Dhaka, Oct 23 (IANS) Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan on Monday visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar and urged the international community to stand up to the injustices inflicted on the community….
Dhaka, Oct 23 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that Bangladesh gets priority among all of India’s neighbours and bilateral ties were moving ahead at a fast pace. She also laid…
Sydney, Oct 19 (IANS) Climate change and warmer oceans are likely to change reef ecosystems worldwide, reducing the diversity of invertebrates such as crabs, lobsters and sea urchins, Australian scientists have revealed. As the oceans…
Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) US Navy Seal commandos were ready to conduct a raid inside Pakistan, similar to the one that killed Osama bin Laden, if Islamabad failed to rescue a Canadian-American family seized in…
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IANS) The Pakistan Army on Tuesday said there had been no US drone strikes on the Pakistani side of the border in recent days and all military operations had been conducted on…
Muscat, Oct 16 (IANS) The sixth round of Quadrilateral Coordination Group’s (QCG) meeting between the US, Pakistan, China and Afghanistan is being held here to revive peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban….
Dhaka, Oct 16 (IANS) A boat carrying Rohingya migrants capsized off the coast of Bangladesh, leaving 12 dead and over 20 missing, a police official said on Monday. Captain Shahidul Islam, commander of the Bangladesh…
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) The Democratic Senator for California, Dianne Feinstein, 84, the oldest member of the US Senate, announced that she will stand for re-election in 2018. “I am running for re-election to the…
San Francisco, Oct 9 (IANS) After Facebook and Twitter admitting the presence of Russian operatives on their platforms to influence the 2016 US presidential election, Google has reportedly discovered that millions were spent on ads…
Copenhagen, Oct 7 (IANS) Danish Police on Saturday announced finding a bag containing the dismembered head and legs of a Swedish journalist who disappeared two months ago during a trip with a Danish submariner. The…
Rome, Oct 5 (IANS/AKI) Police here on Thursday arrested a 51-year-old Moroccan man who terrified passsers-by as he wandered outside Rome’s central Termini rail station brandishing a knife. The Moroccan, who is of no fixed…
New York, Sep 19 (IANS) With the Caribbean region facing nature’s deadly fury with Hurricanes Irma and Maria pummelling through, India on Tuesday expressed its solidarity with the affected nations and offered aid. Offering India’s…
New York, Sep 13 (IANS) Gay rights activist Edith Windsor, whose same-sex marriage fight led to a landmark US ruling, has died aged 88. Her death was confirmed to the New York Times by her…
New York, Sep 1 (IANS) Are you always attentive when driving? If not, you are not alone. A new study has found that mind wandering, which is potentially dangerous, is quite common among drivers. Driver…
Washington, Sep 1 (IANS) Russia has been given two days to close its consulate in San Francisco as well as diplomatic annexes in Washington and New York, the US State Department has said. The move…
Thimphu, Aug 26 (IANS) Bhutan’s Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, showered praise on late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at a book launch here on Saturday, referring to her as a woman of great…
Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) China on Friday criticised the economic sanctions imposed by Japan on some Chinese companies for their links with North Korea and warned of consequences if the decision was not withdrawn, media…
Rome, Aug 25 (IANS/AKI) Samples from a fresh egg pasta shop in eastern Italy have tested positive for the pesticide Fipronil, the Veterinary Epidemiology Centre for the Marche and Umbria regions said on Friday. The…
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 25 (IANS) At least five police personnel were killed in terror attacks at police posts and a military base in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Friday, the Counsellor’s office said. A total…
New York, Aug 24 (IANS) Reducing nicotine content in cigarettes may decrease their addiction potential in vulnerable populations, says a study. The research team examined the addiction potential of cigarettes with reduced nicotine content in…