Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) Outgoing President Barack Obama has commuted the majority of the remaining prison sentence of Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who was convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of documents and videos…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Calling terrorism the most serious threat to global security, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Wednesday asked for a serious global response to it. “Terrorism remains the most pervasive and serious…
Davos, Jan 18 (IANS) Pakistan’s former army chief General (retd) Raheel Sharif said 2016 witnessed a significant decrease in terrorism and that “intelligence sharing is a very important component of strategy to combat terrorism”. Addressing…
Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) Reliance Defence and Engineering on Wednesday said it has delivered another 74,500 DWT new, Ice-class Panamax Bulk Carrier “Sea Amber” to an international customer. “Thus far, Reliance Shipyard has delivered seven…
Beijing, Jan 18 (IANS) Beijing launched a new specialist police force on Wednesday. Lan Yang, deputy chief of the force under the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, said the force will have over 150 officers…
Brussels, Jan 18 (IANS) A top NATO general has echoed US President-elect Donald Trump’s remark on the group and said that aspects of the alliance were “obsolete”. Reiterating Trump’s language, General Denis Mercier, the senior…
Imphal, Jan 18 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh will meet Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Wednesday to discuss the protracted economic blockade along the two national highways in the state. The meeting in…
Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that he is commuting the sentence of Chelsea Manning, who was convicted of sharing classified materials with WikiLeaks. The one-time US Army intelligence analyst formerly…
Rome, Jan 18 (IANS/AKI) Italian officials want to install security cameras and a control room to monitor intruders and vandals at Rome’s world-famous Colosseum monument and surrounding archaeological area, especially at night. “We don’t have…
Naples, Jan 18 (IANS/AKI) Police in southern Italy on Tuesday arrested 45 suspected members of Naples mafia drugs gangs who allegedly used women and children in their operations and whose clients included taxi drivers. The…
Abuja, Jan 18 (IANS) A Nigerian air force jet on Tuesday mistakenly bombed a civilian camp in the northeastern state of Borno, which led to at least 50 persons being killed, media reports said. M?decins…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Two senior IPS officers have been retired prematurely after extensive review of their service performance, an official said on Tuesday. “Raj Kumar Dewangan, a 1992 batch Chhattisgarh cadre officer and…
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested one more accused in Hyderabad IS conspiracy case. Mohammed Irfan, a resident of Mir Alam Mandi in the old city of Hyderabad, was…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The world needs India’s sustained rise as much as India needs the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday but warned “parochial and protectionist attitudes” are threatening globalisation goals…
Kathmandu, Jan 17 (IANS) Nepal has extended an invitation to new Indian Army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat to visit the country in February, a Nepal Army spokesperson here said. A cabinet meeting recently approved issuance…
Cuttack, Jan 17 (IANS) Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the second One-day International (ODI) cricket match to be played between India and England at Barabati Stadium here on January 19. The police on…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said rising parochial and protectionist attitude across the globe has put globalisation goals at risk and blamed “non-state actors” for proliferating instability, violence and…
Jammu, Jan 17 (IANS) A man was shot and apprehended after he entered the Nagrota army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jammu district, a defence spokesman said on Tuesday. “An unidentified man was found moving…
Sydney, Jan 17 (IANS) The underwater search for the Malaysian Airlines plane that disappeared in March 2014 has been called off and victims’ families have been informed that the effort to find the flight has…
Phnom Penh, Jan 17 (IANS) Cambodia has cancelled routine joint military exercises with the US for the next two years, an official said on Tuesday. “Cambodia has cancelled the Angkor Sentinel exercise because the country…