Vienna, Jan 9 (IANS/WAM) The basket of 12 crude oils of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) closed at $45.74 a barrel Thursday, compared to $44.85 Wednesday, the OPEC Secretariat said. The new OPEC reference basket comprises Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Iran Heavy (Iran), Basra Light (Iraq), Kuwait Export (Kuwait), Es […]
Hong Kong, Jan 7 (IANS/EFE) The Hong Kong government took another step towards its plan of political reform for the 2017 elections to the region’s chief executive, which is very similar to Beijing’s proposal that sparked a wave of pro-democracy protests in the city last year. On Wednesday, chief secretary Carrie Lam launched the second […]
Islamabad/Gandhinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) As buses under the Pakistan-India Dosti service from Lahore to Delhi were being restricted to the Wagah border in the light of terror threats, India Wednesday expressed hope that any “temporary aberrations” in the service would be sorted out. Passengers leaving for India (New Delhi) and those returning from there are […]
Tokyo/ New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Japanese telecom major NTT DoCoMo Monday said it has submitted a request for arbitration with the London Court of International Arbitration, asking it to ensure that Tata Sons finds a buyer who will pay Rs.7,250 crore for the Japanese service provider’s stake in their joint venture. “NTT DoCoMo, INC. […]
Abuja, Jan 4 (IANS) Dozens of soldiers were killed in an attack suspected to have been committed by the militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s state of Borno, security sources said Sunday. The militants stormed the Multinational Joint Task Force base in the border town of Baga in the restive Borno state Saturday, Xinhua reported […]
London, Jan 4 (IANS) The social media is increasingly turning out to be a platform for terrorists to peddle their interests and a top militant commander has been using the business networking site LinkedIn to recruit fighters, media reported Sunday. According to a report in The Telegraph, Ehsanullah Ehsan, spokesperson for the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar militant group, […]
Jakarta, Jan 4 (IANS) International search teams Sunday found in the sea bodies of four more people who were on board the AirAsia jet which crashed Dec 28, taking the number of bodies recovered so far to 34. A Seahawk helicopter of the US navy delivered three bodies to the evacuation command post of the […]
Rome, Dec 31 (IANS) A total of 212 people rescued from the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic ferry landed at the port of Brindisi in southern Italy Tuesday night, Italy’s navy said Wednesday. The survivors disembarked from military vessel San Giorgio, which also carried the bodies of five victims of the blaze that broke out on the […]
Islamabad, Dec 31 (IANS) The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) in Pakistan has decided to commence a movement against the formation of military courts to try terror suspects in the country. The LHCBA, which announced its vehement opposition to the idea of military courts Wednesday, has also summoned a meeting of members of the […]
Jakarta, Dec 30 (IANS) AirAsia Tuesday confirmed that the debris spotted in the Java Sea, is from the missing flight QZ8501, even as three bodies confirmed to be those of passengers in the ill-fated plane were retrieved. “AirAsia Indonesia regrets to inform that The National Search and Rescue Agency Republic of Indonesia (Basarna) confirmed that […]