Tehran, Aug 12 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that Tehran has no plan to talk with the US on the sidelines of the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting. “No meeting…
New York, Aug 12 (IANS) Does your boss expects you to be ever-connected on emails and work without boundaries? If so, besides causing harm to your health and well-being, it could also lead to conflict…
Islamabad, Aug 12 (IANS) Six people were shot dead in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police said. The incident took place in Charsadda district due to a land dispute leading to two groups open…
New York, Aug 12 (IANS) The bond between parent and child extends far beyond sharing similar looks or behaviours as a new study suggests that treating depression in teenagers may benefit their parents’ mental health…
Miami, Aug 12 (IANS) NASA on Sunday successfully launched the Parker Solar Probe, the US space agency’s historic small car-size probe to “touch the Sun,” from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. “3-2-1……
Dhaka, Aug 12 (IANS) US snack giant Mondelez has launched operations in Bangladesh, expanding the company’s presence in South Asia. Kallappa Pattanashetti, who was earlier with Mondelez India Foods Pvt Ltd, has been appointed the…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) V.S. Naipaul, known for his timeless books and unsparing views, made his last public appearance in India in January 2015 at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), where…
Kabul, Aug 12 (IANS) A key Taliban commander was killed on Sunday in a drone strike that targeted a militant hideout in Afghanistan’s Laghman province. The strike was followed a tip-off, killing the commander and…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the death of Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, who shared ancestral roots with India. “Sir V.S. Naipaul will be remembered for his…
San Francisco, Aug 12 (IANS) Twitter said the accounts belonging to US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his media organisation InfoWars will remain online for now, one day after an investigation found that his accounts…
Kabul, Aug 12 (IANS) Fifty militants, including a Taliban key commander, surrendered to Afghan authorities in Badghis province on Sunday, a police spokesman said. “A total of 50 Taliban insurgents under Taliban key commander Mullah…
Jakarta, Aug 12 (IANS) Eight people were killed and one other person injured after a small plane crashed in Indonesia’s Papua province, an official said on Sunday. The wreckage of the plane was recovered on…
Canberra, Aug 12 (IANS) A surfboard was returned to its Australian surfer after it was stolen from him 40 years ago, local media reported on Sunday. Peter Gilson said his mother saved some A$1,800 Australian…
Beijing, Aug 12 (IANS) About 40 per cent of young Chinese entrepreneurs are female, according to a new report. The report was based on a survey of 6,928 entrepreneurs aged 16 to 35 and was…
Las Vegas, Aug 12 (IANS) Amid the growing debate over whether electronic voting machines (EVMs) are hackable or not, elections officials in the US are worried over the increasing “information warfare” as mid-term polls loom….
By Saket Suman Novi Sad (Serbia), Aug 12 (IANS) Some 90 km from the historic city of Belgrade, the Danube river — once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire — makes a winding curve…
Washington, Aug 12 (IANS) Over 600 people gathered in Charlottesville to express their rejection of white supremacy, almost a year after the neo-Nazi protests left three dead in this US city. The protest was initially…
New York, Aug 12 (IANS) Scientists have identified a brain region that could generate pessimistic moods in disorders such as anxiety or depression that leads people to focus more on the possible downside than the…
Cairo, Aug 12 (IANS) Prosecutors in Egypt have charged a defrocked monk with the murder of a Coptic Christian Bishop at a desert monastery, the media reported. Bishop Epiphanius, 64, was found dead at Saint…
London, Aug 12 (IANS) Nobel Prize-winning novelist V.S. Naipaul, who explored questions of place and identity for more than half a century, has died aged 85, his family announced on Sunday. Lady Naipaul confirmed that…