Nairobi, Jan 29 (IANS) Kenyan police were Thursday interrogating a suspect believed to be behind a spate of terror attacks in northern Kenya. Job Boronjo, police commander of Mandera, told journalists that Salim Abubakar Kitonga, who was arrested early Thursday, was providing crucial information that might lead to the arrest of those behind terror attacks […]
Beijing, Jan 29 (IANS) China’s top legislator Zhang Dejiang called for closer parliamentary exchanges and anti-terrorism cooperation with Pakistan Thursday. Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), made the remarks in his talks with Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Xinhua news agency reported. They agreed to step up […]
Kiev, Jan 29 (IANS/EFE) Residents of Debaltsevo, the strategic Ukrainian city contested by pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian Army, began to abandon their homes Thursday as the humanitarian situation in their city continued to worsen. About 100 people, mostly pensioners and families with children, assembled Thursday morning in front of the city hall to be […]
New Delhi/Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) India and the US saw the forging of a closer partnership, helped in great measure by the personal and visible bonding between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama, as the two sides elevated their ties with a new ‘Declaration of Friendship’ and also managed to pull off a […]
Brussels, Jan 27 (IANS) Police in the north-western Belgian town of Kortrijk confirmed Tuesday that three men have been arrested for suspected terrorism. The three were arrested in the nearby town of Harelbeke Monday night following a car chase by police. Police in Kortrijk confirmed Tuesday that the men have been kept in custody on […]
Kiev, Jan 27 (IANS) Ukrainian troops and independence-seeking forces were locked in fierce fighting in eastern regions, killing at least 23 people, authorities said Tuesday. The separarists had fired 120 times on the Ukrainian soldiers over the past 24 hours, with upsurge in fighting concentrating around the government-controlled Debaltsevo town, Xinhua quoted Ukraine’s army spokesperson […]
Moscow, Jan 26 (IANS/TASS) In view of the growing strategic partnership between Washington and New Delhi, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said Monday that Russia and India remain strategic partners and no external influence can affect them. “Our relations with India have an independent value. Indian Deputy Foreign Minister Sujata Singh said Moscow remained […]
Washington, Jan 26 (IANS) The “breakthrough” understandings on the India-US nuclear cooperation are on how to resolve the issues and break a logjam for the last six years rather than a done deal, according to US officials. The understanding is on necessary information sharing and contact between the two governments on critical issues including liability […]
Kiev, Jan 23 (IANS) Alexandr Zakharchenko, leader of independence-seeking insurgents in eastern Ukraine, Friday said the rebel forces were going to step up offensive on Ukrainian positions to capture more government-controlled territories, Xinhua reported. “We would advance the offensive through to the borders of Donetsk region, but if I see a threat anywhere else, it […]
New Delhi/Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) Barack Obama accompanied by his wife Michelle Obama will touch down in the Indian capital on the morning of Jan 25 on a three-day state visit that, besides the symbolism of being the first time a US president would be chief guest at the Republic Day parade, is expected to […]