Washington, June 27 (IANS) The US House Armed Services Committee unveiled a $696.5 billion defence policy bill that is more than what was requested previously by President Donald Trump, the media reported. The committee’s version…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, June 27 (IANS) China on Tuesday said it stopped Indian pilgrims from travelling to the Kailash Mansarovar due to the ongoing face-off between the troops of the two nations triggered by…
London, June 27 (IANS) The European Union is slated to announce on Tuesday the imposition of a record-breaking fine of more than 1.1 billion euros, or nearly $1.2 billion, on Google for abusing its monopoly…
Canberra, June 27 (IANS) The Australian population is aging, more ethnically diverse and less religious than in the past, according to the 2016 national census released on Tuesday. About 95.1 per cent of the Australian…
Las Vegas, June 27 (IANS) Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed plans to collaborate with networking and security major Cisco to get discounts on cyber-security insurance premium for businesses that use products of both companies….
Washington, June 27 (IANS) US social media networks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube joined hands with tech giant Microsoft to launch a forum aimed to help make their “consumer services hostile to terrorists and violent extremists”….
By Kamran Reza Experts and environmentalists have criticised Bangladesh’s environment agency for its decision to declare four dying rivers around Dhaka as ecologically critical areas (ECA). The department of environment (DoE), which can declare any…
Washington, June 27 (IANS) US space agency NASA said that it has no pending announcement regarding extraterrestrial life, following a wave of media reports that it was about to announce the evidence of alien life….
Pyongyang, June 27 (IANS) North Korea on Tuesday criticised US President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy calling this ideology “Nazism in the 21st Century”, a state-media report said. “The idea (of America First) is the…
Washington, June 27 (IANS) The White House said that there were “potential preparations” for another chemical weapons attack by the Syrian regime and warned the country’s President Bashar al-Assad of a “heavy price” if it…
Washington, June 27 (IANS) The US says it has identified “potential preparations” for another chemical attack in Syria, and issued a stark warning to the Bashar al-Assad government, a media report said. The White House…
Brasilia, June 27 (IANS) Brazilian President Michel Temer has been charged with accepting bribes by the country’s chief prosecutor, a media report said. He was accused of receiving money from the boss of a giant…
London, June 27 (IANS) A massive new aircraft carrier — the largest warship ever built for the Britain’s Royal Navy — on Monday took to the seas from a northeastern Scottish dockyard as it was…
Washington, June 27 (IANS) The healthcare reform bill being discussed by the US Senate would leave 22 million people without medical insurance by 2026, of whom 15 million would drop off the roles in the…
Washington, June 27 (IANS) Ivanka Trump, the older daughter of US President Donald Trump, said that she is trying to “stay out of ‘politics'” despite occupying a key advisory role to her father along with…
Ramallah, June 27 (IANS) A group of former prisoners continued a series of public protests to demand that the Palestinian National Authority pay them the salaries allocated to those incarcerated in Israeli jails and their…
Brussels, June 27 (IANS) Belgium is to spend 6.8 million euros ($7.6 billion) on a so-called supersoftware to identify terrorists who browse web pages with extremist content, a minister said. On his official Twitter account…
Vatican City, June 27 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis urged Catholics to take care of the sick, saying this made them an invaluable source of wealth for society and “a conscious instrument of grace”. “Every Christian filled…
Rome, June 27 (IANS/AKI) Police in Sicily arrested a Nigerian, a Bangladeshi and a Gambian accused of people trafficking after a boat with 267 migrants on board arrived at the port of Pozzallo. Police also…
Washington, June 27 (IANS) India and the US on Monday reiterated their commitment to cooperate in the fight against international terrorism even as the two sides agreed to boost economic cooperation following the first ever…