Karnataka BJP leaders late Thursday met former leader B.S. Yeddyurappa here and formally asked him to return to the party, over a year after he quit to head the Karnataka Janata Party. State Bharatiya Janata Party president Pralhad Joshi, Bangalore South MP H.N. Ananth Kumar, former chief minister Jagadish Shettar and former state unit chief […]
At least four people were killed and over 20 injured when a booby trapped car exploded Thursday in the suburb of Lebanese capital. A car exploded in the Bir El Abd neighbourhood in the heartland of Hezbollah and few metres close to the political council headquarters of the party during peak time and caused heavy […]
Nearly six in 10 uninsured Americans who have visited a health insurance exchange website under President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare overhaul in December say their experience was negative, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday. The latest Gallup poll found that 39 per cent of uninsured Americans reported their experience with the new Obamacare health […]
Tanzania’s Finance Minister William Mgimwa has died while receiving medical treatment in a Pretoria hospital, the South African government confirmed Thursday. The 63-year-old died of an illness at the hospital on New Year’s day, reported Xinhua citing the South African finance ministry in a statement. Mgimwa died of natural causes, said the statement, without revealing […]
About 20.5 million illegal publications were confiscated in China during 2013 amid stepped up efforts to clean up the cultural environment and safeguard cultural security, authorities said Thursday. The number represents a significant year-on-year decrease since 2011, Xinhua reported citing a statement from the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications. About 52 million and […]
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel Thursday to push forward the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Kerry, visiting the region for the 10th time in last 9 months, will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in hope of achieving a framework agreement that would include […]
Palestinian Hamas movement Thursday rejected the accusation by Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim that it was involved in an attack that killed 16 people in Egypt last month. “The Egyptian national security is highly appreciated and respected by us and we cannot harm it in any way,” Xinhua quoted Salah al- Bardaweel, an official of […]
Five new countries joined the UN Security Council (UNSC) as non-permanent members starting from the new year, while Jordan assumed Thursday the rotating presidency of the Council for January. Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania and Nigeria have begun their two-year term, replacing Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo, Xinhua reported Friday. Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zedi Al-Hussein, […]
Israeli F16 fighter jets carried out several raids in the Gaza Strip early Friday after Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel, witnesses and security sources said. The air strikes targetted militant training sites and open spaces in the middle and north of the coastal enclave started just after midnight. There were no immediate […]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon and the UN Security Council Thursday strongly condemned a car bomb attack in the Lebanese capital of Beirut that killed at least six people and wounded 70. Ban called on all parties in Lebanon to show restraint following the second car bombing in less than a week, reported Xinhua citing […]