Moscow, Feb 6 (IANS) The Taliban do not want to seize the entire Afghanistan by “military” power as it will not bring peace to the war-torn country, the militant group’s key official who led the…
Lahore, Feb 6 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was stopped from leaving Pakistan after his name was found to be on a no-fly list, the media reported. According to officials, Gilani reached the…
Seoul, Feb 6 (IANS) The US envoy for North Korea arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday for talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Hyok-chol, paving the way for a second leadership summit. US Special Representative…
London, Feb 6 (IANS) Scientists have discovered that exoplanets Kepler-107b and Kepler-107c, which have almost identical radii of 1.5 and 1.6 Earth radii and have densities that are over twice as different, might offer a…
San Francisco, Feb 6 (IANS) A California law firm has filed a new class action lawsuit against Apple for forcing owners of iOS devices to repeatedly buy new chargers by updating the iPhones with new…
San Francisco, Feb 6 (IANS) Facebook will now incentivise its 36,000 employees on how they are contributing to social causes and helping the company tackle issues like spread of misinformation and hate speech on its…
Caracas, Feb 6 (IANS) Venezuela’s National Assembly (AN) — or Parliament — with its overwhelming opposition majority, on Tuesday approved a law that will govern an eventual political transition in the country and will enter…
Rome, Feb 6 (IANS/AKI) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is breaking the law, Italy’s far-right interior minister and deputy premier Matteo Salvini said on Tuesday, calling for “free, democratic polls as soon as possible”. “Maduro is…
Abu Dhabi, Feb 5 (IANS) Pope Francis held an open air Mass in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday as part of his historic trip as the first head of the Catholic Church to the Arabian Peninsula…
Riyadh, Feb 5 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has set up an office to monitor state spending and expand the fight against corruption, Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday. The setting up of Nazaha, the anti-corruption office,…
London, Feb 5 (IANS) Entrepreneur Reuben Singh — also known as the Bill Gates of Britain — took the Internet by storm when he updated pictures of his six newly purchased Rolls-Royce cars and added…
London, Feb 5 (IANS) John Cantlie, British photo-journalist who was taken hostage in Syria in 2012 and featured in a number of Islamic State (IS) terror group’s propaganda videos, is believed to be alive, UK…
Paris, Feb 5 (IANS) At least 10 people, including a baby, were killed and over 30 injured in a fire at an eight-storey building here on Tuesday. A female suspect has been arrested in connection…
Sydney, Feb 5 (IANS) The Milky Way’s disk of stars is not stable or flat but instead becomes increasingly “warped” and twisted far away from the galaxy’s centre, according to astronomers. “We usually think of…
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) Besides improving your heart health, consuming flaxseeds can also cause changes in the gut microbiota, boost metabolic health as well as protect against diet-induced obesity, finds a study. Flaxseed is…
Paris, Feb 5 (IANS) At least nine people, including a baby, were killed and over 30 injured in a fire at an eight-storey building here on Tuesday. A female suspect has been arrested in connection…
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will close for four months this year as it begins the final stage of a $400 million overhaul, it announced on…
Paris, Feb 5 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and over 30 injured on Tuesday in a blaze in an eight-storey building in the French capital. A suspect has been arrested in connection with…
Abu Dhabi, Feb 5 (IANS) Pope Francis held an open-air Mass in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday as part of his historic trip as the first head of the Catholic Church to the Arabian Peninsula and…
New York, Feb 5 (IANS) While the human brain tends to shrink with age, men’s brains diminish faster than women’s which may explain why the fairer sex are more likely to stay mentally sharp in…