Washington, March 22 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has praised the restraint demonstrated by Ukrainian forces in Crimea and commended Tenyukh’s leadership. The sentiments were expressed during a telephone conversation between Hagel and his Ukrainian counterpart Ihor Tenyukh Friday, Xinhua reported. Tenyukh updated Hagel with the situation in Crimea and throughout the country, Pentagon Press […]
United Nations, March 22 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned “in the strongest terms” the deadly attacks that left over 50 civilians killed in Afghanistan this week. A bout of violence has rocked Afghanistan recently as a presidential election is two weeks away, including a suicide attack on a market in Faryab province, an attack […]
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) At least four miners were killed and nine went missing in a colliery gas outburst Friday in China’s Henan province, authorities said. The outburst occurred at 10.37 a.m. in a tunnel in Ruzhou City, where 250 miners were working underground, Xinhua quoted Li Yongsheng, a mine official as saying. Four miners were […]
Islamabad, March 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will lead a delegation to the Third Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) being held in The Hague, the Pakistani foreign ministry said Friday. The Third NSS (March 24-25) will be attended by leaders from 53 countries and the UN, European Union, International Atomic Energy Agency and Interpol. Like the […]
Riyadh, March 22 (IANS) Expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia remembered Indian journalist and author Khushwant Singh who passed away Thursday aged 99 Shakeel Zaidy, an engineer, noted that Khushwant Singh would be remembered for enlivening writing in India, the Arab News reported Friday. “He was never hated, although there were people who did not like him […]
Moscow, March 21 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday signed into law legislation on the accession of Crimea after both houses of parliament unanimously approved it. “I signed several decrees today, including the decree on the formation of one more federal district, the Crimean federal district,” Putin said at the signing ceremony. “We have a lot […]
Moscow, March 21 (IANS/ITAR -TASS) Russia will refrain from imposing retaliatory sanctions against the US and from introducing visa rules for Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Friday. “As concerns the first case – the US sanctions – and the second case – Ukraine’s introduction of visa regulations, I think we should still refrain from retaliatory moves,” […]
Islamabad, March 21 (IANS) A written apology from Pervez Musharraf’s lawyer was Friday presented to the special three-judge court headed by Justice Faisal Arab as it resumed its hearing of the high treason case against the former Pakistan president. The written apology was submitted by Supreme Court Bar Association president Kamran Murtaza on behalf of Musharraf’s […]
Beijing, March 21 (IANS) Seven people were killed and five others injured when the pickup truck they were travelling in plunged off a cliff early Friday in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The truck, which was carrying 13 people, veered off a steep mountain road in Yilong county of Nanchong City at about 4.20 a.m., Xinhua reported […]
Kabul, March 21 (IANS) At least two people were killed and seven others injured Friday when a bomb went off during a New Year celebration in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, sources said. “A big mob had gathered to celebrate Janda Bala or Nawroz, a special ritual, in Khakrez district at around 10 a.m. Friday. […]