Colombo, Sep 16 (IANS) Sri Lanka on Friday affirmed its belief in the UN system and the human rights mechanisms and said these were in the best interest of the country’s people. Sri Lanka will…
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) The 2016 Arctic sea ice cover tied with 2007 for the second lowest yearly minimum on record, according to a new report. Arctic sea ice appeared to have reached its annual…
Copenhagen, Sep 16 (IANS) A Swedish appeals court on Friday decided to maintain the arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape accusation. Swedish authorities began investigating Assange in 2010 on allegations of…
New York, Sep 16 (IANS) A female sex hormone, found in most forms of hormone-based birth control pills, has the potential to ward off complications arising from influenza infection as well as help damaged lung…
New York, Sep 16 (IANS) In a first study of its magnitude, researchers in the US aim to infuse an antibody into human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative men and transgender individuals to determine whether it will…
Rome, Sep 16 (IANS/AKI) Former Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has died in a clinic in Rome at the age of 95. Ciampi was the first head of state and Prime Minister who had not…
Islamabad, Sep 16 (IANS) At least 16 persons were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Pakistan’s Mohmand Agency during Friday prayers. As many as 23 others were injured in…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (File Photo: IANS) Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said his economic proposals will boost the US economy to grow at a pace of four per…
Islamabad, Sep 16 (IANS) At least four Islamic State militants were arrested by Punjab province Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Pakistan. As per details provided by the CTD, the militants were planning to target government…
WASHINGTON D.C., U.S. President Barack Obama. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu/IANS) Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign has acknowledged that President Barack Obama was born in the US, media reported. By broaching the…
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) The US has reiterated that Pakistan’s struggle with terrorism will not come to an end until it makes a decisive shift in its policy of tolerance towards externally-focused groups and their…
(160722) — CLEVELAND, July 22, 2016 (Xinhua) — Donald Trump speaks on the last day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, July 21, 2016. New York billionaire Donald Trump officially…
Kabul, Sep 16 (IANS) At least 18 Taliban fighters were killed by Afghan security forces in the country’s Kunduz province, an army spokesman said on Friday. “The security forces, after days of heavy fighting, were…
Dhaka, Sep 16 (IANS) At least 17 persons were killed and many injured in separate road accidents in Bangladesh on Friday. Eight persons were killed when a bus hit a mini bus in Brahmanbaria district,…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Thousands of people from across the world have decided to launch a movement against animal abuse in over 60 cities across the globe on Sunday. India Unites For Animals (IUFA),…
New York, Sep 16 (IANS) Researchers at Harvard Medical School have found how certain tumours develop a taste for fat over sugar and that one way to kill them could be starving them of their…
New York, Sep 16 (IANS) A team of researchers in the US has developed a new inverter that — despite being smaller and lighter — improves the fuel-efficiency and range of hybrid and electric vehicles….
New York, Sep 16 (IANS) It is an immediate, intrinsic response of the hepatitis A virus (HAV)-infected cell that results in liver inflammation, researchers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered. HAV…
Ohio, Sep 16 (IANS) A grandmother photographed in a car with her boyfriend after overdosing on heroin as her four-year-old grandson sat in the backseat, has pleaded no contest to a child endangering charge. Rhonda…
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) A man who became enraged when he found a clamp on his car near a police station in New York attacked policemen with a meat cleaver — seriously wounding one –…