Damascus, Aug 29 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) militants killed more than 160 Syrian soldiers captured by them in Syria’s northern province of al-Raqqa, activists said. The militants captured the Syrian soldiers while fleeing the al-Tabaqa airbase when the airbase was recently seized by the IS, Xinhua reported citing the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights […]
Berlin, Aug 29 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Thursday that the European Union will discuss further sanctions against Russia on its special summit in Brussels Saturday. “We want diplomatic solutions and we will persist in our efforts. However, we realise that things have deteriorated again in the past few days,” Xinhua quoted Merkel as saying […]
London, Aug 29 (IANS) Actor George Clooney has been named Hollywood’s most-gracefully ageing male, for refusing to dye his greying hair. The 53-year-old topped a list of “Tinseltown’s leading ‘Mags’ Men Ageing Gracefully” – in a survey by a Britain-based hair transplant centre, reports hollywood.com. His close friend Brad Pitt, 50, came second in the list […]
Nairobi, Aug 29 (IANS) Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Thursday directed security agencies to sink a ship which was seized while carrying drugs in the coastal city of Mombasa. “We do not care who owns the ship or the drugs, we will destroy them to teach lesson to those who bent on ruining our children,” Kenyatta said. […]
Washinton, Aug 29 (IANS) The US government announced Thursday that it will start initial human trials of Ebola vaccine next week. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in a statement that the phase one clinical trial will determine if a vaccine, co-developed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and GlaxoSmithKline […]
Los Angeles, Aug 29 (IANS) Pop star Lady Gaga and singer Tony Bennett are the new faces of brand H&M. The “Pokerface” hitmaker and the 17-time Grammy Award-winner have teamed up to front the Swedish high street brand’s 2014 Christmas campaign. The images show the young superstar sporting a voluminous black wig and an oversize knit […]
Brussels, Aug 29 (IANS) The NATO Thursday released some “satellite imagery” to show that “Russian combat forces engaged in military operations inside Ukraine”. Brigadier Gen. Nico Tak, director of the NATO Comprehensive Crisis and Operations Management Centre of Allied Command Operations in Mons, Belgium, said the images confirmed what NATO and its Allies had been seeing […]
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday penalised real estate giant DLF Rs.630 crore for exploiting its dominant position to the disadvantage of its customers in three projects in Gurgaon. The bench of Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and Justice N.V. Ramana said DLF would furnish an undertaking to pay Rs.170 crore interest on the […]
Lyon (France), Aug 28 (IANS) Internationally-renowned Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been roped in as an ambassador for Interpol’s “Turn Back Crime” campaign to promote awareness on how everyone can play a role in preventing crime. SRK, said to be the first Indian to be made an ambassador for the global campaign, is lending his […]
Bangalore, Aug 28 (IANS) South Africa is safe for all visitors planning to fly into the country, as the risk of being affected by the dreaded Ebola diseases is low, an official of its state-run airline said here Wednesday. “With no case of Ebola virus disease reported so far, our country remains open and safe for […]