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…
Seoul, Dec 28 (IANS) South Korea’s former Welfare Minister was arrested on Wednesday for his suspected pressure on the national pension fund to approve last year’s merger of two affiliates of Samsung Group. A South…
London, Dec 28 (IANS) A combination of drugs for diabetes and hypertension may offer an effective new way to combat cancer, suggests a new research. In their experiments, the researchers found that the combination of…
Kabul, Dec 28 (IANS) At least one persons was killed and four others were injured as an explosion ripped through a busy road in Afghanistan capital Kabul on Wednesday, the police said. According to initial…
Panama City, Dec 28 (IANS) Panama has announced it will prohibit Brazil’s Odebrecht construction company from acquiring any new contracts until it returns the money it “removed” via corruption and bribes. Authorities in Panama, a…
New York, Dec 28 (IANS) An Indian-origin man was found guilty of bribing Mexican officials to secure contracts, Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell has said. Kamta Ramnarine, 69, the co-owner of an aircraft maintenance company…
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not offer any apology during his visit to Pearl Harbour for the sneak World War II attack that claimed more than 2,400 lives. Though the…
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) President Barack Obama pointed to the strength of US-Japan ties during a visit to Pearl Harbor with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who offered condolences for the more than 2,300 people…
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) According to a study, White House hopefuls and groups supporting them spent a total of $2.17 billion during the election campaign that Republican Donald Trump finally won. The study, published on…
Moscow, Dec 28 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov voiced his concerns over possible US arms deliveries to Syrian rebels in a phone conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Ministry said….
London, Dec 28 (IANS) The British government said on Tuesday that it would begin rolling out mandatory identity checks for voters in what seems to be the biggest ever shake-up in the way that Britons…
New York, Dec 28 (IANS) Police ordered Trump Tower to be evacuated on Tuesday after the discovery of a suspicious package, but the “all clear” was issued shortly thereafter, when the package was found to…
Havana, Dec 28 (IANS) Cuba’s National Assembly on Tuesday approved a law prohibiting the use of Fidel Castro’s name to designate public sites or using his image for monuments, according to the wishes of the…
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump tapped Thomas Bossert as his Assistant for Homeland Security and Executive Vice President of Trump Organisation Jason Greenblatt as his “special representative for international negotiations”, Trump’s transition…
Moscow, Dec 28 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a natural gas pipeline linking Crimea to Russia’s gas pipeline system, which will allow the inhabitants of the peninsula to receive a continuous supply of gas….
BLACK SEA, Dec. 25, 2016 (Xinhua) — Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2016 shows vessels taking part in a rescue operation on the Black Sea coast at the crash site of Russian Defense Ministry’s TU-154…
Istanbul, Dec 28 (IANS) Some Turks have suggested enlisting Syrian refugees for the Turkish armed forces, as the death toll is growing for Turkish troops on mission in northern Syria. An online campaign was launched…
Riyadh, Dec 28 (IANS) The High Negotiations Committee (HNC), a coalition of Syrian opposition groups, said that they have not been invited to the negotiation meeting set to take place within the next few weeks…
Baghdad, Dec 28 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Haide al-Abadi said the Iraqi forces will need three months to eliminate the Islamic State (IS) militant group, as battles continued to free the IS stronghold in the…