (MTAs).
UAC chief Yuri Slyusar also said India has agreed to install the Russian PS-90 engines on the MTAs which the two countries are jointly developing. State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is UAC’s Indian partner on this long-delayed project.
Power trading firm PTC India today said that Arun Kumar has joined as Director of finance department of the company on June 16.
“…Pursuant to his appointment, Mr Arun Kumar has joined as Director (Finance) and CFO of PTC India Limited w.E.F. June 16, 2015,” PTC India , formerly known as Power Trading Corporation of India, said in a regulatory filing.
State-run companies Powergrid, NTPC, PFC and NHPC hold 16 per cent stake in issued share capital of PTC and the rest 84 per cent is owned by financial institutions, large utilities and public at large.
With the latest revelations in Modigate drawing Vasundhara Raje into the controversy, Congress today demanded that Rajasthan Chief Minister also resign along with External Affair Minister Sushma Swaraj.
Swaraj should step down and Raje should also resign for “helping Lalit Modi, an economic offender and fugitive,” spokesperson Shobha Ojha told reporters.
Ojha also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his silence in the matter so far showed that “there is a mute support by the PM to these leaders”.
Fancy taking a ride amidst giant dinosaurs as shown in the latest Hollywood blockbuster ‘Jurassic World’?
Science City in Kolkata will soon throw open its new science exploration hall where visitors will be able to enjoy a ‘dark ride’ amidst life-like models of dinosaurs which used to live once upon a time in the Jurassic Age.
With special effects, simulations and a voice over, the technologically advanced 3D models of the giant beasts which had gone extinct around 66 million years ago would leave visitors thrilled.
Rock band Foo Fighters has cancelled its headline slot at this year’s Glastonbury festival, four days after frontman David Grohl fractured his leg due to an on-stage mishap.
Grohl, 46, who fell off stage at a concert in Sweden, underwent a surgery on Monday.
Dates in Belgium, Edinburgh and London’s Wembley Stadium have also been cancelled, reported BBC.
“Doctors have required the cancellation of the remainder of the band’s dates in the UK and Europe,” said a statement on the band’s website.
Australia today signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement with China after more than a decade of negotiations, providing a boon for jobs and growth in the country in coming years.
The deal was announced by Prime Minister Tony Abbott who called it “a momentous and historic day” for the two nations.
The agreement was signed by Australian Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb and his Chinese counterpart Gao Hucheng in Canberra today following a decade of negotiations.
On a recent trip to India, where he has performed thrice earlier, Hungarian pianist Balazs Fulei mulled composing a mix of Western and classical Indian music.
String and wind instruments used in Indian classical music are likely to go well with the western classical music, says the musician who began playing the piano at the age of eight.
“The problem I think is in the tuning because Indian instruments are tuned using a different system. So putting them in one stage, is a question for me, but I always think about that,” he says.
A Goa court has sought report from jail authorities here over allegations that VIP treatment was being given to former minister Fransisco Miccky Pacheco who is currently undergoing sentence at the Sada sub-jail for assaulting a junior engineer from the electricity department.
Principal South Goa District and Sessions Judge Nutan Sardessai last evening sought a report from the Superintendent of Sada Jail, Gaurish Shankhwalkar, on the complaint filed by social activist and advocate Aires Rodrigues over the alleged VIP treatment being given to the Goa Vikas Party leader.