The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that more than 7,000 Iraqi people are internally displaced as a result of the Mosul military operation in Iraq, a UN spokesman said. “The situation is fluid and the numbers and patterns of displacement are fluctuating as the front lines move,” UN spokesman Stephane […]
At least 59 police recruits were killed and 116 injured as militants attacked a police academy in the province of Balochistan in Pakistan, media reports said. Talking to the media, Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said that the operation against the terrorists has been completed by security forces who fought valiantly against the terrorists, Geo […]
With its lush green mountains, sea, culture and high speed trains, cable cars, amusement parks and other attractions, Taiwan is targeting Indian families, movie industry and businesses, said an official at Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau. The two-way traffic is also set to increase between India and Taiwan given the Act East Policy of the Indian government […]
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won Wednesday night’s final presidential debate, while Republican rival Donald Trump refused to say that he would accept the result of the November 8 election if he lost. “I will look at it at the time,” Trump said when asked by moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News whether he would concede […]
In most areas of the world, public drinking fountains expel tap water, but the newest public drinking fountain in Italy flows red with wine — and it’s free to the public. The 24-hour seven days a week “fontana del vino” in Caldari di Ortona has been installed by Dora Sarchese vineyard winery. There’s no catch […]
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School have developed a biocompatible and highly stretchable optical fiber which can be implanted in the body to deliver therapeutic pulses of light or light up at the first sign of disease. According to the study, the researchers suggested that such stretchable, strain-sensing optical fibers […]
The UN Security Council strongly condemned the recent failed ballistic missile launch conducted by the North Korea. In a press statement, the 15-nation council said on Monday that the attempted launch is a grave violation of the North Korea’s obligations under Security Council resolutions, Xinhua news agency reported. South Korea’s military said on October 16 […]
The United States military has confirmed that it has deployed troops on the frontlines, in the offensive to retake the city of Mosul from Daesh (ISIL) terrorists, media reports said. Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq is mostly made up of Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. In […]
Seeking to create jobs at home and stabilise the economy following the Brexit vote, British Prime Minister Theresa May will be leading a trade mission to India next month in her first major official visit outside Europe. May will be taking along some of the best of British business to India during her three-day visit […]
Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced the appointment of Thamer Al-Sabhan as the first Minister of State for Arabian Gulf Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, the media reported. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ordered the creation of the post and named Al-Sabhan as the minister in charge of the region-related affairs, Xinhua news agency […]