Nay Pyi Taw, June 20 (IANS) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday urged the Myanmar government to take concrete steps to end discrimination and constant human rights violations against…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Experts on Monday called as a welcome move the union government announcement of 100 per cent FDI (foreign direct investment) in defence, but felt more needs to be done to…
Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday agreed to peacefully resolve a border issue that has seen both sides locked in a fierce stand-off over construction of a gate by Pakistan. Clashes between…
Washington, June 20 (IANS) The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to laws in two states that restrict ownership of semi-automatic firearms. The apex court justices rejected an appeal of an…
Shillong, June 20 (IANS) Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar on Monday took over as the Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) at the Indian Air Force’s Eastern Air Command. Nambiar earlier held the same post at the…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The entry and exit gates of Rajiv Chowk Metro station here will remain closed till 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday on account of an International Yoga Day programme. The step has…
Kabul, June 20 (IANS) Fourteen Nepalese providing security to the Canadian embassy here were killed when a suicide bomber targeted their mini bus in the Afghan capital on Monday, authorities said. The suicide bomber approached…
Damascus, June 20 (IANS) At least 23 Islamic State militants were killed in an attack by Turkish artillery and US-led international coalition in Syria, the media reported on Monday. The attack took place on Sunday,…
(151223) — KABUL, Dec. 23, 2015 (Xinhua) — Afghan acting Defense Minister Mohammad Masoom Stanikzai speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2015. The Afghan government on Wednesday dismissed reports on the…
Gurgaon, June 20 (IANS) A Punjab resident was arrested early on Monday on charge of stealthily entering the National Security Guard’s (NSG) base camp at Manesar in Haryana, police said. Investigating officer Amit Kumar said…
New June 20 (IANS) The liberalised FDI regime announced on Monday permits Foreign Direct Investment up to 100 per cent in defence sector as India looks ahead to increasing indigenous manufacturing in defence under ‘Make…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted raids at 10 places in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad in connection with its ongoing money laundering probe in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal….
Seoul, June 20 (IANS) South Korea has strengthened security around US airbases after the country’s spy agency reported that the Islamic State (IS) terror group has included the US facilities in the country as its…
Tehran, June 20 (IANS) Iran has thwarted one of the biggest terrorist plots in Tehran recently, the intelligence ministry said on Monday. “The anti-Islamist Takfiri group had schemed to carry out a series of bombings…
Kabul, June 20 (IANS) Eight civilians were killed and 30 wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province on Monday, an official said. “The blast ripped through the main square of Faizabad city in…
Wellington, June 20 (IANS) New Zealand will extend its deployment in Iraq to train Iraqi Security Forces until November 2018 and to expand to a second military base, Prime Minister John Key said on Monday….
Mexico City, June 20 (IANS) At least three persons were killed in violent clashes between teachers opposing an education overhaul, and security forces in Mexico’s Oaxaca state, officials said. In a statement, the state government…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that Japan was now a permanent member of Malabar exercise which also involves India and the US. “Till now India and US…
Hyderabad, June 19 (IANS) A police constable died when his gun went off at the office of Telangana Police’s anti-terror wing OCTOPUS here on Sunday evening, police said. It was not clear if the gun…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that the Indian government was making effors to trace Judith D’Souza, who has been abducted in Afghanistan, and also pursuing the case…