Rio de Janeiro, Aug 10 (IANS) Argentina began the Olympic men’s rugby sevens competition here with a scrappy 17-14 victory over the US, who enjoyed a man advantage on two separate occasions during the match….
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 10 (IANS) German rider Michael Jung has successfully defended his Olympic title in individual eventing, winning his country’s first gold medal of the Rio Games. Riding Sam, the 34-year-old is only…
Berlin, Aug 10 (IANS) A suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group was arrested provisionally in the western German state of Rheinland-Pfalz, German media reported on Tuesday. German special forces arrested the suspected…
Islamabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday rejected India’s claim of cross-LOC infiltration after Pakistani envoy was summoned and served a “strong demarche” against the issue, as bilateral ties took another dip. In response to…
Aleppo, Aug 10 (IANS/AKI) Some two million people in Aleppo are without vital supplies and children in the besieged northern Syrian city are at “grave risk” of disease, the United Nations has warned, calling for…
Paris, Aug 9 (IANS/AKI) The son of Iran’s late Shah has called on Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to prevent the extradition of an Iranian dissident arrested at the weekend while vacationing in Italy. Mehdi…
Vatican City, Aug 9 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis has condemned the suicide bombing at a hospital in Pakistan’s southwest city of Quetta on Monday that killed at least 70 people and injured over 100, calling it…
Islamabad, Aug 9 (IANS) Pakistan has urged United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein to make efforts to end the “persistent and egregious”…
Brussels, Aug 9 (IANS) At least 82 per cent of Europeans want the EU to do more in the fight against terrorism, according to the latest Eurobarometer poll commissioned by the European Parliament on Tuesday….
Juba, Aug 9 (IANS) At least 22 people were killed in a cholera outbreak in South Sudan representing a case fatality rate of (CFR) of 2.49 per cent, the UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday….
Baghdad, Aug 9 (IANS) The Iraqi judiciary on Tuesday cleared parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri of charges of corruption based on allegations levelled against him earlier by the defence minister. “The judicial panel, tasked with examining…
London, Aug 9 (IANS) A man was taken into custody after climbing over a security fence at Buckingham Palace, a media report said on Tuesday. The 22-year-old man from Croydon was spotted by police officers…
Geneva, Aug 9 (IANS) The UN Children’s Fund on Tuesday warned that two million people living in Syria’s Aleppo city have been cut off from water supplies following attacks on the electricity transmission station that…
Jerusalem, Aug 9 (IANS) A Palestinian employee of the UN Development Programme in Gaza Strip was on Tuesday charged in an Israeli court of using his position to assist Hamas’s military wing. The 38-year-old engineer…
Dhaka, Aug 9 (IANS) Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla is to call on Bangladesh opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in what will be their first meeting here. Syrul Kabir…
Aden, Aug 9 (IANS) At least 15 workers of a food factory including six women, were killed and eight wounded in a series of Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa on Tuesday. The airstrikes destroyed two food…
Kathmandu, Aug 9 (IANS) Nepal witnessed six air accidents involving domestic airlines in the last one year, raising question over its air safety standards, aviation experts and airline operators said. In the latest incident, a…
Kathmandu, Aug 9 (IANS) The newly elected Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” on Tuesday expressed his commitment to amend the Constitution to address the demands of all indigenous communities. Addressing a programme organised…
Dhaka, Aug 9 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is to appear before various courts in Dhaka on Wednesday in connection with 12 different cases filed against her. Of…
Moscow, Aug 9 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayip Ergodan on Tuesday met Russian President Vladimir Putin to give a fresh start to the bilateral relations of the two countries which nosedived after Turkish military downed…