Ramallah, March 23 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that the Israeli policies of settlement expansion and the killing of Palestinians put the peace talks in a negative atmosphere, a media report said. “The policies of the Israeli government cause a failure of the international efforts aiming at achieving peace in the Middle East, ” […]
Los Angeles, March 23 (IANS) Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie is impressed by baby products of actress Jessica Alba’s organic brand The Honest Company. Fergie is mother to seven-month-old son Axl Jack with her husband Josh Duhamel, and she is a regular buyer of The Honest Company’s products as they come sans toxic materials. The 38-year-old […]
Los Angeles, March 23 (IANS) Model Kelly Brook is engaged to former “Gladiators” star David McIntosh. Kelly has been dating David, who is also known as Tornado, for just 11 weeks and the two even split briefly during that time. Kelly, 34, was left ‘dumbstruck’ by David’s proposal but took just three seconds to agree, reports […]
Milan, March 23 (IANS) At the Milan Fashion Week, while singer Rita Ora was getting nervous about walking the ramp, iconic supermodel Naomi Campbell came to her rescue to give her a pep talk. Ora ran into Campbell at the European catwalk event. “She’s (Naomi is) so cute. She was looking after me at the (Philipp […]
London, March 23 (IANS/EFE) Chelsea humiliated crosstown rival Arsenal 6-0 here Saturday at Stamford Bridge stadium, turning manager Arsene Wenger’s 1,000th game into a nightmare. Arsenal played much of the contest with 10 men after Kieran Gibbs was sent off a quarter of an hour into the match due to an error by the referee, who […]
Sana’a, March 23 (IANS) At least three Yemeni soldiers and two Shiite Houthi rebels were killed Saturday in their clashes in northern province of Amran, officials said. The clashes broke out at a government military checkpoint in the northern entrance of Amran, about 50 km from capital city of Sana’a, when the rebels insisted to enter […]
Cairo, March 23 (IANS) Egypt’s interim President Adli Mansour rejected Saturday proposals by political parties to allow judicial appeals against the decisions of the presidential election commission, state media said. “The presidency stressed that these recommendations cannot be approved due to the circumstances of the ongoing transitional period,” reported Xinhua citing the president’s constitutional adviser Ali […]
Mandla (Madhya Pradesh), March 22 (IANS) India will succeed only if everybody is equal, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said here Saturday. Interacting with tribal women, he said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Madhya Pradesh was not implementing the central schemes for the poor and the needy properly. “You have a relationship with the […]
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday sought to defend the administration’s inability to ensure speedy trial of pending rape cases, saying it was not in her purview when a court will give a verdict. “Some people are saying Bengal cannot do what Maharashtra can do. I want to say it is […]
Tehran, March 22 (IANS) Iran’s First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said Saturday that Iran has caused a crack in the wall of sanctions, hoping that it could neutralise all the sanctions. He reiterated Tehran’s resolve to defend its nuclear rights without crossing the red lines in negotiations with the West over its nuclear programme, IRNA reported. Through […]