Washington, March 10 The US has reiterated a call asking for Iran’s help in finding a retired agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and raised the bounty for his whereabouts. Secretary of State John Kerry’s appeal on Monday came on the eighth anniversary of Robert Levinson’s disappearance, who Washington said went missing on […]
Washington, March 10 Pakistan had about 120 atomic weapons, 10 more than India, in its nuclear arsenal last year, according to a new interactive infographic unveiled by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Designed by the Bulletin, founded in 1945 by University of Chicago scientists who had helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan […]
Moscow, March 10 Russian authorities confirmed on Monday to have detained two more suspects in connection with the assassination of Russian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov, according to media reports. The two suspects were caught in a special operation carried out on Sunday evening in Shelkovskoy district of Russia’s Chechen Republic, Xinhua […]
Washington, March 8 Islamic State (IS) supporters are operating a minimum of 46,000 Twitter accounts, a 92-page study by global think tank Brookings Institution has revealed. The study also found that at least 1,000 accounts supportive of IS, and possibly many more, were suspended by Twitter from September to December last year, the New York […]
Washington, March 8 Pakistan officials have endorsed a plan to explore green projects at Nankana Sahib and Kartarpur, the most sacred Sikh shrines in the country. This will be a part of the celebrations of 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in 2019. He was born in Nankana Sahib and lived in Kartarpur for the […]
If the US president is the world’s most powerful leader, his secretary of state (or foreign minister) is a close second though maybe not as well-known. Of the 68 secretaries since 1790, few are recognised names – even in America – though six, right from the very first (Thomas Jefferson), went on to become presidents […]
Islamabad, March 8 Former president Pervez Musharraf said Pakistan needed a powerful government because the country is currently engulfed in multiple crisis, media reported Sunday. Musharraf said that all the allegations levelled against him were baseless. “Those who wish to try me under Article 6 for impeachment should first look at themselves under the same light,” […]
Washington, March 8 US President Barack Obama said Saturday that the fight against racism in the US is not yet over, during a speech in Selma, Alabama on the 50th anniversary of the peaceful march of African Americans demanding the right to vote, which was the catalyst of the Voting Rights Act. “We know the […]
Tel Aviv, March 8 (IANS) Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in central Tel Aviv Saturday evening, calling for the replacement of incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the March 17 elections. The rally, titled “Israel wants change”, was organised by a non-profit organisation. Many participants held signs supporting center-left parties, including the Zionist […]
Washington, March 7 The Obama administration called state bans on same-sex marriage “incompatible with the constitution”, as a brief was filed in the US Supreme Court in support of couples challenging such bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, a media report said on Saturday. “The marriage bans challenged in these cases impermissibly exclude lesbian […]