US President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Sunday that his position in White House has affected his family life, adding that his wife Melania Trump has been “terribly abused by the press”. “There is no question, it is a big burden on the family,” Xinhua news agency quoted Trump as telling The […]
South Korea registered a trade surplus of $13.3 billion in April, a data released on Monday by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy said. This was when the country’s exports, the main engine of its economy, increased for the sixth consecutive month, Efe news reported. In addition, South Korea’s trade balance in April also […]
At least 11 persons were killed on Sunday when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, police said. Many others were injured in the accident near Lowari Top, The News International reported. The injured have been rushed to a hospital. According to the police, the driver of the bus lost […]
French far-right National Front leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Sunday proposed a dual currency system for France, a national currency for its home economy and another for international trade as, in her opinion, the “euro is dead”. “We will have a national currency like all other countries, and a common currency together,” […]
The relations between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are at their lowest level since the end of the Cold War, but Moscow is ready to repair them, a military official said. “We are open to the resumption of a full-scale dialogue and interaction with NATO. The main thing is that this process […]
An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile was launched during an operational test from an air base in the state of California, amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single test re-entry vehicle was launched at 12.03 a.m. (local time) on Wednesday by a combined team of US […]
Turkish police detained over 1,000 persons in a massive operation aimed at arresting 3,224 alleged supporters of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who the government accuses of organising the attempted coup in July 2016. According to Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu on Wednesday, a total of 1,009 persons have been detained in 72 provinces, accused of acting […]
The US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, the first Indian American to hold a cabinet rank, visited India’s UN Mission on Thursday for a wide-ranging discussion with Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin. “We shared perspectives on how India-US can work together at the UN in line with our growing ties,” Akbaruddin told IANS after the […]
As the Cassini spacecraft starts its first dive through the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings on Wednesday, Google has marked the occasion with an animated Doodle. Cassini’s series of swoops between Saturn and its rings are part of the spacecraft’s dramatic “Grand Finale,” a daring set of orbits offering Earthlings an unprecedented look […]
The United States Supreme Court is to begin hearing oral arguments on April 26 in a case which could set a precedent in the revocation of American citizenship of naturalized citizens and is of paramount significance to thousands of Indian residents. In Maslenjak v. United States, the Supreme Court will determine if an “immaterial false […]