London, March 1 (IANS) London mayor Boris Johnson on Monday slammed Britain’s pro-EU campaigners for fear-mongering, saying the risks of a Brexit had been “wildly exaggerated”, Xinhua reported. Writing in a column for the Daily…
Baghdad, March 1 (IANS) The death toll from Monday’s suicide bombing attack at a funeral in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala rose to 34, a provincial security source said. The deceased include seven Shiite militia…
Geneva, March 1 (IANS) A joint statement by the BRICS countries issued here on Monday emphasised that the right to development should be central to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The joint statement by…
Mogadishu, March 1 (IANS) Somalia’s security forces on Monday arrested six Al-Shabaab suspects in connection with the twin blast in the Baidoa town in south-Somalia’s central Bay region. Abdullahi Ali Watin, District Commissioner of Baidoa…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) At least 12 militants were killed and six others injured on Monday when Pakistani army launched an aerial and ground offensives in the country’s northwest tribal region of North Waziristan. The…
Ankara, March 1 (IANS) The Turkish artillery forces has hit the Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria on Monday. Sixty artillery rounds were reportedly fired by the military on the IS targets in the north…
Rome, Feb 29 (IANS/AKI) A woman died in northwest Italy when a slab of ice and rocks than fell from a roof, bringing to at least six the number of people killed in severe storms…
Tehran, Feb 29 (IANS) Vote counts on Iran’s two key elections – to the parliament and the Assembly of Experts – ended on Monday, Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announced. “The turnout was around…
Baghdad, Feb 29 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed and 41 others were injured on Monday in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security source told Xinhua. The…
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) At least one officer was killed as a helicopter of Pakistan army crashed in Haripur district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Monday evening, the military said. A statement from the Inter Services Public…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A new book has claimed that Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif received money from Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The book “Khalid Khawaja:…
Pope Francis waves upon his arrival to Cathedral in Santiago, Cuba, 22 September 2015. Pope Francis’s first visit to Cuba ended with a mass in Santiago. The pope delivered the last sermon of his Cuban…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Japanese nationals visiting India will start getting visa on arrival from March 1, it was announced on Monday. “As announced by Prime Minister (Narendra Modi), the visa on arrival for…
By Arun Kumar Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have forged far ahead of their rivals nationally in the Republican and Democratic parties in the US presidential race before Super Tuesday’s nomination…
Ramallah/Gaza, Feb 29 (IANS) At least 38 Palestinians were arrested by Israeli security forces on Monday in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, sources said. The Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the Israeli army…
Seoul, Feb 29 (IANS) The United States has vowed to use all available defence capabilities in emergency situations on the Korean peninsula to defend South Korea, the media reported on Monday. The pledge was made…
Brussells, Feb 29 (IANS) The inflation in the 19-country Eurozone unexpectedly fell into negative territory in February, official data showed on Monday, suggesting the bloc’s massive stimulus measures by its central bank struggled to inject…
London, Feb 29 (IANS) Around 74,000 shops, employing more than 900,000 workers in Britain’s retail sector, are under threat, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warned on Monday. The consortium, which represents high street stores, said…
Beijing, Feb 29 (IANS) China plans to conduct more than 20 satellite launch missions in 2016, which positions China to exceed launches by the US, an official from the country’s Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation…
Cairo, Feb 29 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday expressed the hope that cooperation in the field of education will be strengthened with Japan. In an address to the Japanese House of Representatives,…