Houston, Nov 7 (IANS) “Domestic situation” was involved in a rural Texas church shooting during which a gunman with an assault rifle killed at least 26 people during Sunday services, a Texas law enforcement official…
Hanoi, Nov 7 (IANS) The death toll from typhoon Damrey that struck Vietnam has risen to 44 with 19 people still missing, the country’s Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on…
Islamabad, Nov 7 (IANS) Pakistan has confirmed that a diplomatic official of the Consulate General of Pakistan in Afghanistan’s eastern Jalalabad city was shot dead at a shop near his residence. Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua…
Rabat, Nov 7 (IANS) Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has strongly condemned the “cowardly” missile attack that targeted Saudi Arabia from Yemen. “I want to express to you, on the behalf of the Moroccan people and…
London, Nov 7 (IANS) A call has been made for priority to be given to more direct airlinks between Britain’s northern England and China, a media report said. It follows new research which shows how…
Mexico City, Nov 7 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall between the US and Mexico would be an environmental “disaster”, a United Nations official said. “The wall is going to be a disaster…
Tripoli, Nov 7 (IANS) Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel has said that his country is seeking an emergency session of the UN Security Council to take action against recent war crimes in eastern Libya. Messahel…
United Nations, Nov 7 (IANS) The UN Security Council has demanded an end to the excessive use of military violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, a media report said. “The Security Council calls upon the government…
Cairo, Nov 7 (IANS) Egypt has reaffirmed its support to China’s Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative and called for increased Chinese investment, a media report said. “Egypt supports the Belt and Road Initiative that connects…
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, whose name cropped up in the “Paradise Papers” investigation into offshore tax havens, said the appropriate authorities knew of his controversial investments, a media report said….
United Nations, Nov 7 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed condolences over Sunday’s church shooting in Sutherland Springs in the US state of Texas, his spokesman said. “The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn…
Cairo, Nov 7 (IANS) Egyptian rights lawyer Khaled Ali has announced that he will challenge President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in the 2018 elections, a media report said. “We decided today to start our campaign in preparation…
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) President Donald Trump has decided to continue the national emergency with Iran for one year to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to national security, foreign policy and economy of…
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) Economists in the US are split on the economic effects of Republican tax reform proposals, a media report said. Republicans in the US House of Representatives unveiled the long-awaited bill last…
Paris, Nov 7 (IANS) Auchan, one of France’s leading retail groups, has announced that it would open several shops without checkout counters in China by the year-end, a media report said. “The operation of Auchan…
Washington, Nov 7 (IANS) Cyber crime has become the most feared crime in the US, with two-thirds of American adults worrying about becoming the victims, a survey showed. The Gallup poll showed that 67 per…
Ankara, Nov 7 (IANS) The US has begun to accept non-immigrant visa applications in Turkey on a limited basis, the US Embassy in Ankara said. The US embassy confirmed in a statement on Monday that…
Tripoli, Nov 7 (IANS) Gunmen attacked Libya’s largest oil field Sharara on Monday for unknown reasons, said a government official. “Gunmen attacked the station 186 of Sharara oil field and attacked also the staff in…
Warsaw, Nov 7 (IANS) Visiting Iraqi President Fuad Masoum has said that Polish enterprises were welcome in Iraq and his country needed partners to rebuild its infrastructure. “We thank Poland for its part in the…
Rome, Nov 7 (IANS) The US has accepted that climate change affects human health, Italian Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin said at the G7 Summit of Health Ministers. “We have reached a shared conclusion,” Italian news…