New York, April 14 (IANS) Facebook’s photo-sharing app Instagram has surpassed Snapchat in daily active users of “Stories” feature, though the format was first launched by Snapchat in 2013. According to a report in Forbes…
New York, April 14 (IANS) To reduce the spread of misinformation and spam shared by creators of fake accounts, Facebook has disabled over 30,000 such profiles in France. Facebook on Thursday in a statement said…
Washington, April 14 (IANS) Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus has a form of chemical energy that life can feed on, researchers with NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn have revealed. “Confirmation that the chemical energy for life…
By Nury Vittachi This columnist’s teenage daughter explained the latest politically correct views on “gender identity” to her mother and me. I learned that many young people in Asia are adopting the position promoted by…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 14 (IANS) The UN Security Council has voted to end its military peacekeeping operations in Haiti, but Indian police units will continue in a new mission focused on promoting…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 14 (IANS) In the digital age the world has to follow Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar’s call for empowering the marginalised and the poor by ensuring that no one is…
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Around 1,500 Indian Sikhs with over 500 from European countries and more than 2,000 Pakistani Hindus and Sikhs are participating in the Baisakhi celebrations that began in Punjab province, the media…
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Despite mounting tension along the border, the trade between Pakistan and India has remained intact since the beginning of the current fiscal year, a media report said on Friday. A report…
Vienna, April 14 (IANS) The number of Muslims living in Austria has increased rapidly to almost 700,000 people, or 8 per cent of the total population, figures from the Interior Ministry revealed. The last time…
Washington, April 14 (IANS) Over 200 children along with other demonstrators staged a protest outside the White House against US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, the media reported. According to the organisers, the group included…
Ottawa, April 14 (IANS) The Canadian government has banned all airlines in the country to forcibly remove passengers from overbooked flights, officials said. In a letter issued on Thursday to the heads of all airlines…
Rome, April 14 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni will pay an official visit to the US and Canada later this month, officials said. Gentiloni will arrive in the US on April 19, visiting the…
Washington, April 14 (IANS) Two US Secret Service officers were fired over a March 10 security breach in which a man climbed over the White House fence and remained on the grounds undetected for over…
Ottawa, April 14 (IANS) Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland on Thursday said the Canadian government will introduce a legislation to enable the country to join the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The landmark ATT,…
Atlanta, April 14 (IANS) One person was killed and three others were injured on Thursday in a shooting aboard a transit train in Atlanta, according to police with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)….
C0hicago, April 14 (IANS) The passenger who was violently dragged off an overbooked United Airlines flight on Sunday night will file a lawsuit against the company, his lawyer Thomas Demetrio said at a press conference…
Vatican City, April 14 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis on Thursday urged the world to “stop the lords of war” who sinfully stoke deadly conflicts for their own financial gain — at “immense” human cost. “The world…
The Hague, April 14 (IANS) A preliminary assessment showed that the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria “was a credible allegation”, said the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Thursday….
Washington/Kabul, April 13 (IANS) The US military on Thursday dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, also known as the “mother of all bombs”, in eastern Afghanistan against a series of caves used by the Islamic State….
New Delhi , April 13 (IANS) Hijacked Indian dhow ‘Al-Kausar’ has been released by Somalian authorities to the Indian Navy custody on Thursday, official sources said. “The Indian Navy formally accepted the dhow from the…