Beijing, March 5 (IANS) The 12th National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s parliamentary body, opened its second annual session Wednesday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xinhua reported. Premier Li Keqiang will deliver his first government work report at the opening meeting, chaired by Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and […]
United Nations, March 5 (IANS) UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson Tuesday stressed the need for a diplomatic solution to the ongoing Ukraine crisis in his meetings with the country’s acting leaders, a UN spokesman told reporters here. “In his meetings, the deputy secretary-general stressed the need for calm and international unity in the pursuit of […]
Washington, March 5 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has planned a $3.9-trillion budget for the 2015 fiscal year, which will be used to fund infrastructure upgrading, education and other social programmes, according to the budget plan posted on the website of the White House Tuesday. Obama has budgeted a deficit of $564 billion for 2015, or […]
Manama, March 5 (IANS) Bahrain has arrested 25 suspects in connection with Monday’s bomb attack that killed three policemen, Xinhua reported citing an interior ministry statement. A remotely detonated bomb exploded Monday night in the Daih village, west of the capital Manama, killing three policemen including an Emirati officer. “These terror acts are premeditated murder and […]
Islamabad, March 5 (IANS) Pakistani peace negotiators Tuesday said that terror attacks after the Taliban ceasefire could harm the dialogue process. The negotiators met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and reviewed the status of the talks following a deadly suicide attack on a court in Islamabad that killed 11 people Monday, Xinhua quoted the PM office as […]
Sanaa, March 5 (IANS) A high-ranking officer of the Yemeni navy forces escaped an assassination attempt in the southeastern province of Shabwa Tuesday evening, a security official said. “The motorcade of Admiral Qasim Laboza, commander of the Second Armored Brigade in Shabwa, was attacked as he passed through an area near the Belhaf port on the […]
Moscow/Kiev, March 4 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday said what happened in Ukraine could only be described as an anti-constitutional coup and armed seizure of power even as a delegation of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) arrived in Kiev Tuesday to monitor the security situation in Ukraine. During a live interview […]
Kiev, March 4 (IANS) A delegation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) arrived in Kiev Tuesday to monitor the security circumstances in Ukraine, with special focus on Crimea, an autonomous region that is the new epicentre of the ongoing crisis. “In the soonest time, the OSCE mission will go to the Crimea […]
Tehran, March 3 (IANS) Lifting all sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme will help Tehran and world powers reach a final agreement regarding the issue, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday. In the nuclear talks, “what is important is boosting the Iranians’ confidence and respecting their rights” by the P5+1 group, namely Britain, […]
Kiev, March 3 (IANS) Ukraine’s acting Defence Minister Igor Tenyukh Sunday dismissed Navy Commander Denis Berezovsky, who reportedly swore allegiance to pro-Russian Crimean authorities earlier in the day. “The vacancy has been fulfilled by Rear Admiral Sergey Hayduk,” Xinhua quoted the Ukrainian defence ministry as saying in a statement. Information from Ukraine’s Security Council said that […]