Abu Dhabi, July 4 (IANS/WAM) A fossilised monkey specimen, believed to be 6.5 to 8 million years old, has been discovered by scientists on Shuwaihat Island in Abu Dhabi’s western region, Al Gharbia, in the United Arab Emirates. An international team of scientists from Hunter College, City University of New York, the Museum for Naturkunde (Natural […]
Tokyo, July 4 (IANS) The Japanese cabinet Friday gave the green light to ease some of its sanctions imposed on North Korea, media reported. The final decision was made after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s comments Thursday that Japan would lift some sanctions related to the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, Xinhua reported citing […]
Washington, July 4 (IANS) The US has opposed a call for a referendum on independence for Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region. The call from Massud Barzani, president of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq, came as Sunni militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) are continuing their offensive after seizing a large part […]
Kabul, July 4 (IANS) About 44 Taliban militants have been killed in a series of military operations in Afghanistan since early Thursday, said the country’s interior ministry Friday morning. “Over the past 24 hours, the Afghan police, army and intelligence agency carried out clean-up operations in Nangarhar, Kunduz, Logar, Paktiya and Helmand provinces, killing 44 armed […]
Sydney, July 4 (IANS) Australian scientists are concerned that fish are eating hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastic floating in the ocean and this waste is ending up in sea food, a media report said Friday. Carlos Duarte, an oceanographer from the University of Western Australia, said there was 100 times less plastic on ocean […]
Washington, July 4 (IANS) The leaders of the US and Germany have voiced support for a “sustainable” ceasefire in eastern Ukraine through diplomatic means, and threatened additional sanctions should Russia fail to take immediate deescalation steps. In a phone conversation Thursday, US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel “expressed their support for diplomatic efforts […]
Kathmandu, July 4 (IANS) The 11th meeting of the Nepal-India Bilateral Consultative Group on Security Issues will be held in Kathmandu July 6-7 when the two sides will take a call on the Nepal Army’s request for the supply of military stores and equipment by India and other issues. Amrit Rai, joint secretary in Nepal’s foreign […]
Berlin, July 4 (IANS) Per Mertesacker and Thomas Mueller, perhaps, are dead right: The Germans are a tribe of moaners. Ahead of the quarterfinal against France on Friday, both of Germany’s World Cup players and coach Joachim Loew feel like shutting themselves away. “I don’ t want to have to say sorry for having won the […]
United Nations, July 4 (IANS) At close to three million, Syria’s refugee crisis is becoming the world’s largest displacement, a media report said Friday. “Today, there are close to three million Syrian refugees, and the number of those seeking safe haven is increasing by 100,000 every month,” Xinhua quoted UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric as saying. If […]
London, July 3 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek moved into the semi-final of the men’s doubles while Sania Mirza and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau were knocked out of mixed doubles of the Wimbledon at the All England Club here Thursday. Sania and Tecau, who were seeded sixth, went down 5-7, […]