Category: International

Fresh charges pressed against Khaleda

Dhaka, May 30 (IANS) Fresh charges were pressed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Khaleda Zia and 26 others in two…

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Israeli cabinet to approve hardline defence minister

Jerusalem, May 30 (IANS) The Israeli cabinet was on Monday set to approve hardline lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman as defence minister…

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Nine killed in Baghdad bomb attack

Baghdad, May 30 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 30 others injured in two bomb attacks in the…

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Bahrain’s opposition leader sentenced to 9 years in jail

Manama, May 30 (IANS) A Bahrainian appeals court on Monday sentenced the country's top opposition leader Shaikh Ali Salman to…

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Women more addicted to smartphones than men: Study

Seoul, May 30 (IANS) Women are using smartphones for four hours a day or longer and are more prone to…

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Search for Japanese boy abandoned in forest continues

Tokyo, May 30 (IANS) Japanese police on Monday continued the search for a seven-year-old boy missing since Saturday in a…

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China launches new satellite for civilian hi-res mapping

Beijing, May 30 (IANS) China on Monday launched a new civilian high-resolution mapping satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre…

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New research to help you beat jet lag

Tokyo, May 30 (IANS) If you are a frequent traveller and get bogged down by jet lag with every flight,…

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Comets did deliver life’s ingredients on Earth

London, May 30 (IANS) Even if comets did not play as big a role in delivering water as once thought…

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Tibet plans new wetland nature reserve

Lhasa, May 30 (IANS) The Tibetan government is planning to establish a new nature reserve in 88,000 hectares of wetland,…

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11 policemen killed in Afghan checkpoints attack

Kabul, May 30 (IANS) At least 11 Afghan police personnel were killed when Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Helmand…

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Premature birth may up osteoporosis risk in adulthood

London, May 30 (IANS) Babies born prematurely are at an increased risk of having brittle bones in adulthood, says a…

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Abu Dhabi hotel guests to pay new fee on bills

Abu Dhabi, May 30 (IANS/WAM) Hotel guests in Abu Dhabi will start paying a municipal fee of four percent of…

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A new gatekeeper for light discovered

New York, May 30 (IANS) Imagine a device that is selectively transparent to various wavelengths of light at one moment…

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Bleaching kills 35 percent of coral in Great Barrier Reef

Canberra, May 30 (IANS) Mass bleaching has killed 35 percent of the coral in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia,…

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Japan PM may face no-confidence motion over tax issue

Tokyo, May 30 (IANS) Leaders of Japan's four opposition parties hoped to jointly submit a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet…

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Missing Japanese journalist’s photo posted online

Tokyo, May 30 (IANS) An image of a a freelance Japanese journalist who went missing in Syria has been posted…

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New Horizons clicks Pluto’s surface like never before

Washington, May 30 (IANS) NASA's New Horizon probe has sent home the most detailed view of Pluto's terrain you will…

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Indian couple launches lawsuit against Australian bank

Melbourne, May 30 (IANS) An Indian businessman and his wife on Monday launched the largest legal action in the state…

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Top Syrian negotiator quits peace talks

Damascus, May 30 (IANS) The chief negotiator of Syria's main opposition umbrella group has resigned over what he called the…

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