With unprecedented Chinese backing, the Security Council tightened the economic chokehold on North Korea by unanimously voting on Friday to impose the strictest sanctions on North Korea aiming to cut off most fuel supplies and ban major exports following Pyongyang’s latest missile test. The resolution introduced by the US after intense lobbying won the support […]
The minimum temperatures in the Ladakh region dipped several notches below zero on Friday as the Kashmir Valley remained in the grip of a cold wave. With the 40-day-long harsh winter of Chillai Kalan setting in on Thursday, Leh town at minus 9.1 was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, followed by […]
 Palestinians have hailed the UN General Assembly resolution which denounced US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Nabil Abu Rdineh, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said in a statement on Thursday that the resolution expresses the international community’s support for the Palestinians’ rights. “The threats of Trump to the UN members […]
Cuban President Raul Castro on Thursday affirmed that he will leave office in April 2018, when the country’s new national legislature convenes to elect a leader for the next five years. “When the National Assembly convenes, I will conclude my second and last mandate as leader of the state and government, and Cuba will have […]
Catalan separatist parties are on track to win most seats in the new regional parliament, setting the stage for more confrontation with Spain’s government. The Citizens party, which wants Catalonia to remain a semi-autonomous part of Spain, is the biggest party, therefore, it is unclear who will be given the right to form a government, […]
Eric Schmidt, a long-serving Google executive, will step down as Executive Chairman of Google’s parent company Alphabet in January, the company has announced. Schmidt will become a technical advisor to the company while continuing to serve on its board. “Since 2001, Eric has provided us with business and engineering expertise and a clear vision about […]
Taking on music streaming giants like Google-owned YouTube, Facebook and Universal Music Group (UMG) have announced a global, multi-year agreement reportedly worth several hundred million dollars. As part of the deal, UMG will become the first major music company to license its recorded music and publishing catalogues for video and other social experiences across Facebook […]
Matthew Petersen, US President Donald Trump’s district court nominee who struggled to answer basic legal questions at his confirmation hearing last week, has withdrawn his nomination, the media reported. Petersen, who was up for a lifetime appointment on the US District Court for the District of Columbia, struggled to answer basic questions including how many […]
White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert has said that the US believes North Korea was behind the massive “WannaCry” cyberattack in May, the media reported. “After careful investigation, the US today publicly attributes the massive ‘WannaCry’ cyberattack to North Korea,” Bossert wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Monday. “The attack was widespread […]
A former Pentagon official who led a recently revealed government programme to research potential unidentified flying objects (UFO) said that he believes there is evidence of alien life reaching Earth, the media reported. “My personal belief is that there is very compelling evidence that we may not be alone,” Luis Elizondo told CNN on Monday […]