Wellington, Dec 12 (IANS) New Zealand’s ruling centre-right National Party on Monday confirmed that Bill English is replacing outgoing Prime Minister John Key and the new deputy Prime Minister will be Paula Bennett. English, who…
Rome, Dec 12 (IANS) Italy’s outgoing Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was named as new Prime Minister on Sunday for a transitional government, following the resignation of Matteo Renzi from the post earlier this week. After…
Bucharest, Dec 12 (IANS) Romania’s opposition Social Democratic Party has won a landslide victory in the country’s quadrennial parliamentary elections, after it took more than 45 per cent of the votes on Sunday, exit polls…
Athens, Dec 12 (IANS) Greek Finance Ministry rejected on Sunday Greek media reports over a verbal war between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and his counterparts during the December 5 Eurogroup meeting which allegedly ended in…
New York, Dec 12 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Central East Pacific Rise at 14:33:12 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10…
Mogadishu, Dec 12 (IANS) The UN top envoy in Somalia on Sunday condemned a suicide car bombing at the Mogadishu seaport, which left at least 16 people dead and several others injured. Michael Keating, the…
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump said he does not believe the allegations by the US intelligence agencies that the Russian government helped him win the White House via election-related cyberattacks. “I think…
Brussels, Dec 12 (IANS) The European Union (EU) on Sunday condemned the terrorist attack at a Coptic church in Cairo which claimed 25 lives and wounded 49 others. “Today’s terrorist bombing at Cairo’s Coptic cathedral…
Istanbul, Dec 11 (IANS) The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons militant group on Sunday claimed responsibility for the deadly double bombing in Istanbul that claimed the lives of 38 people and wounded 155 others. The group assumed…
Istanbul, Dec 11 (IANS) Thousands of Turks took to the streets on Sunday to denounce the twin bombing attacks that hit central Istanbul overnight and killed 38 people. In another development, a Kurdish militant group…
Cairo, Dec 11 (IANS) Several hundred Egyptians, mostly Christians, on Sunday gathered outside Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral to protest an explosion in which at least 25 people were killed. Participants chanted slogans calling for President Abdel…
Rome, Dec 11 (IANS) Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Sunday asked outgoing Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni to serve as the new Prime Minister of a new transitional government. Gentiloni was summoned to the Quirinale presidential…
Brussels, Dec 11 (IANS) The European Union (EU) on Sunday strongly condemned the twin bombing attacks that hit central Istanbul and left 38 dead. “We reaffirm our strong condemnation of all acts of terror and…
Vatican City, Dec 11 (IANS) Pope Francis condemned the terror attacks in Turkey and Egypt on Sunday and called for the unity of human and civilian values in the face of violence that leads to…
Cairo, Dec 11 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed and 49 others injured on Sunday in an explosion at the Coptic Cathedral in Abbasiya’s neighbourhood of Cairo, officials said in a statement. The security…
Paris, Dec 11 (IANS/WAM) The UAE has participated in the meeting of the Group of Friends of the Syrian People, held here to discuss the humanitarian situation and developments on the ground in Aleppo city,…
Islamabad, Dec 11 (IANS) At least 14 persons were killed in fog-related accidents in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Sunday. Six members of a family were killed when their car fell into a canal in central…
Istanbul, Dec 11 (IANS) At least 38 persons were killed and 155 injured in twin bombings in Istanbul, which the Turkish authorities on Sunday blamed on Kurdish militants. Turkey said the Saturday night attack seemed…
London, Dec 11 (IANS) Cancer patients who also suffer from diabetes also risk heart damage because of chemotherapy, a study has found. The study found that cardiotoxicity induced by chemotherapy with anthracyclines is being increasingly…
New York, Dec 11 (IANS) Aiming for a weekend getaway? Do not chalk out events, it may spoil the fun as it may seem like another work. According to researchers, scheduling a leisure activity like…