Islamabad, Sep 26 (IANS) Pakistan on Sunday welcomed the signing of a peace agreement between the Afghan government and the armed resistance group Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan, saying it supports the Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace efforts. The…
Dubai, Sep 26 (IANS) A Dubai-based regional research firm said here on Sunday the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) needs to cut production to sustain a rise in crude prices above $50 a barrel….
Jakarta, Sep 26 (IANS) Rescuers had discovered 36 bodies and were still looking for 22 others who are missing after floods and landslides hit Indonesia’s West Java province earlier this week, an official from the…
London, Sep 25 (IANS) Indian multinational Tata Steel is set to begin crucial talks with trade union representatives of its British steelworks to settle the deadlock over a 15 billion pound pension scheme for its…
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) Using reliable biomarkers, researchers have found a unique epigenetic footprint which offers them insight into how cognitive impairment in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) develops, finds a study. The…
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) With Yahoo announcing a massive data breach last week where 500 million of its user accounts were compromised in 2014, experts feel that the trick to avoid email account hacking…
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) In a study having far-reaching implications like helping preserve the environment through reducing excess carbon expelled by humans into the atmosphere, an international research team has catalogued surface ocean viruses…
Tehran, Sep 25 (IANS) Iran’s Defence Ministry on Sunday launched the production line of home-grown ballistic missile of “Zolfaqar”, media reported. The tactical missile, which is capable of evading jamming signals in electronic warfare, will…
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) Healthy city design and planning in densely populated countries like India can reduce growing epidemics, injuries and non-communicable (NCD) diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer, finds a new…
Suva, Sep 25 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale shook the Fiji archipelago on Sunday. The local authorities did not report any loss of life or significant damage to property, EFE news…
Baghdad, Sep 25 (IANS) Four people were killed and 18 others injured on Sunday in a suicide bombing in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, police said. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vest at a tent set…
Amman, Sep= Sep 25 (IANS) A Jordanian writer who stirred controversy for publishing a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam, was shot dead on Sunday outside a courthouse in capital city Amman. Nahed Hattar was killed…
Beijing, Sep 25 (IANS) The world’s largest radio telescope began operations on Sunday in a mountainous region of China’s Guizhou province. Shortly after noon, in a valley in Pingtang county, hundreds of astronomers and astronomy…
Sanaa, Sep 25 (IANS) At least 10 civilians were killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Sunday in Yemen’s Ibb province, the media reported. The victims were killed in the neighbourhood of Maffrak Jibla, Xinhua news…
Washington, Sep 25 (IANS) The Foreign Ministers of Germany, France, Italy, Britain, the European Union (EU) and the US have asked Russia to “prove it is willing” to salvage efforts to reach a ceasefire in…
London, Sep 25 (IANS) Strong cross-societal cliches about people from different nations may influence decisions and willingness to cooperate, finds a study. For the study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of…
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) Although eye wearable device Google Glass did not take off as it was projected to be, the device is helping Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and paramedics communicate with ease with…
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) A method to measure the limit to which human skin can be stretched has been developed by US researchers, which could help to grow new skin for burn victims. “Surgeons…
Beijing, Sep 25 (IANS) At least 12 persons were killed and 28 others injured when a truck trying to dodge a horse on the road collided with a bus in China’s Mongolia region, authorities said….
New York, Sep 25 (IANS) Oxytocin — dubbed as the “love hormone” as it promotes social connections — might also help relieve the annoying and disturbing noises of chronic ringing in the ears, called tinnitus,…