Cairo, Dec 10 (IANS) Banned militant outfit the Islamic State beheaded five young persons in Syria’s central province of Homs, accusing them of working as spies for rival rebel factions, a British war monitoring group…
Oslo, Dec 10 (IANS) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos received the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway, for his efforts to bring his country’s five decade-long civil war to…
Manama, Dec 10 (IANS) United States Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter announced on Saturday that the military would deploy approximately 200 additional troops in Syria to help retake al-Raqqa from the Islamic State terror group….
Paris, Dec 10 (IANS) France will extend by six months the state of emergency that has been in effect since the November 13 attacks in Paris, the country’s new Prime Minister said on Saturday. “The…
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine confidence in the US electoral system….
Seoul, Dec 10 (IANS) Thousands of South Koreans flooded the square in central Seoul again on Saturday even after the bill to impeach President Park Geun-hye was overwhelmingly passed through the National Assembly on Friday….
Seoul, Dec 10 (IANS) Thousands of South Koreans flooded the square in central Seoul again on Saturday even after the bill to impeach President Park Geun-hye was overwhelmingly passed through the National Assembly on Friday….
Sofia, Dec 10 (IANS) At least five persons died and 27 were injured on Saturday when a freight train derailed following an explosion in the Bulgarian village of Hitrino about 360 km from here, authorities…
Sofia, Dec 10 (IANS) At least five persons died and 27 were injured on Saturday when a freight train derailed following an explosion in the Bulgarian village of Hitrino about 360 km from here, authorities…
New York, Dec 10 (IANS) An increasing number of middle school students are becoming victims of verbal sexual harassment such as comments, jokes or gestures, a study has found. In the study, the team followed…
Manama, Dec 10 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates Foreign Affairs Minister met the Singapore Defence Minister in Manama to discuss bilateral ties. The meeting between Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Affairs Minister of…
By Anasudhin Azeez London, Dec 10 (IANS) Priti Patel, Secretary for International Development, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “bold initiative to tame black money and corruption in India.” Patel, the former Indian Diaspora…
Jakarta, Dec 10 (IANS) More than 45,000 people have been rendered homeless due to a 6.5 magnitude earthquake which struck Aceh province in Indonesia leaving over a hundred people dead, official sources said. In its…
By Francis Kokutse Accra, Dec 10 (IANS) Ghana’s Opposition leader Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has won the closely contested presidential elections in the West African country, defeating incumbent John Dramani Mahama. President Mahama of the…
New York, Dec 10 (IANS) Climate change is to blame for a deadly glacier collapse this year in the once stable region of the Tibetan Plateau, says a study. On July 17, more than 70…
New York, Dec 10 (IANS) A $15 prosthetic hand created by a student at Ithaca College here can offer a helping hand to a person who still has the ability to move their wrist. By…
By Arun Kumar Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) Time magazine grudgingly named Donald Trump “Person of the Year”, overlooking readers’ choice of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But the man who would be the President of…
Islamabad, Dec 10 (IANS) A panel of Pakistan Senate has decided to invite transgender activists to discuss issues facing the community and find a way to prevent violations of their rights. The matter was forwarded…
Beirut, Dec 10 (IANS) Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said that the Middle East region “entered a new phase”, media reported. In a televised speech Nasrallah said: “There are important events taking place in…
Bangkok, Dec 10 (IANS) Nearly seven million people, officially categorised as “impoverished”, are receiving giveaway cash from government banks throughout Thailand, media reported on Saturday. Under a condition set by Thailand’s Ministry of Finance, those…