Kabul: Five Taliban militants were killed in an attack on a police station in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday. Militants stormed the police station in the provincial capital of Jalalabad late on Sunday night, Xinhua news agency reported. “About six militants were engaged in the attack. The security forces carried out a […]
Islamabad: Seven death row convicts were executed in jails across Pakistan’s Punjab and Balochistan province on Wednesday, a media report said. In Lahore Central Jail, two convicts were hanged. Abdul Khaliq had been convicted of murdering a woman, while convict Shahzad was also found guilty of committing a murder, Geo News reported. Two convicts were […]
Dublin: Visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has praised the result of Ireland’s marriage equality referendum, describing it as “truly historic moment”. “This is a truly historic moment: Ireland has become the first country in the world to approve marriage equality in a nationwide referendum,” Ban said on Sunday after he accepted the Tipperary International […]
Dublin: Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has welcomed the results of Friday’s referendum over same-sex marriage, saying that Ireland has become the first country in the world to vote for equal marriage. “Today Ireland made history. The first country in the world to vote for equal marriage. I welcome that and thank all those who […]
Bujumbura: The leader of a Burundi opposition party was killed Saturday night as he was heading home in the Burundian capital of Bujumbura, witnesses told Xinhua. The witnesses said Zedi Feruzi, chairman of the Burundian Union for Peace and Development (UPD-Zigamibanga), was shot by unidentified people when he was walking home in Bujumbura’s Ngagara district, […]
Washington: Louisiana’s Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal has taken another step towards a possible 2016 presidential run by forming an exploratory committee and launching a national website, www.bobbyjindal.com. Though Jindal has said he still isn’t an official candidate yet, he is expected to formally enter the race after the Louisiana Legislature adjourns on June 11, according […]
Bogota: At least 40 people were killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Colombia on Monday, while dozens more were still missing, according to local authorities. The location of the landslide was inside Salgar municipality of Salgar in northwest Colombia, Xinhua reported. Zulma Osorio, a local official, told local Caracol Radio that more […]
Kathmandu: Another strong aftershock of 5.5 magnitude with its epicentre near Kathmandu was felt on Saturday evening. Following the aftershock, thousands of people came out in the streets fearing house collapses and damage. This has created more panic among the people, who are again living in open spaces. Several aftershocks were recorded on Saturday morning […]
New York: An Indian-American student won the prestigious Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award yesterday, while nine students from across India won awards in various categories and five US students were awarded science trips to India at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (IISEF) in Pittsburgh. The IISEF honors the world’s most promising high school […]
Kathmandu: More than 60 hours after it was reported missing, the debris of a US helicopter that crashed in the mountainous terrain of Nepal were recovered today by a search and rescue mission which also found the bodies of three of the eight people on board. “Our team has found three dead bodies from the […]
Beijing: Prime minister Narendra Modi today attended a Yoga-Taichi event at the Temple of Heaven in central Beijing accompanied by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. “Wonderful to see Indian students doing Taichi and Chinese students doing Yoga,” the prime minister tweeted. Modi congratulated Li for the conceptualisation of the unique event. “The holistic health care that […]
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) today announced that an 18-year-old boy from the state of Queensland, fled to Syria and joined the Nusra Front, the official Syrian affiliate of the Al Qaeda
Xi’an: Prime minister Narendra Modi held summit-level talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping here today after which the two leaders went to visit the Wild Goose Pagoda there. Modi, who arrived here in the morning, held delegation level talks with Xi. Xi welcomed Modi at the Shaanxi guest house and the two leaders shook hands […]
Kabul/New Delhi: An NGO worker identified as Martha Farrell died in the gunmen attack at Park Palace hotel in Kabul yesterday. The incident claimed 14 lives including 4 Indians, said a the source from Indian Envoy. “Four Indians, including a lady, were killed in the attack,” the source told IANS over telephone. Farell was about […]
Kathmandu: At least 36 aftershocks, including five today alone, were recorded in Nepal following Tuesday’s 7.3-magnitude earthquake. Five aftershocks with the epicentre at Kathmandu were felt on yesterday from 8 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. following Tuesday’s temblor that ripped through the surrounding districts of the Kathmandu valley. Aftershocks at 2.07 a. m. with the epicentre […]
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