New Delhi/Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) Barack Obama accompanied by his wife Michelle Obama will touch down in the Indian capital on the morning of Jan 25 on a three-day state visit that, besides the symbolism of being the first time a US president would be chief guest at the Republic Day parade, is expected to […]
Moscow, Jan 22 (IANS/EFE) At least 13 people were killed and dozens injured Thursday when an artillery shell struck a tram stop in Donetsk, said the pro-Russian separatists who control the city in eastern Ukraine. “As a result of a mortar striking a tram stop in the Lenin region of Donetsk this morning, 13 people […]
Colombo, Jan 21 (IANS) Sri lanka’s newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena Wednesday granted full pardon to former army commander General Sarath Fonseka, convicted of corruption, an official statement said. “Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka was acquitted from all charges and given complete amnesty by President Maithripala Sirisena,” the President Office said in a statement, Xinhua […]
Colombo, Jan 21 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s newly elected government promised to work closely with “key players” India and China and added that the ongoing development projects with international partners would continue, a media report said Wednesday. “The reality is that we have to work in the Asian region and India and China are two of […]
London, Jan 21 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron has given an “absolute guarantee” against cutting the size of the country’s army, following speculation that the government was mulling a force of just 60,000, media reported Wednesday. The Guardian reported that under current plans, the army would shrink to 82,000 personnel by 2020, with the […]
Islamabad, Jan 21 (IANS) The Council of Islamic Ideology in Pakistan decreed Wednesday that a husband who uttered “divorce” thrice consecutively would liable to punishment as it was un-Islamic. The chairman of the council, Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani said at a press conference that a man could pronounce one divorce at a time as per […]
Moscow, Jan 17 (IANS/TASS) Over 20,000 people staged a rally in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, Saturday, to protest against the unfavourable portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad in the media. The participants at the gathering, called “Islam against Terrorism and Extremism”, in Ingushetia’s capital Magas, said Islam was a religion of peace and kindness and […]
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi Thursday declared Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah as a proclaimed offender in the Karachi airport attack case. ATC declared Fazlullah and TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid as proclaimed offenders in last year’s attack, The News International reported Three detainees — Sarmad Siddiqui, Nadeem alias […]
Bangkok, Jan 14 (IANS/EFE) Indonesian search teams Wednesday located the main section of the fuselage of the AirAsia plane that crashed in the Java Sea Dec 28 with 162 people aboard, authorities said. An unmanned submarine operated from Singaporean frigate MV Swift took photographs of the main part of the aircraft’s body and one of […]
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Pakistan must fight militant groups that threaten Indian, US and Afghan interests, US Secretary of State John Kerry said, and offered $250 million aid for militancy affected people Tuesday. Visiting Pakistan after going to India over the weekend, Kerry said all terrorist groups should be targeted for the security of the […]