London, Jan 30 (IANS) Researchers have found that women who follow a Mediterranean diet in the six months before assisted reproductive treatment have a significantly better chance of becoming pregnant and giving birth to a…
Moscow, Jan 29 (IANS) The “Kremlin Report” by the US, a potential sanction list of pro-Kremlin Russians, is an overt attempt to influence the upcoming Russian presidential election in March, the Kremlin said on Monday….
Los Angeles, Jan 29 (IANS) Actor Chadwick Boseman says Black Panther thinks like a strategist and a world leader, and those are qualities that make him different from other superheroes. Boseman will be seen as…
Paris, Jan 28 (IANS) France’s “Iron Lady,” the Eiffel Tower, will turn off its lights in solidarity with the victims of Afghan capital Kabul’s attack, Paris mayor said on Saturday. “Tonight, at midnight, Eiffel Tower…
Amman, Jan 24 (IANS) Jordan and Palestine on Tuesday stressed their commitment to the two-state solution that entails creating an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, the state-run Petra news agency reported….
Colombo, Jan 23 (IANS) Sri Lanka and Singapore on Tuesday signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) aimed at boosting trade and investment between the two countries. The signing took place following discussions between visiting Prime…
London, Jan 19 (IANS) Statin medication — commonly used to lower cholesterol levels — could also help prevent formation of scar tissue inside the eye, suggests a study. Retinal detachment is a disorder of the…
Brussels, Jan 18 (IANS) The Madrid region in Spain was on Thursday selected to be the new home of the security monitoring centre (GSMC) for the European Union’s global navigation satellite system Galileo after Brexit,…
Beijing, Jan 18 (IANS) About 48.9 percent of primary and middle school students in China take private lessons, and more than half say that they have to bury their heads in books and had no…
Iquique (Chile), Jan 18 (IANS) Pope Francis married two Chilean flight attendants on Thursday while travelling aboard the papal plane from Santiago to the northern city of Iquique. The historic impromptu in-flight ceremony was the…
Dhaka, Jan 17 (IANS) Bangladeshi immigration authorities have registered more than a million Rohingyas — or around 95 per cent of the estimated Muslim minority members living in refugee camps in the country, an official…
By Arul Louis New York, Jan 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that his South Asia strategy is “working far more rapidly than anybody would understand” and denying protection for terrorists in Afhganistan….
Sydney (Australia), Jan 16 (IANS) Australia announced on Tuesday a fund of Australian $2 million ($1.59 million) for innovative ideas to save the Great Barrier Reef, a Unesco World Heritage site located of its northeast…
Beirut, Jan 16 (IANS) Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Monday called on Lebanese political parties to stay clear of regional conflicts. “I reiterate the necessity of committing to the policy of dissociation and the…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Jan 16 (IANS) The Security Council has concluded a secret fact-finding mission to Afghanistan in a show of support for the war-torn nation where it denounced the activities of terrorists…
Beijing, Jan 15 (IANS) Researchers have recently managed to detect the structuring of the universe via quasars for the first time, the National Astronomical Observations (NAOC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced on Monday….
Kabul, Jan 15 (IANS) A delegation of the United Nations Security Council on Monday concluded a three-day visit to Kabul, the first such mission in eight years, to meet the Afghan President and the Chief…
United Nations, Jan 13 (IANS) The UN has asked the Saudi-led coalition to keep the Red Sea ports of Hudaydah and Saleef open for humanitarian shipments. UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, Jamie McGoldrick, has welcomed…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) China is strong, and has been asserting itself, but India is not a weak country, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Friday, stressing that the focus now needs to…
New York, Jan 12 (IANS) Cycling, a popular choice of transportation, exercise, and leisure, may not be harmful for the sexual health and urinary function of males, finds a study. Challenging previous theories which contended…