Washington, April 8 (IANS) Three crew members aboard the International Space Station are packing up their gear for a homecoming on Monday, ending their 173-day mission in space, NASA said. Expedition 50 crew members Shane…
Washington, April 8 (IANS) The US is “disappointed but not surprised” at Russia’s response to its strikes on a Syrian airbase suspected of storing chemical weapons, a media report said on Saturday. At least six…
Yangon, April 8 (IANS) Forty passengers have survived the vessel collision in a Myanmar river that killed 20, police said on Saturday. Twenty passengers including three children were killed when two vessels collided in Pathein…
Washington, April 8 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping’s wife Peng Liyuan visited an art school in US’ Palm Beach accompanied by her counterpart Melania Trump, a media report said. At the Bak Middle School of…
Damascus, April 8 (IANS) Rebel factions in Syria have welcomed the US missile strike on an air base in Syria’s central province of Homs, a media report said on Friday. A rebel commander in Homs…
Washington, April 8 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump on Friday pledged to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and to manage their differences based on mutual respect. The two leaders also…
Athens, April 8 (IANS) Greece and its euro zone creditors on Friday reached an agreement on key elements of a reform package, said Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem in a meeting held in Malta. The key…
Stockholm, April 8 (IANS) Sweden will not be cowed by “these heinous murderers,” Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Friday after a truck attack in Stockholm killed four. “Today we have been subjected to…
Paris, April 8 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande on Friday said that the truck attack in a shopping street in central Stockholm showed that “relentless fight against terrorism must be a priority of European solidarity”….
Washington, April 8 (IANS) A large near-Earth asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will fly safely past Earth on April 19th, US space agency NASA has said. The space rock, known as 2014 JO25, is…
Tehran, April 8 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday condemned the US missile strike on Syrian airbase. “The tragedy of Khan Sheikhoun is horrifying & must be condemned. It reminds Iranians, victim of CW…
Tunis, April 8 (IANS) On an official visit here on Friday, French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve declared that the US strike on Syria proved that France’s reaction since the sanctions in 2013 on Damascus for…
Stockholm, April 8 (IANS) One victim died in hospital, raising the death toll of the Stockholm attack on Friday to four, while the number of wounded reached 15, Swedish Television said on Friday. Swedish Television…
Moscow, April 8 (IANS) Condemning the US missile strike in Syria, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday said the action puts Moscow and Washington “on the verge of a military clash.” “This military action…
Stockholm, April 8 (IANS) Police in Sweden have arrested a man in North Stockholm, who reportedly confessed to Friday’s deadly terror attack. According to a report from the Aftonbladet, the unidentified man had some light…
Riyadh, April 7 (IANS) Saudi civil defence said on Friday that an Indian national was killed and three others were injured in the border city of Najran when they were hit by projectiles fired from…
Venice, April 7 (IANS/AKI) Police near Venice on Friday ordered a mosque attended by members of an alleged cell that wanted to blow up landmarks in the northern lagoon city to close within three days…
Rome, April 7 (IANS/AKI) Italian authorities on Friday expelled an alleged Moroccan Islamic extremist who proselytized on social media and planned to travel to the Middle East to wage Jihad. The 34-year-old Moroccan was deported…
Stockholm, April 7 (IANS) A truck on Friday rammed into a store in the centre of the Swedish capital Stockholm, and police and witnesses said three people died and many others were injured. “Sweden has…
Washington, April 7 (IANS) The US Senate on Friday confirmed Neil Gorsuch as the ninth justice of the US Supreme Court. The vote comes after the majority Republicans changed the rules to abolish the filibuster…