London, June 20 (IANS) An Islamic school in Britain is holding classes for students as young as 11 years old in order to help them recognise violent propaganda to prevent jihadis from grooming them online….
London, June 20 (IANS) At least 20 British militants are thought to have travelled to Libya to join the Islamic State (IS) terror group, intelligence officials said. According to the Sunday Times, the 20 British…
Sydney, June 20 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday promised a referendum on legalisation of same-sex marriages before the year ends, if he is re-elected. “Of course, if we are successful on July…
New York, June 20 (IANS) More than half (59 per cent) links shared on micro-blogging website Twitter are never clicked including by the people who share them, a new study has found. The researchers from…
Ankara, June 20 (IANS) Turkish riot police broke up a gay pride parade in Istanbul and arrested 15 supporters, after banning the global event over fears that it would create social unrest during the Muslim…
Tokyo, June 20 (IANS) In a first, an international team of astronomers have found firm evidence of the presence of oxygen in the early universe — only 700 million years after the Big Bang. Using…
Kabul, June 20 (IANS) Fourteen Nepalese citizens were killed and nine people were injured after a suicide bomber struck a mini bus in the Afghan capital on Monday, the Interior Ministry said. A suicide bomber…
Canberra, June 20 (IANS) A six-year-old Australian girl has donated her inheritance from her grandparents to a wildlife programme to save tigers. According to officials, it is believed Canberra-resident Audrey Joyce’s donation was in thousands…
Toronto, June 20 (IANS) Here is another reason why you should hit the gym regularly as you grow older. New research has found that regular exercise could help muscles repair themselves as quickly as possible…
Wellington, June 20 (IANS) New Zealand will extend its deployment in Iraq to train Iraqi Security Forces until November 2018 and to expand to a second military base, Prime Minister John Key said on Monday….
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned Monday’s suicide attack in Kabul in which at least 13 persons, mostly Nepalese, were killed. “We strongly condemn the horrible tragedy in Kabul,” Modi tweeted….
An illustration of the concept that a pair of human vocal cords can produce the same range of frequencies as a piano. Credit: Lisa A. Clark, MA, CMI, based on original art concept by Kanako…
Beijing, June 20 (IANS) China’s central bank on Monday pumped more money into the market to provide liquidity. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) conducted seven-day reverse repurchase agreements (repo) worth 170 billion yuan ($25…
London, June 20 (IANS) The same asteroid that killed the dinosaurs in the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago also wiped out over 90 per cent of mammal species, significantly more than previously thought, new…
By Arun Kumar Washington, June 20 (IANS) Donald Trump patted himself on the back for being right about “radical Islamic terrorism”. Hillary Clinton said she would be happy to use the forbidden phrase. She and…
London, June 20 (IANS) Mongooses risk their own survival to protect their unborn children through a remarkable ability to adapt their own bodies, says a new study. According to previous studies, pregnancy takes a physical…
Algiers, June 20 (IANS) In a bid to stop cheating in secondary school examinations, Algeria on Sunday temporarily blocked access to Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms across the north African country. According to…
Jakarta, June 20 (IANS) The death toll from flooding and landslides in Indonesia’s Central Java province has risen to 43 with 19 missing and 14 injured, an official from the disaster agency said on Monday….
London, June 20 (IANS) Campaigners for families of those on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have released photographs of personal items that washed up on a Madagascar beach, hoping to identify them. Some…
Beijing, June 20 (IANS) Restaurants in China’s Guangxi Zhuang region’s Yulin city have covered the Chinese character “dog” on their signboards in order to “avoid trouble” ahead of the start of a controversial dog meat…