Dhaka, Dec 14 (IANS) Bangladesh has lifted a ban on all social networking platforms, the media reported on Monday. Bangladeshi State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim confirmed the government’s decision to Xinhua news…
Melbourne, Dec 14 (IANS) An Australian teenager accused of preparing to carry out an Islamic State (IS)-inspired terror attack in Melbourne has pleaded guilty to the charge in court. The 17-year-old male, from Melbourne, entered…
Berlin, Dec 14 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated on Sunday her refusal to an upper limit on the number of refugees Germany will admit, saying European and international measures are needed to solve the…
Canberra, Dec 14 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday overturned a decision by his predecessor to ban government investment in wind power. Earlier this year, the former prime minister announced a controversial ban…
(Photo credit should read Omar Salem/AFP/Getty Images) Riyadh, Dec 13 (IANS) Saudi Arabia’s cinema committee announced on Sunday the construction of the first ever cinema theatre in the conservative Islamic kingdom, Al Arabiya local news…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Paris Agreement on climate change clinched on Saturday after 13 days of hard negotiations demonstrates the collective wisdom of world leaders to…
Paris, Dec 13 (IANS) The historic Paris agreement on climate change was on Saturday adopted without any objection by the 196 parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) during the 21st…
Tripoli, Dec 12 (IANS) Late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Hannibal has been freed after being briefly kidnapped by an armed group in Lebanon, security sources said on Saturday. In a video shown on Lebanese…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) India on Saturday signed landmark agreements on civil nuclear energy and bullet train technology with Japan, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi described visit of his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe “truly…
Havana, Dec 12 (IANS) Cuba and the US have agreed to resume direct mail services between the two countries after an interruption of over 50 years. Friday’s decision was taken during a recent round of…
Pyongyang, Dec 10 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has admitted for the first time that Pyongyang possesses a hydrogen bomb, state-owned media reported on Thursday. “The state managed to become a powerful nuclear power…
Jerusalem, Dec 10 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced on Wednesday statements made by US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, ahead of the latter’s scheduled controversial visit to Israel later this month. Trump said…
Beijing, Dec 8 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) has published a song in Mandarin calling China’s Muslims to take up arms, a media report said on Tuesday. Analysts on Monday said the song, released on…
Havana, Dec 8 (IANS) Cuban President Raul Castro reiterated “unconditional” support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro one day after his party lost the legislative elections. Castro said “Chavismo” fought hard at the polls, though the…
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) Iran tested a new medium-range ballistic missile last month, US media reported on Monday, citing a senior US official. Western intelligence said the test was held on November 21 near Chabahar,…
Baghdad, Dec 8 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday said that the Islamic State group smuggled most of its oil through Turkey. A statement from his office said, ” (Abadi) stressed on the…
Nay Pyi Taw, Dec 6 (IANS) Chairperson of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi met with former military government leader Senior-General Than Shwe in Nay Pyi Taw Friday, sources with the…
Kabul, Dec 4 (IANS) Conflicting reports have emerged over Afghanistan Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s death as the government attempts to establish that the leader is dead, but the hardliner group has denied the reports…
Kabul, Dec 4 (IANS) Afghan Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour has died of injuries, a senior official said. Sultan Faizy, the spokesman for Afghanistan first Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum, tweeted: “Taliban leader…
Moscow, Dec 3 (IANS) Turkey will regret many times for shooting down a Russian Su-24 fighter jet near the Syrian-Turkish border, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in his annual State of the Union…