Manila, April 21 (IANS) A top Philippine official on Friday made a one-day trip to the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana travelled to the island Filipinos call Pag-asa,…
Dhaka, April 21 (IANS) The World Bank has pledged to give $6 billion in credit to Bangladesh over the next three years. The announcement came after Finance Minister AMA Muhith held a meeting with the…
London, April 21 (IANS) Dangerous extremists will be separated from other inmates in British prisons, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced on Friday. The MoJ said three separation centres will be created, and form part…
New York, April 21 (IANS) Compared to their scholarly publishing, women scientists are over-represented on the microblogging site Twitter compared to male scientists, research has found. “We find that Twitter has been employed by scholars…
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) Pakistan’s retired Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Friday departed for Riyadh after the government granted him permission to head a 41-nation military alliance led by Saudi Arabia. Speaking to Geo…
Tehran, April 21 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday reiterated his country’s commitment to a nuclear agreement it signed with six major powers in 2015, and asked the US to do the…
London, April 21 (IANS) Chechnyas leader Ramzan Kadyrov has denied reports of torture against homosexuals, the media reported on Friday. Earlier this month, local daily Novaya Gazeta alleged that more than 100 Chechen men suspected…
Kathmandu, April 21 (IANS) The Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha, an alliance of seven Madhes-centric parties, will pay a terrible price if it turns down the government’s request to participate in next month’s local level elections,…
Damascus, April 21 (IANS) The evacuation of three villages in Syria resumed on Friday after two days of blockade, a British war monitor said. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), 10 buses…
Beijing, April 21 (IANS) China on Friday stressed on a dialogue to resolve the Korean Peninsula issue after the UN Security Council strongly condemned the latest ballistic missile launch by North Korea. In a press…
Sydney, April 21 (IANS) US Vice President Mike Pence was due to arrive in Australia on Friday evening for the last leg of his Asia-Pacific tour, with regional security, the fight against terror, and trade…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Refusing to monitor government efforts for getting the Kohinoor back to India from the United Kingdom, the Supreme Court on Friday said the court cannot order the diamond’s return or…
New York, April 21 (IANS) Traditional clinical hearing tests often fail to detect patients with a common form of inner ear damage that might otherwise be detected by more challenging behavioural tests, new research has…
Washington, April 21 (IANS) The US state of Arkansas carried out its first execution in more than a decade after the Supreme Court, in a last-minute series of orders, rejected requests by a death row…
Jerusalem, April 21 (IANS) US Secretary of Defense James Mattis on Friday said the Syrian regime had chemical weapons and recommended that it should not be used anymore. During an official visit to Israel, Mattis…
Karachi, April 21 (IANS) One reason why Muslims in the US are seen very negatively is that they dont assimilate in host societies, a French scholar said in comments published on Friday. Journalist and scholar…
Washington, April 21 (IANS) A US Justice Department official who is leading an investigation into potential collusion between President Donald Trumps campaign and the Russian government will step down next month, the media reported. Mary…
Jakarta, April 21 (IANS) US-based travel reviewer website TripAdvisor presented its 2017 “World’s Best Destination” Award to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. The award handover was conducted on Thursday night by TripAdvisor Asia Pacific Head…
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) Pakistan has said that consular access to alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, who it dubbed a “serial killer”, was “not an automatic option”. Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said on Thursday…
Washington, April 21 (IANS) An Egyptian-American charity worker who was imprisoned in Cairo for three years has returned home to the US after President Donald Trump’s administration “quietly” negotiated her release, the media reported on…