The US House of Representatives passed a resolution on Tuesday officially recognising the “Armenian genocide”, a symbolic but unprecedented move that angered Turkey amid already heightened tensions with Washington. Cheers and applause erupted when the chamber voted 405 to 11 in support of the measure “affirming the United States record on the Armenian Genocide”, a first for the US Congress, …

India will formally split up occupied Jammu and Kashmir into two federal territories on Thursday, aiming to tighten its grip on the restive region that has been in the grip of a harsh security clampdown for nearly three months. Street protests against the measures have erupted sporadically, while a dozen people have been killed in recent weeks. Indian Prime Minister …

Dissident political leaders from the Indian state of Manipur on Tuesday said they were unilaterally declaring independence from India and forming a government-in-exile in Britain. The former princely state became part of India in 1949, two years after the country won independence from Britain, but has since seen decades-long violent separatist campaigns. Narengbam Samarjit, external affairs minister in the self-declared …

Three students are in police custody after officials said they shared an online threat targeting Lancaster High School. A social media post was shared Monday, according to Lancaster ISD. Details weren’t provided about the post’s contents. Three students were taken into custody Tuesday morning, officials said, and the district is assisting police with their investigation. Lancaster High School had additional …

Jamie Balagia, a veteran Austin lawyer who made a name for himself defending people charged with drunken driving, was convicted Tuesday of federal corruption charges in connection with his scheme to shake down international drug traffickers. Balagia, 62, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering, obstruction of justice, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and attempting to violate the …

The family of the suspect in the deadly mass shooting at a party outside of Greenville this weekend says Hunt County authorities arrested an innocent man. Brandon Ray Gonzales(Uncredited) Brandon Ray Gonzales, 23, is being held on a capital murder charge in the Hunt County jail, where his bail is set at $1 million. Sgt. Jeff Haines, a spokesman for …

Travis County authorities have accused a woman of spraying urine and blood on a security guard as well as portraits of state governors at the Texas state capitol Monday. Amber Lynette Green was arrested after spraying a Texas Department of Public Safety corporal and another capitol employee with “an unknown liquid in a bottle,” KTVT-TV (Channel 11) reported. Green sprayed the …

he weekend saw yet another evildoer open fire on innocent victims — this time carnage at a crowded party of young people near Greenville celebrating college homecoming festivities. Two more dead people and at least six others injured in yet another mass shooting in this state. That more of the hundreds who were gathered Saturday night weren’t killed or injured …

Points from Austin 1. Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen will not face criminal charges for a June meeting in which an activist alleged the powerful politician offered him a quid pro quo. James Barragán reports that while Bonnen’s hometown prosecutor issued a statement condemning his behavior as “repugnant,” she said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute the speaker for bribery or other …