Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor, during which he offered no apology for Japan’s sneak attack on the US in World War II, serves no more than a…
Jerusalem, Dec 28 (IANS) The Jerusalem municipality on Wednesday called off the vote on approving permits for the construction of hundreds of new Israeli homes in East Jerusalem. It would have been the first authorisation…
Moscow, Dec 28 (IANS) Divers have recovered the second flight recorder of the Russian military Tu-154 plane that crashed into the Black Sea on December 25, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. On Tuesday,…
Damascus, Dec 28 (IANS) At least 22 persons were killed in airstrikes in an area controlled by the Islamic State terrorist group in the Syrian province of Deir al-Zor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
Kabul, Dec 28 (IANS) A member of the Afghan parliament was among five persons injured in an explosion on a busy road in Kabul on Wednesday, police said. “The roadside bombing hit the vehicle of…
New York, Dec 28 (IANS) If you are having shoulder problems, they may be due to some heart disease risk factors – not just physical strain, warns a new study. “If someone has rotator cuff…
Bangkok, Dec 28 (IANS) Facebook users in Bangkok were falsely alerted to an “explosion” in the Thai capital, after the social network activated its Safety Check feature. The feature allows Facebook users in danger zones…
New York, Dec 28 (IANS) A protein associated with obesity plays a significant role in the development of leukemia as well as in drug response, researchers have found. A new study has revealed that FTO…
Dhaka, Dec 28 (IANS) Five members of a banned militant outfit have been arrested here and explosives and bomb-making materials seized from them, an official said on Wednesday. The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit…
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) An Afghan national was injured and nine others were arrested in Khyber Agency after Khasadar police opened fire on a group trying to enter Pakistan without legal travel document. Khasadar force…
Moscow, Dec 28 (IANS) At least 74 persons have died of methanol poisoning in Russia’s Siberia after they consumed a bathing lotion containing alcohol earlier this month, authorities said on Wednesday. “The bodies have been…
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) China launched a pair of 0.5-metre high-resolution remote sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi province on Wednesday. The satellites, SuperView-1 01/02, blasted off at 11.23 a.m. on…
New York, Dec 28 (IANS) Traffic noise can reduce birds’ ability to hear an alarm call, thereby potentially increasing their vulnerability to predators, a new research has found. “There has been lots of work on…
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) China on Wednesday said the Taiwan issue was a domestic affair of the country and the US should carefully handle it by abiding by the ‘one-China policy’. An Fengshan, spokesman for…
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and the Islamic State trying to weave its terror network in India kept the National Investigation Agency (NIA) busy throughout 2016. The year began with…
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) The US has described as “ludicrous” a claim by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that it supported Islamic State militant group in Syria. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said there was…
Dubai, Dec 28 (IANS) An Indian faculty member of an educational institute here was found dead in his apartment days after he stopped reporting to work, the media reported. Antony Benjamin hailed from Jaipur and…
Seoul, Dec 28 (IANS) Choi Soon-sil, the ‘South Korean Rasputin’ paid for her close friend and former South Korean President Park Geun-hye to go under the knife was revealed by a parliamentary committee on Wednesday….
London, Dec 28 (IANS) Homeless individuals — living on the street, in short-term shelters, small social services-paid hotels and other facilities for homeless people with children — tend to sleep less and are more likely…
New York, Dec 28 (IANS) Did you know your iPhone photo app has the potential to search photos and tag both people and objects? If your phone runs on iOS 10, it definitely can. The…