Flying in the face of Pakistani denials, the US has not minced words in saying how numerous terrorist groups, including the LeT and JeM, continued to operate from Pakistani soil in 2016, and how LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, a UN designated terrorist, freely addressed large gatherings. The US State Department, in its Country Reports on […]
A total of five people, including four civilians and a policeman, were killed on Tuesday in an attack by the IS militants at a village near Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk. The extremists early in the morning stormed the village of Chragh near the town of Debis, some 40 km west of Kirkuk, and shot […]
The eighth person who joined Donald Trump Jr. at his meeting at Trump Tower with a Kremlin-linked attorney to discuss damaging information on Hillary Clinton was a US-based representative of a Russian real estate firm. Ike Kaveladze, a naturalised US citizen, is vice president of the Crocus Group, owned by Azerbaijan-born Russia magnate Aras Agalarov, […]
The multi-storey office complex of Ghana’s Parliament in Accra caught fire late on Tuesday, with no one reported dead or hurt. The fire, which started while Members of Parliament were still going about their busy schedules in the chamber of the house, was on the east wing of the 10th floor of the 12-sotrey office […]
Facebook has hired Uber’s former top public relations executive as vice-president of communications for its multiple platforms like Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. According to a report in The Guardian on Tuesday, Whetstone, who has worked for some of the Britain’s most powerful Conservative politicians, stepped down as head of public policy and communications at Uber […]
Sri Lanka and Singapore are to finalise a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) this year, Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake said on Tuesday. Karunanayake said that during his discussions with visiting Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, particular attention was paid to ways and means of further strengthening bilateral trade and investment. The proposed Sri Lanka-Singapore FTA is […]
The new sanctions against Iran by the US are damaging already frayed Tehran-Washington ties, and violate the 2015 nuclear pact, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said. Zarif’s statement came after the US on Tuesday imposed new sanctions against Iran, a day after Washington said Tehran was complying with the 2015 nuclear deal signed […]
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 31,882.80 points, touched a high of 31,885.17 points and a low of 31,796.73 points. On Tuesday, the Sensex closed at 31,710.99 points. The Sensex is trading at 31,852.54 […]
Another batch of 1,782 pilgrims on Wednesday left Jammu to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra in the Kashmir Valley. “The batch left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 62 vehicles at 3.40 a.m. today (Wednesday) for the valley,” an official said here. Since it began on June 29, over 2.20 lakh pilgrims […]
The NSW Food Authority’s ‘Name and Shame’ register reaches another important milestone this month, chalking up nine years of operation and more than 11 million views of its webpage. Minister Primary Industries, Niall Blair said more than 7,000 food retail businesses have appeared on the register since its establishment in July 2008. “It’s […]