The UN Security Council has voted to end its military peacekeeping operations in Haiti, but Indian police units will continue in a new mission focused on promoting law and order and developing local forces. The Council unanimously approved on Thursday a US-sponsored resolution to end operations of the 13-year-old peacekeeping mission in October. The police […]
Amid gaffe, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologised on Tuesday after saying Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons during World War II, a media report said. In an effort to shame Russia’s alliance with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his use of chemical weapons, Spicer, while talking to the press had said that […]
Indian people are Victoria’s biggest migrant group for the first time in history, Australia’s national census has found. The first results of the census revealed that after 12 years of strong growth India was the biggest source of migration to the state, beating England for the first time, Xinhua news agency reported. Harish Budhiraja, who […]
The White House on Tuesday accused Russia of engaging in a cover-up of the chemical weapons attack by Syrian forces that killed civilians and prompted American airstrikes. The White House said that the US intelligence and numerous contemporaneous reports confirmed that the Syrians used sarin gas on their own people, New York Times reported. The […]
As outrage over an Asian doctor’s forcible removal from a flight continued to spread on social media, shares of the United Airlines (UAL) plunged nearly four per cent in the morning session on Tuesday. The company lost about $800 million in total value in the morning session, Xinhua news agency reported. A video released on […]
US President Donald Trump’s son Eric has said that his father’s decision to launch a missile attack on a Syrian airbase was influenced by the reaction of his sister Ivanka. He said that the decision to punish President Bashar al-Assad for an alleged chemical weapons attack which killed civilians, was taken after his sister was […]
A bomb explosion hit the bus carrying German football team Borussia Dortmund to a Champions League match on Tuesday, the club said in a tweet. Dortmund defender and Spain international Marc Bartra was injured and in hospital, Xinhua news agency reported. Explosions hit the team bus of Borussia Dortmund ahead of its first game of […]
Addressing Syria’s use of chemical weapons last week in an attack against a rebel-controlled region of his own country, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s behaviour was worse than that of Adolf Hitler, “who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.” “We didn’t use chemical weapons in World War II,” […]
British travellers to the US face the uncomfortable choice of handing over personal information, including social media passwords and mobile phone contacts, or running the risk of being denied entry to the country, under a new “extreme vetting” policy being considered by the Trump administration. Tourists from Britain and other US allies, including Germany and […]
Tens of thousands of Hungarians protested in central Budapest on Sunday against new legislation that could force the Central European University (CEU), a school founded by financier George Soros, to move out of the country. The demonstrators called for President Janos Ader to veto tough legislation passed by parliament targeting Central European University, The Guardian […]