Damascus, July 7 (IANS) At least nine people were killed by radical rebels in Syria’s southern province of Daraa, media reports said Sunday. The Nusra Front, an Al Qaeda subgroup operating in the war-torn country, killed nine people of the same family after kidnapping them in Daraa province, Xinhua quoted the pro-government Sham FM radio as […]
Abu Dhabi, July 4 (IANS/WAM) A fossilised monkey specimen, believed to be 6.5 to 8 million years old, has been discovered by scientists on Shuwaihat Island in Abu Dhabi’s western region, Al Gharbia, in the United Arab Emirates. An international team of scientists from Hunter College, City University of New York, the Museum for Naturkunde (Natural […]
Tokyo, July 4 (IANS) The Japanese cabinet Friday gave the green light to ease some of its sanctions imposed on North Korea, media reported. The final decision was made after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s comments Thursday that Japan would lift some sanctions related to the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, Xinhua reported citing […]
Washington, July 4 (IANS) The US has opposed a call for a referendum on independence for Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region. The call from Massud Barzani, president of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq, came as Sunni militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) are continuing their offensive after seizing a large part […]
Kabul, July 4 (IANS) About 44 Taliban militants have been killed in a series of military operations in Afghanistan since early Thursday, said the country’s interior ministry Friday morning. “Over the past 24 hours, the Afghan police, army and intelligence agency carried out clean-up operations in Nangarhar, Kunduz, Logar, Paktiya and Helmand provinces, killing 44 armed […]
Washington, July 4 (IANS) The leaders of the US and Germany have voiced support for a “sustainable” ceasefire in eastern Ukraine through diplomatic means, and threatened additional sanctions should Russia fail to take immediate deescalation steps. In a phone conversation Thursday, US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel “expressed their support for diplomatic efforts […]
Kathmandu, July 4 (IANS) The 11th meeting of the Nepal-India Bilateral Consultative Group on Security Issues will be held in Kathmandu July 6-7 when the two sides will take a call on the Nepal Army’s request for the supply of military stores and equipment by India and other issues. Amrit Rai, joint secretary in Nepal’s foreign […]
United Nations, July 4 (IANS) At close to three million, Syria’s refugee crisis is becoming the world’s largest displacement, a media report said Friday. “Today, there are close to three million Syrian refugees, and the number of those seeking safe haven is increasing by 100,000 every month,” Xinhua quoted UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric as saying. If […]
Kampala, July 4 (IANS) The US has warned its citizens in Uganda of a possible terror attack at the country’s Entebbe International Airport in capital Kampala. The US embassy in Uganda, in a statement on its website Thursday, said it received information from the Uganda police force that there was a specific threat to attack the […]
Khartoum, July 4 (IANS) At least 150 people have been killed and 100 others injured in clashes between two groups belonging to Mesiria tribe in al-Dibaib area in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, the Sudanese Media Centre (SMC) reported Thursday. “The clashes took place between Awlad Omran and Al-Ziyoud groups of Mesiria tribes at Al-Dibaib area in […]