Los Angeles, March 8 (IANS) Actress Elizabeth Hurley will be seen as a fictional queen in the upcoming royal drama “The Royals”, which will go on air next year. Hurley portrays Queen Helena in the series about a fictional British royal family, reports contactmusic.com. Created by “One Tree Hill’s” Mark Schwahn, the show is set to […]
Geneva, March 8 (IANS) The UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos Friday underscored the severity of the crisis of Central African Republic (CAR) and appealed for enhanced efforts to cope with the humanitarian situation on the ground. UN Under Secretary General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Amos told the reporters that the ongoing conflict led to a total […]
Los Angeles, March 8 (IANS) Actor Johnny Depp looked delighted while escorting his fiancee Amber Heard on the the Texas Film Awards red carpet. A native of Austin, Heard was honoured for helping the state earn some notice in the film world with a trophy at the Texas Film Awards Thursday, reports dailymail.co.uk. The 27-year-old Texan […]
Dublin, March 8 (IANS) Ireland Friday introduced a new legislation on animal welfare to outline in clear legal terms the responsibility people have when they own an animal, Xinhua reported. The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, which came into effect Friday, strengthens the already existing protections for animals in Irish law. “The Animal Health and […]
Riyadh, March 8 (IANS) Saudi Arabia Friday listed the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and two Syrian jihadist groups, Al-Nusra Front and Daash, as terrorist organisations, media reported. It also slated the Shiite Houthi group fighting in north Yemen and a Hezbollah group in the Hijaz as terrorist groups, according to Xinhua. […]
Los Angeles, March 8 (IANS) Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has gifted the beautiful dress she wore for ‘Essence’ cover to one of her female fans. Atlanta resident, Brandi (Twitter user @snobaby28), tweeted Winfrey about her love for the dress, joking “I know u won’t wear again.” Said Oprah, “You’re right, I won’t,” and directed Brandi […]
Ankara, March 8 (IANS) A court in Turkey has decided to release the country’s imprisoned former army chief Ilker Basbug, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting an overthrow of the Turkish government, media reported Friday. Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday in favour of Basbug who said his legal rights were violated, according to Xinhua. […]
Dublin, March 8 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday spoke highly of the Irish bailout programme, saying that it is a “tremendous success story”. “For me as I just said, what’s most important is that the Irish programme first and foremost can be seen as completed and that is tremendous success story that you were able […]
Baghdad, March 8 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 29 others wounded in separate violent attacks across Iraq Friday, police said. Four people were killed and 18 others wounded when a roadside bomb exploded at a market in Tuz Khurmatu, some 170 km north of Baghdad, Xinhua reported. Unidentified gunmen Friday killed a local […]
Chennai, March 7 (IANS) Bollywood actresses Deepika Padukone will attend the audio launch of superstar Rajnikanth’s Tamil period-drama “Kochadaiiyaan” here Sunday. Deepika essays the role of princess Vadhana in the film, which is directed by Rajnikanth’s daughter Soundarya Rajnikanth Ashwin. “(I’m) very happy (that) Deepika Padukone, our princess Vadhana, will be in Chennai for the audio […]