Yangon, March 2 Myanmar President U Thein Sein had a special meeting with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, a media report said. It was the first meeting between the president and the chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in a year since March 9, 2014. The […]
Washington, March 2 Nearly half of American voters think that US House Speaker John Boehner should not have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address US Congress without having consulted the White House, according to a new poll released Sunday. A total of 48 percent of those surveyed believed Boehner’s decision to invite Netanyahu […]
New York, Feb 28 (IANS) A Sanatan Dharam temple was vandalised in Washington state with windows broken and the word “Fear” painted on it, less than a fortnight after another temple was attacked. Members of the the Sanatan Dharma Temple in Kent, about 30 km from Seattle, who came for worship Friday “were greeted by […]
Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) Police Saturday identified the gunman who killed seven people before committing suicide in a shooting spree in the US state of Missouri earlier this week. The attacker was identified as 36-year-old Joseph Jesse Aldridge, who had “a minor criminal history”, Xinhua reported citing police. Aldridge, armed with a handgun, reportedly shot […]
Gaza, Feb 28 (IANS) The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas Saturday slammed an Egyptian court’s decision listing the movement as a terrorist organisation, according to media reports. “The decision is a coup on history,” said Hamas, adding that “the decision is shocking and dangerous and directly targets the Palestinian people and their armed resistance”, Xinhua reported. […]
Baghdad, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 41 people were killed and over 100 injured in Iraq Saturday, as Iraqi forces and allied militiamen clashed with Sunni jihadi group Islamic State, security sources said. In the deadliest militant attack, three suicide car bombers backed by dozens of IS militants attacked positions of the Iraqi army and […]
Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) The US and Liberian governments Friday launched a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an experimental Ebola drug on humans, the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) said. “Although ZMapp has been used to treat several Ebola-infected patients in recent months, we cannot determine if […]
Morelia (Mexico), Feb 27 (IANS/EFE) A most-wanted leader of an infamous drug cartel was arrested here Friday, a media report said. Kingpin of the Caballeros Templarios drug cartel, Servando “La Tuta” Gomez Martinez, was arrested in Morelia, the capital of the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacan, where the gang is based. The Mexican government had […]
Islamabad, Feb 26 (IANS) A Pakistani court has sentenced to death four Al-Qaeda militants, a media report said Thursday. Afzaal, Abdul Hafeez, Zulfiqar and Karamat attacked the prison warders’ hostel at Rasool Park in Lahore July 12, 2012, killing 10 trainee warders of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and injuring seven others, Dawn online reported. The terrorists were […]
Kabul, Feb 26 (IANS) At least two people were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber, driving a car packed with explosives, targeted a vehicle of the Turkish embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul Thursday. “A suicide car bomber targeted a two-vehicle convoy of the Turkish embassy. The driver of a Turkish […]