Yangon, Jan 12 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit Myanmar’s Bago region early on Friday, the Meteorology and Hydrology Department said. No damages or casualties were reported. The quake occurred at…
New York, Jan 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has signalled that he has developed a “good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, despite tensions between them. “I probably have a very good relationship…
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) Dozens of Activists held a rally here on Thursday to protest against the Guantanamo Bay detention camp while urging an end to “indefinite detention.” At Lafayette Square in front of the…
Ankara, Jan 12 (IANS) Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that two jailed journalists be released, saying their rights were violated when in custody. Some Turkish lawyers and experts said the ruling could set a…
Islamabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Hundreds of people blocked roads and shut down markets for a second day on Thursday to protest the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in the city of Kasur in…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) Astronomers are in the process of building a small space telescope to explore the flares and sunspots of small nearby stars to assess how habitable the space environment is for planets…
San Francisco, Jan 11 (IANS) A team of German cryptographers has discovered flaws in WhatsApp’s Group chats despite its end-to-end encryption, that makes it possible to infiltrate private group chats without admin permission. According to…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) The US administration has renamed the street the Russian embassy sits on after a murdered Russian opposition politician prompting criticism from Moscow with one its leaders labelling it a “dirty trick”….
Lusaka, Jan 11 (IANS) A court in western Zambia’s Mongu district on Wednesday sent a medical doctor to three years in jail after convicting him of defaming President Edgar Lungu. The doctor had created a…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday implied it is “unlikely” he will accept Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s interview over the possible “collusion” between his campaign and Russia. “We’ll see what happens…When…
Moscow, Jan 11 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif reaffirmed their commitment to a multilateral deal on Iran’s nuclear programme here on Wednesday. They expressed willingness to continue…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Washington could “conceivably” re-enter into the global Paris climate agreement, from which he announced the withdrawal last year. At a news conference with…
Ankara, Jan 11 (IANS) The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Philip Kosnett, the US embassy charge d’affaires, over the current situation in Syria, a source in the ministry said. The ministry On Tuesday also…
Seoul, Jan 10 (IANS) South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump see a possibility for talks between South Korea and North Korea leading to talks between Washington and Pyongyang, multiple local media…
Washington, Jan 10 (IANS) About 3,500 babies in the US die each year due to sleep-related problems, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and accidental suffocation, a new report said on Tuesday. The Centers for…
Washington, Jan 10 (IANS) Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthplace has officially become National Historical Park, in a move to mark his birthday, which is observed on the third Monday of January each year as a…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Jan 9 (IANS) One of Chinas top military officials, Fang Fenghui, will be prosecuted for taking and receiving bribes, the state media reported on Tuesday. Fang and his colleague General Zhang…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Personal devices will know more about an individual’s emotional state than their own family as emotion Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems continue to become sophisticated, market research firm Gartner said on…
Canberra, Jan 9 (IANS) Same-sex weddings took place across Australia on Tuesday, as Australia celebrated its first official day of marriage equality. In December, Australia’s parliament voted overwhelmingly to legalise same-sex marriage following a postal…
Bern, Jan 9 (IANS) The trial of 13 financiers accused of funneling over 15 million Swiss francs ($15 million) to the now vanquished Sri Lankan rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), began at…