The US, Mexico and Canada on Monday announced their intention to submit a joint bid to co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a media report said.

North Korea on Monday accused the US of trying to "maintain its colonial rule" in South Korea by helping the conservative forces remain in power.

The Russian-Iranian joint operation room in Syria said on Sunday that Syria's allies will strongly respond to any aggression against Syria, adding that the US attack is a dangerous precedent on the sovereignty of the Syrian state and people.

According to a report of US space agency NASA, a large asteroid with an estimated size of 2000 feet is expected to fly past Earth on April 19. The asteroid was discovered nearly three years ago.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday condemned the US missile strike on Syrian airbase.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on April 12 in Moscow, where the two diplomats will discuss Ukraine, Syria and the fight against terrorism, the State Department said.

The two individuals approached SpaceX for the trip and they have "already paid a significant deposit" to do a moon mission, the company said in a statement on Monday.

An Indian-origin man was killed and another injured by a former Navy serviceman who mistook them for "Middle Easterners", officials said.

The suspect, 57-year-old Robin A. Rhodes of Worcester, landed at JFK Airport from Aruba on Wednesday evening, where he was to take a connecting flight back home to Massachusetts, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said on Thursday.

According to report, India is a flawed democracy but has improved its ranking and has jumped from 35 to 32 spot in one year. In the index published by the magazine, India is ranked 32 out 165 nations.