Tunis , March 18 At least 19 people, including 17 tourists, were killed in an armed attack on a museum here on Wednesday, Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said. Five “terrorists” carried out the attack on Bardo Museum, and two of them were killed by security forces, Essid said at a press conference, according to […]
Kolkata, March 18 Pakistan’s High Commissioner Abdul Basit on Wednesday termed as “bizarre” the visa arrangement between the two neighbours, and said the prevalent travel permit terms were not conducive for promoting trade. “It’s a bizarre arrangement that we have. If there is visa restriction, how can you expect trade to realise its inherent potential?” […]
New York, March 17 A woman who pushed an Indian man to his death from a subway train platform two years ago in what the authorities said was a hate crime faces 22 to 25 years in prison. The woman, Erika Menendez, 33, who pleaded guilty on Friday to first-degree manslaughter will be sentenced on […]
Islamabad, March 17 Pakistani security forces on Tuesday registered a case against Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain over his alleged threats, officials said. Paramilitary forces said that Hussain had used threatening language against the security forces in a telephonic interview with a private TV channel last week, Xinhua reported. Hussain, who lives in […]
Kolkata, March 17 Asserting that Pakistan would confer India the status of most favoured nation (MFN) once the dialogue process resumed, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit Tuesday claimed that his country had almost extended the facility in March 2014 before it was informally conveyed to wait. “Pakistan was about to extend the MFN […]
Geneva, March 17 Journalists paid a heavy price for informing people about the sufferings in the Syrian conflict, with at least 75 media persons being killed in the war-torn country since March 2011, a report said on Tuesday. The findings of the study by the Swiss-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) were presented at the 28th […]
Sanaa, March 16 The Shia Houthi group, which controls the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on Monday released Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and cabinet members after almost two months of house arrest, a government spokesman said. “The release came after efforts exerted by UN envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, and weeks-long national campaigns by political parties […]
Lausanne, March 16 US Secretary of State John Kerry ended a five-hour discussion with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad here on Monday over Tehran’s long-disputed nuclear programme. They were was joined by the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, and US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, who already met earlier on Sunday […]
Islamabad, March 16 A day after 15 people were killed in a terror attack on two churches in Lahore, a Pakistani newspaper on Monday demanded to know how the country produced so many suicide bombers. “Why has the production of suicide bombers reached the level where they can be dispatched seemingly to any part of […]
Kolkata, March 16 (IANS) Batting for women’s safety “anywhere, anytime”, an American writer on women’s issues in Hollywood on Monday said banned documentary “India’s Daughter” has opened up discussions on important issues across the globe. The documentary is about the gang rape of a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist, who was brutally assaulted on December 16, 2012, […]