Istanbul, Dec 28 (IANS) Turkey and Russia on Wednesday agreed on a draft for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, the media reported. Ankara and Moscow would try to bring the ceasefire in effect from midnight….
Kathmandu, Dec 28 (IANS) Amid strong reservations from Madhes-based political parties, Nepal’s three major parties — the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) — have agreed to announce the date for local government polls…
Beirut, Dec 28 (IANS) Lebanon’s government headed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri won the parliamentary vote of confidence on Wednesday after it secured the approval of 87 out of 92 lawmakers who attended the vote…
Moscow, Dec 28 (IANS) Russia, China and Pakistan agreed to expand their tripartite consultations on the Afghan conflict and include other countries, including Afghanistan, after Kabul objected to its absence from the regional discussions. “The…
Toronto, Dec 28 (IANS) Two Indian-origin sisters based here were arrested on charges of extorting and cyber-bullying a billionaire in Lagos, Nigeria. The sisters, Jyoti and Kiran Matharoo, “operated a website called NaijaGistLive” and cyber-bullied…
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday confirmed the death sentences of eight “hardcore terrorists” tried by military courts, whereas three others were awarded imprisonment, an official said. The…
Tokyo, Dec 28 (IANS) Masahiro Imamura, Japan’s Reconstruction Minister for disaster-hit region, visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine here on Wednesday, shortly after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended a memorial at the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii….
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) China is aiming to own the race for space in the next decade, the country’s space agency has said. China’s ambitious and fast-growing space programme is targeting a landing on the…
Guwahati, Dec 28 (IANS) The Assam government is in touch with the Centre to draw up a roadmap for the construction of an international highway connecting India with Bhutan through Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts,…
Toronto, Dec 28 (IANS) A community-based mental health care programme can significantly improve the lives of millions of people suffering from mental illness, researchers have found. The study showed that six months after undergoing the…
Washington/Beijing, 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 1941, was on Wednesday deplored by China, which…
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) A draft proposal for accepting new members into the Nuclear Suppliers Group paves the way for India’s entry but leaves Pakistan out, says a US-based arms control organisation. The Arms Control…
New York, Dec 28 (IANS) Researchers have developed powerful nanodiscs that can deliver customised therapeutic vaccine and help kill cancerous tumours in 10 days in mice, as well as prevent their growth later. The technology…
Moscow, Dec 28 (IANS) Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry has said India’s violation of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) would set a dangerous precedent for other countries to behave similarly. “Contravention of the treaty or…
Nairobi, Dec 28 (IANS) The Kenyan government has extended three months the curfew in the border region of Mandera following recent terror attacks by Somalia-based Islamist group Al-Shabaab in the region. Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery…
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) A Chinese activist and founder of a human rights website has been accused of subversion of state power, a charge frequently used against dissidents in China, his friends said on Wednesday….
Tokyo, Dec 28 (IANS) In an important step towards treating autoimmune diseases, researchers in Japan have discovered a new molecular mechanism that could explain the cause of some such disorders that result from a hyperactive…
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,…