Caracas, Dec 13 (IANS) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the closure of Venezuelan border with Colombia for 72 hours till Thursday to deal with the “mafias” operating and smuggling out Venezuelan currency. The measure…
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 13 (IANS) Brazil’s Federal Police has filed new charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, local media reported. The charges against Lula are for passive corruption in a case…
Manila, Dec 13 (IANS) There have been 5,927 deaths linked to the “war on drugs” in the Philippines since July 1 according to statistics released by its national police. President Rodrigo Duterte who assumed office…
New York City, Dec 13 (IANS) An Indian-origin doctor miraculously survived a plane crash on Sunday when the plane he was piloting developed an engine trouble and came down in the frigid waters of Long…
Canberra, Dec 13 (IANS) The Australian government remains committed to the contentious Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme despite criticism from US President-elect Donald Trump, the nation’s Defence Industries Minister Christopher Pyne said on Tuesday. Australia…
Belgrade, Dec 13 (IANS) The US proposal for implementing a ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo is not acceptable to Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here on Monday. Russia, which is assisting…
New York, Dec 13 (IANS) Oil prices increased on Monday after oil producers outside the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to reduce output. Non-OPEC oil producers, led by Russia, agreed on Saturday…
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump returned to Twitter on Monday to pour additional scorn on an ostensible CIA report accusing Russia of interfering in the US election to benefit the Republican real…
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has made moving the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem a major priority, senior aide Kellyanne Conway said on Monday. “That is a very…
Damascus, Dec 13 (IANS) Celebratory gunshots reverberated across the northern city of Aleppo on Monday evening, and people took to the streets celebrating, as the Syrian Army has almost dislodged the rebels from the eastern…
Rome, Dec 13 (IANS) Italy’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni unveiled his cabinet on Monday. After a quick round of consultations with parliamentary forces, he met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella late Monday afternoon to…
Paris, Dec 13 (IANS) Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief, went on trial on Monday over her role in a scandal involving business magnate Bernard Tapie in 2008. Lagarde, 60, appeared at the French…
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on Monday that the cost of F-35 fighter plane is too high, saying the “program and cost is out of control”. “The F-35 program and cost…
Paris, Dec 13 (IANS) French police on Monday arrested 11 persons suspected of being involved in a truck attack in which 86 people were killed in southern city of Nice last July, local radio reported….
London, Dec 13 (IANS) Six terror suspects were arrested in a series of raids across Britain on Monday. Four men from Derby, a man from Burton upon Trent and a woman from London were arrested…
Vatican City, Dec 12 (IANS/AKI) The Catholic Church will help build world peace, Pope Francis vowed on Monday, calling on political, religious and business leaders, as well as the heads of international institutions to end…
Cairo, Dec 12 (IANS/AKI) Egyptian security forces have arrested “further” suspects over a blast at Cairo’s main Coptic Cathedral complex that killed at least 24 people and injured 49, said the state-run daily Al-Ahram Online…
Aleppo, Dec 12 (IANS/AKI) Supported by the Russian Air Force, Syrian Army troops on Monday made major gains in the fight for the embattled northern city of Aleppo, local new site Ara News reported. The…
Rome, Dec 12 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s Prime Minister-designate Paolo Gentiloni was due on Monday to report to Sergio Mattarella on his efforts to build a government since being invited to do so by the head of…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 12 (IANS) With a stirring call for the UN to change to meet the global crisis of confidence, Antonio Guterres was sworn in Monday as the ninth Secretary General…