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…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) In what can be seen as a message to China on its claims over the South China Sea, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India and Indonesia have agreed…
London, Dec 12 (IANS) Two men found guilty of funding a suspect in the Paris and Brussels terror attacks, were handed down jail sentences of eight and three years by a London court on Monday,…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 12 (IANS) Antonio Guterres was sworn in Monday as the ninth Secretary General of the UN to head a world organisation in a crisis of credibility as it confronts…
Rome, Dec 12 (IANS) The newly nominated Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni is expected to announce his cabinet later on Monday, media reports said. Gentiloni, 62, was named Prime Minister by President Sergio Mattarella on…
Jerusalem, Dec 12 (IANS) Signifying end to years of diplomatic strife between the two countries, Turkey’s new envoy submitted his credentials to Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin on Monday. The ceremony, at the Presidential Residence in…
Cairo, Dec 12 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday that the Cairo church blast that killed 25 persons on Sunday was carried out by a suicide bomber. Speaking to mourners during the funeral…
Tokyo, Dec 12 (IANS) The Japanese government will allow employment of skilled foreign workers in the agricultural sector in special zones, in a bid to ease the labour shortage in the country. “We have decided…