Abuja, April 26 (IANS) At least 40 insurgents were killed in an overnight raid in Nigeria’s northeast region, military authorities said Friday. Four soldiers also lost their lives and nine others sustained injuries in gunfights between the rebels and troops, following a raid near Bulanbali, located on the outskirts of northern Borno state, Xinhua quoted […]
London, April 26 (IANS) Internationally renowned designer Alexander McQueen will be honoured in an exhibition, here next year. The late British designer, famed for being Givenchy’s creative director before launching his own successful label, is due to be celebrated with the revival of popular US retrospective, “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty”, which is heading to the […]
The Hague, April 26 (IANS) On the fourth and final day of the Global Oceans Action Summit here Friday, the delegates agreed that action on a global scale is needed to tackle overfishing, climate change and pollution of the oceans. Global leaders, ocean practitioners, scientists, and representatives from government, business, civil society and international organisations […]
Gaza, April 26 (IANS) The prime minister of the Hamas authorities in Gaza Strip told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Friday that his movement is committed to achieving the internal Palestinian reconciliation, the media reported. Ismail Haneya, also deputy chief of Hamas, told Abbas on the phone that his movement wants to implement the reconciliation agreements […]
Baghdad, April 26 (IANS) At least 33 people were killed and 90 others wounded in a series of bombing attacks at a parliamentary election rally in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad Friday, an interior ministry source said. The three back-to-back attacks — one roadside bomb and two car bombs — struck as supporters of the […]
London, April 26 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron Friday discussed the ongoing crisis in Ukraine with US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in a phone call, a Downing Street spokesperson said. “The five leaders welcomed the efforts by the Ukrainian government to […]
Washington, April 26 (IANS/EFE) The Campbell’s soup can and the face of Marilyn Monroe, which inspired Andy Warhol’s most famous works, are now followed up by a dozen drawings and photos that the artist created almost 30 years ago on a computer and were never before published. The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the artist’s […]
Seoul, April 26 (IANS) The death toll in the South Korea ferry sinking disaster rose to 187 Saturday morning, but search operations slowed amid faster tidal currents and worse weather conditions. Only two more bodies were recovered from the sunken vessel overnight, raising the death toll to 187. A total of 115 people are still […]
Islamabad, April 25 (IANS/EFE) Seven members of a family were Friday killed when two armed men shot at the vehicle in which they were travelling in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The incident took place on the highway between Swabi and Peshawar city, when they were going to see off at Peshawar airport a […]
Washington, April 25 (IANS) President Barack Obama plans to name fourteen individuals, including three Indian-Americans, to a commission charged with working to improve the quality of life of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Members of the President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs will advise him on innovative ways to engage AAPIs across the country and […]