Nine killed in Azerbaijan road accident

Baku, Sep 30 (IANS) Nine people, including three women, were killed in a road accident in Azerbaijan when a wedding motorcade car had a head on collision with another car Monday, police said. The accident took place in Goychay region, Xinhua reported. Four people were killed on the accident site while six seriously injured were rushed […]

World must come together to challenge terrorism, says Modi

New York, Sep 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday described terrorism as the greatest danger, as he called for the world to come together to challenge its menace. He also outlined the steps taken by him in India to make governance easier, to invite foreign investments and provide skills to the Indian youth to become […]

UN chief wants earliest formation of new Afghan government

United Nations, Sep 30 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday congratulated Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on his inauguration as the new Afghan president and called for a new Afghanistan government’s formation at the earliest. Ghani was sworn in Monday, marking the first ever peaceful power transition in the history of the conflict-ridden country. “The secretary-general notes the […]

Hundreds of bodies found in Ukraine mass graves: Rebels

Moscow, Sep 30 (IANS/EFE) Some 400 bodies, mostly of civilians, were taken to the morgues of Donetsk and other cities in eastern Ukraine now controlled by pro-Russian rebel militias after they were retrieved from mass graves, the insurgents said Monday. “Currently there are about 400 bodies in morgues, 350 of which are of civilians, and many […]

Nusra Front issues threat against airstrikes

London, Sep 28 (IANS) Syrian militant group Nusra Front has denounced the US-led airstrikes as “a war against Islam”. In a statement, the Al Qaeda linked group called on jihadis across the world to target Western and Arab countries involved in it, BBC reported. Nusra Front spokesman Abu Firas al-Suri threatened the coalition nations. “These states […]

Three new polio cases in Pakistan

Islamabad, Sep 28 (IANS) Three new polio cases have been reported in Pakistan, raising the total number of such cases to 174. The National Institute of Health (NIH) has said the cases were registered from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan, Dawn online reported Sunday. “The parents from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan did […]

Imran Khan all set for Lahore protest rally

Islamabad, Sep 28 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan is all set for his protest rally in Lahore’s Minar-i-Pakistan Sunday. PTI leaders say rally participants will start arriving at the venue before noon, while the proceedings will begin around 5.00 p.m. and Imran Khan will speak around 7.00 p.m., Dawn online reported. At the venue, […]

Twitter set to display targeted ads for movie lovers

New York, Sep 26 (IANS) Your filmy conversations on Twitter are set to give the micro-blogging site a new way to display targeted ads. The advertising move named “Movie Conversation” would display ads about a particular movie to users who have tweeted about similar movies or related keywords, said a report in Hollywood Reporter. For instance, […]