Islamabad, Dec 16 (IANS) The Pakistani Army chief, Gen Qamar Jawed Bajwa, laid a wreath and offered prayers on Friday to mark the second anniversary of a deadly terrorist attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School….
Islamabad, Dec 16 (IANS) Pakistan’s foreign policy chief Sartaj Aziz’s visit to India brought “disgrace to Pakistan and Kashmir”, terrorist leader Hafiz Saeed has said. Speaking at a conference in Muzaffarabad, he said that sending…
London, Dec 16 (IANS) US tech giant Microsoft has teamed up with traffic, navigation and mapping products company TomTom to bring enterprise-grade location-based services to Microsofts Azure Cloud platform. TomTom plans to integrate its services…
Toronto, Dec 16 (IANS) With the help of a new method, researchers can detect roughly 10 black holes per year — doubling the number currently known within two years — and unlock their history in…
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) A new planetary system has been discovered with a host star similar to the Earth’s Sun but its unusual composition indicates that it has ‘eaten’ some of its planets. The…
Toronto, Dec 16 (IANS) Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry and TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited on Friday entered into a long-term licensing agreement that will provide acceleration to BlackBerry’s transition into a security software and services…
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Using the internet in classrooms for study purposes, is likely to affect academic performance, even among the most intelligent and motivated of students, researchers warned. When internet is used in…
By Nury Vittachi North Korea’s government banned sarcastic comments against it (they actually did, this is not a joke); so I sent them an email: “Great idea, you bunch of geniuses.” They’re sure to thank…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 16 (IANS) UN Secretary-General designate Antonio Guterres has selected women representing Asia, Africa and Latin America for three top jobs as the foundation of his pledge to promote gender…
San Francisco, Dec 16 (IANS) Responding to criticism from all quarters over the spread of fake news, Facebook has asked its users to flag fake news stories which will be verified by third party fact-checkers….
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 16 (IANS) India has called for the adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) to prevent terrorists getting weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Chastising nations for holding…
London, Dec 16 (IANS) British Prime Minister Theresa May wants an early deal on Britons living in the European Union countries, the media reported on Friday. She said as much while updating her fellow leaders…
Tokyo, Dec 16 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin who is on a two-day visit to Japan will be here on Friday to continue the bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Putin met Abe…
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) The US-based Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has said that Kuwait is seeking to make $1.7 billion worth of upgrades to its aging fleet of tanks, reports said on Friday. On…
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has warned that his government “will take action” against Russia for cyber attacks during the November 8 elections for allegedly interfering with the results. “I think there…
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Workers laid off by Disney have filed a case against Disney alleging that replacing them with Indians was discrimination against them because they were Americans. The discrimination suit filed in…
Washington, Dec 16 (IANS) A group of Democratic senators will present a bill that would obligate US President-elect Donald Trump to divest himself of any financial interests that may pose conflicts of interest and to…
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he selected attorney David Friedman to be ambassador to Israel. Friedman was one of Trump’s key advisers during the election campaign regarding…
Vienna, Dec 16 (IANS) Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said here on Thursday that Syrian refugees could be taken back to safe areas in Syria, Austria Press Agency reported. Kammenos made the comments to the…
San Francisco, Dec 16 (IANS) Facebook, Inc. said on Thursday it was stepping up efforts against fake news and hoaxes by testing several ways to make it easier to report a hoax if users see…