North Korea appears to have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast, South Korea says. It is not clear whether the test was authentic, and if it was, whether it will be considered a success by the North. A successful test would be significant because submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) are hard to detect. It comes as North Korea gears up for a rare and significant party congress next month ... ....
Foreign leaders visiting KingSalman of Saudi Arabia have noticed that there is a large flower display just in front of the 80-year-old monarch ... Of course, King Salman is not the only world leader past or present whose inability to cope has been artfully concealed by aides and courtiers ... ....
(CNN)Eight family members found dead in a rural southern Ohio community were shot in the head "execution style," most while they slept, authorities said Friday. Officers are searching for the killer or killers, who are probably armed and a danger to surviving family members, Pike CountySheriffCharlesReader said ... "I've given the family precautionary measures to make. They know we're available." ... Read More ... 'Doesn't happen every day' ... ......
Brazilian PresidentDilma Rousseff on Friday said she would appeal to South American trade blocs if she is removed from office, blasting the push to impeach her as a coup and a naked attempt by Brazil’s elite to snatch power back from her Worker’s Party... She told her opponents that her impeachment would have “serious consequences for the Brazilian political process.” ... “I can’t say today what is going to happen ... ....
ClevelandIndians) ... 'You could tell Klubes was on top of his game,' Indians manager Terry Francona said ... This year, the Indians scored three total runs in his first three turns ... 'We definitely do need to capitalize more somehow,' Indians catcher Yan Gomes said. A three-run first inning was a great start, but the Indians' offense did not stop there....
ClevelandIndians). 'I think the ball caught him,' Indians pitcher Corey Kluber said with a smirk ... 'He put his glove out,' Indians catcher Yan Gomes said ... 'That was an interesting play,' Indians manager Terry Francona said ... Jordan Bastian has covered the Indians for MLB.com since 2011, and previously covered the Blue Jays from 2006-10....
The unraveling that followed his third-inning exit, culminating in Saturday's 10-1 loss to the Indians, reflected it ...Indians put up five in the 3rd CLE@DET ... The Indians rack up seven hits, four for extra bases, in the 3rd inning to open up an 8-0 lead, including a three-run homer by Yan Gomes ... Sanchez needed just 11 pitches in the second inning, but the Indians didn't need to work the count the second time through the order....
Everybody wants to be a Cheyenne MountainIndian, says student and tennis player Grace Cossin. As Grace points out, the 1,255-pupil school, on the west side of town in Cheyenne Mountain School District 12, has a longtime reputation for being academically solid and athletically fierce. Just this past week, U.S ... "People are proud to be an Indian," Grace said last week while on her way to a tennis match ... ....
Mamta Rawat, a 24-year-old woman, helped rescue hundreds of people from the 2013 floods in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, where more than 5,000 people are presumed to have died ...UnsungIndians. This is the 13th article in a BBC series Unsung Indians, profiling people who are working to improve the lives of others ... At home though, she is being asked the question posed to most Indian women her age - what about marriage? ... ....
DETROIT -- Corey Kluber got a big boost even before throwing a pitch Saturday. Yan Gomes and the ClevelandIndians scored three runs in the first inning and kept going, making it easier for Kluber to cruise to a 10-1 win over the Detroit Tigers... He struck out 10 and gave up just two hits over eight impressive innings ... The Indians had backed him with a total of three runs in his first three starts this season ... ....
Around the same time, from May 20 to 23, another Indian warship will be at the famous Bandar Abbas port city on southern coast of Iran... "The visits by our warships and aircraft to the Persian Gulf are aimed at enhancing defence relationships and inter-operability with the countries there as well as showing the Indian flag in this region of strategic importance," said an official....
Nepali was recognized as an official language of West Bengal in 1961, and in 1992 was recognized as one of the OfficialLanguages of India under the VIIIth Scheduled of IndianConstitution. Earlier this week, when the State Bank of India included Nepali in the revised list of official languages for its recruitment procedure in West Bengal, the Gorkhaland movement in North Bengal received boost of sorts ... ....
Kevin Pietersen will be out of action until November after tearing his calf muscle in the IndianPremier League... He called for assistance immediately and was carried from the field ... Related ... He is now returning to England to begin recuperation....
Detroit — To the extent a manager can do anything about it, Brad Ausmus cannot and will not let a team and a season — and his job — slip away three weeks into April. It’s not his doing when Anibal Sanchez lasts 2⅓ innings, as happened Saturday during a Tigers-Indians game at Comerica Park that should have been interesting and entertaining and instead turned into a 10-1 massacre by the Indians...Mound meltdowns ... Agreed. DETROIT NEWS ... ....