Paris, May 9 (IANS) The Gare du Nord train station in Paris reopened on Tuesday after a security alert, officials said. Platforms were evacuated and the area cordoned off by heavily armed police late Monday…
Canberra, May 9 (IANS) Australia is set to provide better health care to aboriginal natives who were exposed to radiation from nuclear tests conducted by the UK during the 1950s and 1960s in a remote…
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided to file a petition in the court against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seek an investigation into allegations of receiving money from slain Al Qaeda…
Washington, May 9 (IANS) A suspected gunman who terrorised a US city last year with a series of seemingly random shootings has been arrested, police said. A tip-off led investigators to Aaron Saucedo, 23, and…
New York, May 9 (IANS) Researchers have identified several genes that can put children of bipolar disorder patients at increased risk of developing the disease. “We’ve known that children of patients with bipolar disorder have…
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Global credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has predicted that Pakistans external debt will grow to $79 billion by June, higher than initial estimates, the media reported on Tuesday. In its…
Washington, May 9 (IANS) The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick Heather Wilson as Air Force Secretary, officials said. The former Republican House of Representatives member was confirmed on Monday after a 76-22…
Kabul, May 9 (IANS) A senior religious official was killed on Tuesday in an explosion in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, officials said. “Chief of Provincial Ulema Council Abdul Rahim Shah Hanafi was killed following an improvised…
United Nations, May 9 (IANS) At least 435,000 people have been displaced from Iraq’s Mosul city since the military operations on its western neighbourhoods began on February 19, a UN spokesperson said. “Over 403,000 are…
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Police has disposed off a complaint lodged against Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for allegedly provoking people and creating hatred against the armed forces, the media reported on Tuesday. A senior…
San Francisco, May 9 (IANS) After introducing end-to-end encryption in mobile chats last year, WhatsApp has quietly added new security features to its iCloud backup feature. The iCloud backup encryption has been a feature for…
Washington, May 9 (IANS) The remains of an American sailor who killed during the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbour in 1941 is set to return to his hometown in Iowa state for burial, officials…
Washington, May 9 (IANS) Former US acting Attorney General Sally Yates said that she had alerted the White House earlier this year that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn could be “essentially blackmailed by the…
San Francisco, May 9 (IANS) In yet another milestone, Apple’s market capitalisation briefly soared past $800 billion threshold, making it the first company ever with such a mammoth valuation. Apple’s shares closed up 2.7 per…
Washington, May 9 (IANS) US federal appeals judges appeared divided after hearing the President Donald Trump’s administration’s defence of the revised travel ban on admitting refugees and travellers from six Muslim-majority countries, the media reported….
Washington, May 9 (IANS) The wife of an American citizen detained in North Korea for suspected “hostile acts” against Pyongyang, has pleaded for his release, the media reported. The news of his arrest came on…
Washington, May 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has appointed Neil Chatterjee to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which oversees electricity, natural gas and oil at the national level. Chatterjee will play a key role…
Jakarta, May 9 (IANS) Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, commonly known as Ahok, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday, after being found guilty of blasphemy in a landmark trial seen as a…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) People thronged Twitter after social media giant Facebook on Tuesday faced an outage in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and some parts of North America. Facebook users got an error message:…
Beijing, May 9 (IANS) China’s Ministry of Commerce announced on Tuesday that it will extend anti-dumping duties on rubber imported from Japan, the US and the European Union for another five years starting Wednesday. The…