IMF sees no need for Ukraine debt restructuring now

IMF sees no need for Ukraine debt restructuring now

Washington, March 28 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday that it does not see a need to restructure Ukraine’s debt even as it reached preliminary deal on financial aid for the country. “We don’t proceed with programmes if they’re deemed to be unsustainable,” Xinhua quoted IMF spokesperson William Murray as saying at a briefing. […]

One killed in terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir

One killed in terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar, March 28 (IANS) One person was killed and three others were injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district Friday when some unidentified gunmen wearing army uniforms stopped a jeep on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway and shot its occupants, police said. Gunmen later escaped in the same vehicle.

Stalker wants to sell Kris Jenner’s purported sex tape

Stalker wants to sell Kris Jenner’s purported sex tape

Los Angeles, March 28 (IANS) It seems Kris Jenner’s problem is not over yet. Now the man, who claims to have a purported sex tape of her, wants to sell it to the same production company that released her daughter Kim Kardashian’s XXX video. Radaronline reports that the guy, who identified himself as Troy, told the […]

Air search continues for missing Malaysian airliner

Air search continues for missing Malaysian airliner

Canberra, March 28 (IANS) The air search of the southern Indian Ocean for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 resumed Friday with nine military aircraft from six nations taking part. The military aircraft scheduled to fly were two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P3 Orions, a Republic of Korea P3 Orion, a Republic of Korea C130 Hercules, a […]

Did Miley ruin cancer patient’s special moment?

Did Miley ruin cancer patient’s special moment?

Los Angeles, March 28 (IANS) Singer Miley Cyrus’s meeting with seven-year-old Miley Hodge, a patient of bone cancer, didn’t go as smoothly as it was planned to be, sources have said. Hodge suffers Stage IV Osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer, and doctors told her family in December 2013 that she has just four to […]

Lithuania to increase defence spending

Lithuania to increase defence spending

Vilnius, March 28 (IANS) Lithuania is ready to meet the target of using two percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defence expenditure in the next five years, President Dalia Grybauskaite said Thursday. “It is necessary to renew without any delay the national agreement between all political parties on foreign and security policies, and also […]

Bahrain grants two weeks to jihadis to return

Bahrain grants two weeks to jihadis to return

Manama, March 28 (IANS) The Bahraini government Thursday announced a two week grace period for citizens fighting in “jihad” missions abroad or regional conflicts to return, saying no criminal charges will be pressed. After the two weeks the government will take strict actions, including revoking passports against returnees who are found to be involved in or […]

Baby was on Kunis, Kutcher’s mind for a year

Baby was on Kunis, Kutcher’s mind for a year

Los Angeles, March 28 (IANS) The news of Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher’s forthcoming baby may have come as a surprise to many, but a source close to the couple says they had been talking of having children since a year. “They are both beyond ready to be parents,” said a source close to Kutcher. “They’ve […]

18 killed in Iraq violence

18 killed in Iraq violence

Baghdad, March 28 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and 45 others wounded in violent attacks and clashes across Iraq Thursday, police said. A car bomb attack near a market in Baghdad’s northern district of Adhamiya killed five people and wounded 21 others. The blast also damaged several shops and cars nearby, Xinhua reported. A […]

Philippine government signs peace pact with Muslim rebels

Philippine government signs peace pact with Muslim rebels

Bangkok, March 28 (IANS/EFE) The Philippine government and the country’s largest Muslim guerrilla group signed an accord Thursday that aims to end decades of armed conflict. President Benigno Aquino and the leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Al Haj Ebrahim Murad, put their signatures to the document in a ceremony at Manila’s Malacañang palace. The […]