Washington, April 9 (IANS) US space firm SpaceX resumed its resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, carrying aboard an experimental inflatable space habitat that might be crucial for future deep space…
Pyongyang, April 9 (IANS) Supreme leader of North Korea has overseen a successful test of the heavy-lift engine of a new-type intercontinental ballistic rocket, Xinhua quoted KCNA news agency as saying on Saturday. The ground…
Los Angeles, April 9 (IANS) Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian is reportedly feeling “betrayed” by her brother Rob Kardashian’s relationship with model Blac Chyna and is “ignoring” their engagement. Khloe is said to be fuming…
Copenhagen, April 9 (IANS) The Danish government said on Friday it hopes to revise the country’s anti-terrorism laws to toughen punishment on those joining terrorist groups and stop its citizens from travelling to areas abroad…
Rome, April 9 (IANS) The Italian government on Friday recalled its ambassador to Egypt for consultations in protest over the death of student Giulio Regeni in Cairo. The decision came after Rome’s investigators met with…
Damascus, April 9 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) claimed on Friday to have released 300 workers abducted from a cement factory after earlier TV reports said 175 workers had been executed. In a statement carried…
Baghdad, April 9 (IANS) The US Secretary of State John Kerry said in Baghdad on Friday that no US troops will be sent to Iraq, urging for a “unified and functioning” Iraqi government amid the…
Los Angeles, April 9 (IANS) Actor Michael Shannon says that the Oscars is nothing more than the world’s most exclusive “prom” now. The 41-year-old actor believes that Hollywood and the movie-making business is more obsessed…
Nairobi, April 9 (IANS) Kenya’s health ministry confirmed on Friday that 216 people have died from an outbreak of cholera since December last year. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Health Nicholas Muraguri revealed the…
Madrid, April 9 (IANS) The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 rose 1.62 percent on Friday to close at 8,427.60 points, up from the 8,292.90 points from Thursday. Share values were up two percent in the…
Brussels, April 9 (IANS) Mohamed Abrini, suspected of involvement in the November 2015 attacks in Paris, was arrested Friday by the Belgian police, reported Belgian broadcaster RTBF. Abrini is also thought to be the “man…
Los Angeles, April 9 (IANS) Rapper Iggy Azalea was spotted without her engagement ring, sparking rumours that she might have called off her engagement to basketball player Nick Young. Azalea was photographed driving her jeep…
Washington, April 9 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Anatahan region, Northern Mariana Islands on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre, with a depth of 35.0 km, was…
Minsk, April 9 (IANS) Victoria Azarenka of Belarus has been named the best tennis player of the world in March, according to the results of the poll conducted by the WTA website. Seventy percent of…
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has responded to the allegations that he has used his star power to evade tax, saying that he is a “law-abiding citizen”. On Friday, a news report…
Brussels, April 9 (IANS) The European Union (EU) announced on Friday that it has delayed its June summit by a few days to avoid clashing with the June 23 British referendum on continued EU membership….
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The first meeting of the recently-formed Bank Board Bureau (BBB) met on Friday at the RBI headquarters in Mumbai and discussed issues of non-performing assets (NPAs), or bad loans, as…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Arunachal Chief Minister Kalikho Pul on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an one-time development package for the northeastern state, especially for areas of the border with China. In…
Vatican City, April 8 (AKI) Pope Francis on Friday told Catholic families to turn to God in time of trouble – the same day he published new guidelines on family life. “The word of God…
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Science, YS Chowdary addresses at the inauguration of the India Electronics Expo – 2016, organised by the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion…