Washington, March 27 (IANS) Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a Kuwaiti national, was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans at a trial in New York city Wednesday, the media reported. The 48-year-old clergyman now faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, according to Russia Today. Federal prosecutors for the US government argued at […]
London, March 27 (IANS) Popular boy band One Direction members will have about 20 bodyguards each when they embark on their US tour next month. The bodyguards will protect the young singers from their fanatic fans, guarding their hotel rooms and stopping people from invading their stage. A total of hundred bodyguards for the five-member band […]
Cairo, March 27 (IANS) Egypt’s defence minister and armed forces chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisiannounced in a televised statement Wednesday night his bid for the upcoming presidential election, the media reported. “This is the last time to appear before you in the military uniform,” Sisi was quoted as saying by Xinhua. “I decided to resign from my […]
Cairo, March 27 (IANS) Egypt’s defence minister and armed forces chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last July, tendered his resignation Wednesday, the media reported. Sisi is expected to run for president in the upcoming presidential election, the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported. Quoting a military source, the daily said Sisi was expected […]
Geneva, March 27 (IANS) Global natural catastrophes and man-made disasters had brought as much as $140 billion economic losses in 2013, according to the latest report released by Swiss Re Group Wednesday. The Zurich-based insurance company noted that last year’s total loss was down from the $196 billion in 2012 and well below the 10-year average […]
Rome, March 27 (IANS) The autonomous island of Sardinia plans to hold an online referendum on independence from Italy, Russia Today reported Wednesday. Earlier, a similar referendum held from March 16 to 21 had revealed that 89 percent of the over two million people in Italy’s northeastern Veneto region were in favour of cutting ties with […]
Canberra, March 26 (IANS) Families of the people aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, now declared lost, will be given free visas if they wish to come to Australia during the search and recovery operation, the immigration authority said Wednesday. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) was working with Malaysia Airlines and counterparts in China […]
Moscow, March 26 (IANS) Russia accused Ukrainian authorities Wednesday of violating a bilateral agreement on air transportation and putting air travelers at risk. According to the Russian foreign ministry, the Ukrainian border service has banned the crews of Russian commercial planes from leaving their aircraft after landing on Ukrainian territory. This disrupted the timetable of work […]
Kuwait, March 26 (IANS/WAM) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sought the cooperation of the international community to end the ongoing Syrian conflict, which he said can only be resolved politically, ruling out any military solution. Ban in a wide-ranging speech to the 25th Arab League Summit in Kuwait – delivered by Lakhdar Brahimi, joint special representative […]
London, March 26 (IANS) Alarmed at the growing number of unwanted pregnancies in teenage British girls, the department of health has issued new guidelines for schools to give free morning-after pills and condoms to teenage girls. According to new guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), under-25s should be able to access […]