Baghdad, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 41 people were killed and over 100 injured in Iraq Saturday, as Iraqi forces and allied militiamen clashed with Sunni jihadi group Islamic State, security sources said. In the deadliest militant attack, three suicide car bombers backed by dozens of IS militants attacked positions of the Iraqi army and […]
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) The US and Liberian governments Friday launched a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an experimental Ebola drug on humans, the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) said. “Although ZMapp has been used to treat several Ebola-infected patients in recent months, we cannot determine if […]
Morelia (Mexico), Feb 27 (IANS/EFE) A most-wanted leader of an infamous drug cartel was arrested here Friday, a media report said. Kingpin of the Caballeros Templarios drug cartel, Servando “La Tuta” Gomez Martinez, was arrested in Morelia, the capital of the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacan, where the gang is based. The Mexican government had […]
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) A Pakistani court has sentenced to death four Al-Qaeda militants, a media report said Thursday. Afzaal, Abdul Hafeez, Zulfiqar and Karamat attacked the prison warders’ hostel at Rasool Park in Lahore July 12, 2012, killing 10 trainee warders of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and injuring seven others, Dawn online reported. The terrorists were […]
Kabul, Feb 26 (IANS) At least two people were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber, driving a car packed with explosives, targeted a vehicle of the Turkish embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul Thursday. “A suicide car bomber targeted a two-vehicle convoy of the Turkish embassy. The driver of a Turkish […]
Paris, Feb 26 (IANS) Three Al-Jazeera journalists were arrested in Paris after flying a drone from a park on the edge of the city, a judicial source said. “The first was piloting the drone, the second was filming and the third was watching,” the source said. The arrests were made Wednesday after multiple drone sightings […]
Brussels, Feb 24 The European Commission (EC) said Tuesday that the list of reforms the leftist Greek government of Alexis Tsipras has agreed to undertake in return for more financial assistance for Greece appears to be “sufficiently comprehensive”. “In the view of the Commission, this list is sufficiently comprehensive as to be a valid starting […]
Toronto, Feb 23 A small yet significant study has revealed that some women turned to watching pornography for the first time after reading the best-seller “Fifty Shades of Grey”. “Several women [we interviewed] were hopping in for the first time to pornography or sexually explicit material that were written by women for women,” researcher Diana […]
Washington, Feb 12 At least 26 Americans of Indian or South Asian origin have been featured in this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 list or what the US business magazine terms “today’s greatest gathering of young game changers, movers and makers.” “Our fourth annual celebration is bigger than ever: 600 millennials in 20 fields” says […]
New York, Feb 10 (IANS) The US has confirmed the death of aid worker Kayla Mueller, who was held hostage by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group after being captured in Syria, media reported Tuesday. Her family said they were “heartbroken” to learn the news, CNN reported. President Barack Obama offered his condolences to the […]