The truck rammed into a crowd and other vehicles at the Krewe of Endymion parade in New Orleans on Saturday night, Xinhua news agency reported.

Two Indian men were attacked by a veteran Army official in Kansas, US. Among the witnesses, who heard attacker shouting - Get out from my country, one dared to step forward and rescue the victims.

The de facto leader of the Samsung Group was called into the special prosecutor's office on Saturday for additional questioning over his alleged involvement in a high-profile corruption scandal that has rocked the country for the past several months.

The Indonesian woman suspect in the murder of Kim Jong-nam said she was "hired" by two men to carry out a "prank" on the North Korean and was paid 400 Malaysian ringgits ($90) for it.

The White House ramped up its war against the press by barring multiple "anti-Trump" media outlets -- The New York Times, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, BBC, BuzzFeed News, Politico, The Huffington Post and The Guardian -- from a briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer.

Members of Russia's upper house of parliament on Friday appeared critical of US President Donald Trump for defending its nuclear supremacy and shining doubt on a bilateral disarmament treaty signed in 2009.

The US embassy on Friday condemned hate attack on Indian engineer by a former Navy serviceman who mistook them for "Middle Easterners"; legal authorities will take matter to justice, said the embassy.

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

Pakistan is now in no mood to leave the militants who are targeting the nation. In a latest, strikes were conducted across the Afghan border, with army successfully eliminating Lahore attack mastermind.

At least 10 persons were killed and over 20 wounded on Thursday, when a massive blast rocked parts of Lahore in Pakistan, a day after the army announced a countrywide crackdown against terrorists.