After a lull of ten days, Indian and Pakistan army traded fire on the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district on late Tuesday. A Defence Ministry official said the Pakistan army started shelling and firing at Indian positions in Khari Karmara area of the LoC in Poonch district. “Pakistan firing started at 8.30 p.m. […]
After keeping it under wraps and the world guessing, China on Wednesday announced North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was indeed in Beijing, and met Chinese President Xi Jinping. An arrival of a special North Korean train and heightened security in Beijing had led the media to believe Kim was in town but neither Beijing nor […]
Mass protests broke out across Spain’s Catelonia region after its former separatist leader Carles Puigdemont was arrested in Germany, media reports said. The former Catalonian regional president’s lawyer said he was being held at a police station in Neumunster, Germany and was arrested on Sunday as he was returning from Finland to Belgium, the country […]
The Saudi Arabian Air Defence forces on Monday intercepted seven ballistic missiles launched by Yemeni Houthi rebels, according to authorities. According to Turki al-Malki, the spokesperson for the Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition who blamed Iran for the attack, three of the projectiles were heading towards Riyadh, one to Khamis Mushait in the province of Asir, […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife and son will be questioned by the police on Monday as part of an ongoing corruption investigation, the police confirmed on Sunday. Shaul Elovitch, former chairman of Israel’s largest telecom company Bezeq, and his wife, Iris Elovitch, will be questioned too, Xinhua quoted a police spokesperson as saying. […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday accused the Congress of sharing users’ date to a Singapore-based firm. The accusation comes a day after Congress President Rahul Gandhi referred to a media report in which a French vigilante hacker in a series of tweets alleged that the personal data including email IDs, photos, gender and […]
At least 37 people including children were killed and 69 others reported missing after a massive blaze broke out at a shopping mall in the Russian city of Kemerovo, authorities said on Monday. The first reports of the fire at the Winter Cherry mall started coming in on Sunday afternoon, reports Sputnik news. The police […]
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points and signalled two more rate hikes in 2018, citing “strengthened” economic outlook in recent months. “In view of realised and expected labour market conditions and inflation,” the Fed decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to […]
Google on Thursday honoured pioneering Japanese geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi with a Doodle on her 98th birthday. “Today on her 98th birthday, we pay tribute to Dr. Katsuko Saruhashi for her incredible contributions to science, and for inspiring young scientists everywhere to succeed,” Google said. Renowned for her groundbreaking research focused on acid rain and carbon […]
A tripartite talk between North Korea, South Korea and the US has started in Finland and denuclearisation is not on the agenda, Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini has said. No statements were released on Tuesday from Vaanta, where the talks were in progress. The media was not allowed to enter the fenced meeting venue and […]