New York, Nov 9 (IANS) Yemen faces the world’s largest famine in decades “with millions of victims” if aid deliveries are not resumed, a senior UN official has warned. Mark Lowcock, the UN Under-Secretary General…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Nov 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday urged all countries to stop arming, financing and trading with the “murderous” North Korean nuclear regime. Addressing a joint press conference with…
Srinagar, Nov 9 (IANS) Security forces started a massive search operation in over a dozen villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday following intelligence reports about the presence of militants. Police said the…
Washington, Nov 9 (IANS) Three US aircraft carriers will perform rare drills starting on Saturday in the western Pacific in the midst of the North Korean crisis, the US Navy announced on Thursday. The nuclear-powered…
Damascus, Nov 9 (IANS) The Syrian army and allied fighters on Wednesday liberated the city of al-Bukamal, the last Islamic State (IS) stronghold in eastern Syria, pro-government al-Ekhbaria TV reported. The bomb squads are mopping…
Ankara, Nov 9 (IANS) A total of 2,648 undocumented migrants were detained in nationwide operations across Turkey, security force said on Wednesday. Turkish border guards rounded up 1,632 migrants attempting to illegally enter Turkey from…
Rome, Nov 8 (IANS/AKI) A senior Italian official on Tuesday defended his government’s role in training Libya’s Coastguard and denied Italy had turned back migrant boats to the chaos-wracked North African country. “Italy has helped…
Jammu, Nov 8 (IANS) Thirteen soldiers were injured on Wednesday when the vehicle they were travelling in rolled down from a bridge in Bannihal area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, police said. Police said…
Chandigarh, Nov 8 (IANS) Defending the investigations of the local police in the murder of seven-year-old Pradhuman Thakur of Ryan International School in Gurugram, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that the…
Panaji, Nov 8 (IANS) The Congress in Goa on Wednesday alleged that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had “undermined the prestige” of senior naval officials with his “unsavoury” remarks on Tuesday about the Rear Admiral rank….
Imphal, Nov 8 (IANS) A six-member Japanese team arrived here on Wednesday to search for the skeletal remains of its soldiers who were killed during the Battle of Imphal in World War II. Chief Minister…
Manila, Nov 8 (IANS) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has cancelled a construction project in the South China Sea’s disputed Spratly Islands, an official said on Wednesday. Duterte cancelled the project following protests from Beijing, said…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Microsoft and global indoor theme park KidZania on Wednesday announced they were collaborating to create awareness among children about good practices when it comes to cyber safety on the Internet….
Silchar, Nov 8 (IANS) Five terrorists belonging to Manipur and Nagaland-based extremist outfits were handed over to Assam Police by Bangladeshi police after they completed their 13 year jail term in that country, a police…
Seoul, Nov 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a blunt warning to North Korean Korean leader Kim Jong, declaring during his first major speech in Asia that continued nuclear provocation could result…
Moscow, Nov 8 (IANS) Russia’s export of arms and military equipment is expected to reach $15.3 billion by the end of 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. “Based on the results of January…
Huoston, Nov 8 (IANS) The FBI agents collected the cell phone of the gunman, who killed 26 people in a shooting rampage in a Texas church, but have yet to access it, said Christopher Combs,…
Sanaa, Nov 8 (IANS) At least 50 people, including civilians, were killed and injured in fresh Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on a village in Yemen’s northwest province of Hajjah on Tuesday, a provincial security official and…
Brussels, Nov 8 (IANS) The US Ambassador to Nato Kay Bailey Hutchison has called on Pakistan to help in stabilising Afghanistan by not supporting terrorist networks. “We would like to see Pakistan come in, in…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said it had seized nearly Rs 36.5 crore in demonetised currency and arrested nine persons here in its ongoing probe into the Jammu…