Juba, Jan 9 (IANS) South Sudan’s former army chief Paul Malong Awan has rebelled against the government, officials said on Monday. Presidential Spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said the former Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) chief…
L0ondon, Jan 8 (IANS) British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and Brexit Minister David Davis were re-confirmed in their current posts as Prime Minister Theresa May reshuffled her cabinet on…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Jan 8 (IANS) India’s envoy to China, Gautam Bambawale, on Monday met Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Rashid Alimov and discussed the agenda and preparation of the annual…
Tehran, Jan 7 (IANS) At least 21 people were injured in a 5.1-magnitude earthquake that jolted Sar Pol Zahab city in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah on Saturday, Iran’s Seismological Center reported. The epicentre, with…
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) NASA has announced that it would launch two missions to explore a little-understood area 96 km above Earth’s surface. The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission will be…
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) The White news House said on Thursday that it will ban staffers and guests on using personal cellphones in the West Wing. “The security and integrity of the technology systems at…
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) An attorney for US President Donald Trump has sent a cease-and-desist notice to a former chief adviser to the US President, warning him that legal action is imminent over information he…
San Francisco, Jan 3 (IANS) YouTube responded on Tuesday to a controversial graphic video of a dead body posted by one of its most popular stars over the weekend. YouTube star Logan Paul uploaded a…
Beijing, Dec 30 (IANS) A district in the Chinese capital has launched a testing base for autopilot vehicles in the Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. The Shunyi district government said on Friday that the base was a…
Chicago, Dec 29 (IANS) An Indian-origin student was shot dead during a robbery attempt at a gas station in the US, a media report said. Nineteen-year-old Arshad Vahora was an employee at the gas station…
Seoul, Dec 29 (IANS) South Korea has seized a Hong Kong-registered ship that allegedly transferred oil to a North Korean vessel in violation of UN sanctions, the Foreign Ministry announced here on Friday. A ministry…
Kabul, Dec 28 (IANS) At least 41 people were killed and over 80 injured here on Thursday in a suicide attack on a cultural centre of the Shia minority, which houses a madrasa, a mosque…
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has asked Russia to ease violence in eastern Ukraine over a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the US State Department has said….
Islamabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday summoned the Indian Acting Deputy High Commissioner here and condemned the “unprovoked” ceasefire violations by the Indian Army and also “categorically rejected” India’s claims of having crossed the…
Washington, Dec 26 (IANS) The US government has claimed to have negotiated a significant cut to the UN budget, along with hints of more reductions to come. The US Mission to the UN said the…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 22 (IANS) In an aid programme that confounds the US policy in the region, India is partnering with Iran to send Afghanistan the assistance that President Donald Trump has…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Dec 22 (IANS) India has criticised the Security Council’s impotency in confronting the terrorism threat in Afghanistan, which poses dangers beyond its borders. “While new threats emerge from the IS/Daesh…
Havana, Dec 22 (IANS) The Cuban parliament approved “unanimously” on Thursday to extend the mandate of the Council of State, of President Raul Castro and his vice presidents for two more months until next April….
Rome, Dec 21 (IANS/AKI) Italy is committed to upholding a bilateral treaty with Austria that grants the German-speaking population in the province of Alto Adige the right to autonomy and to preserve their cultural identity…
New York, Dec 21 (IANS) Using the gene editing technology CRISPR, US researchers have edited a gene variant that leads to deafness in mice, a breakthrough that could transform future treatment of genetic hearing loss…