President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said Russia remained the top supplier of advanced weapons and defence technology to its “privileged strategic partner” India and added that Moscow and other BRICS nations were determined to back New Delhi’s anti-terror fight. “Russia remains in the lead in terms of both direct supplies of most advanced weapons and […]
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach called on the member states of the European forum to join forces for anti-doping. Regarding the recent row between the IOC and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Bach wanted to “address the extremely important issue of the protection of the clean athletes and the fight against doping” and […]
A Spanish diplomat was found dead in his home in Pakistan in what appeared to be a suicide, said a police official on Thursday. According to the police, John Jenner was found dead in his F7-2 residence in Islamabad, locked from inside. A 38 bore pistol was also found near the dead body, reported The […]
Michelle Obama has urged all girls everywhere to be “hungry” for education, not to fear failure and to do what they can to help each other, as she announced new private funding for her programme “Let Girls Learn”. “We have all this technology, all these tools. Use them to educate yourselves and reach out to […]
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said that “climate change is real” and “urgent”, adding that it is one of the most important issues in the upcoming November 8 election. At a campaign rally at Miami Dade College on Tuesday, the former secretary of state said that her Republican rival, Donald Trump, “denies science” and says […]
The UN General Assembly will appoint Antonio Guterres as next Secretary-General on Thursday to replace the retiring Ban Ki-moon on January 1 next year. According to a letter sent by General Assembly President Peter Thomson on Tuesday, the date for the appointment has been set for October 13 at UN headquarters, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
Sixteen terror suspects including a group that pledged allegiance to an Islamic State (IS) member in Syria have been arrested in Malaysia, the media reported. Fourteen of the suspects belonged to a local cell and have used internet to swear an oath of allegiance to Mohamad Wanndy Mohamad Jedi, a Malaysian IS militant in Syria, […]
Some senior Republicans and leaders on Saturday lined up to denounce presidential nominee Donald Trump for his incendiary remarks about women that he made in 2005, while some others blasted the remarks and demanded apology from Trump while not explicitly withdrawing support to him, CNN reported. Some members said they wanted Trump to step aside […]
US President Barack Obama has criticised Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for “demeaning women” amid the scandal that erupted after the release of a videotape in which the latter can be heard making lewd comments about women. “It tells you that he’s insecure enough that he pumps himself up by putting other people down,” said […]
Five Indian-Americans figure among America’s 400 richest people, in a list again headed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, according to the survey by Forbes magazine. Symphony Technology founder Romesh Wadhwani, co-founders of outsourcing firm Syntel Bharat, Syntel’s Neerja Desai, airline veteran Rakesh Gangwal, entrepreneur John Kapoor and Silicon Valley angel investor Kavitark Ram Shriram figure […]