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 […]
Mexico City, April 25 (IANS/EFE) Seven people were killed in two separate shootouts between Mexican marines and gunmen in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, authorities said. Marines on patrol Tuesday afternoon near the town of San Fernando were attacked by armed assailants travelling in several vehicles, the state government said in a statement issued Thursday. […]
London, April 24 (IANS) In a major boost to science and technology research in developing countries, including India, the British government has launched a five-year, $630 million fund to support science and innovation partnerships with researchers that will focus on economic development. The Newton Fund, first announced in December 2013, will consist of money transferred […]
London, April 24 (IANS) Does size of your penis worry you a lot? Stop thinking and get on with the act as a study reveals that women are more loyal to men with ‘smaller’ penises. A team of researchers from the US and Kenya found that there was a strange link between the size of […]